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Severe Thunderstorm Watch for Auckland, effective from 1pm until 7pm, Saturday 3 January

3 Jan 2026 10:35am

Unstable conditions are expected during the afternoon as a low crosses Auckland and some thunderstorms are expected. For Auckland there is a chance some of these thunderstorms will become SEVERE this afternoon, bringing localised downpours with intensities of 25 to 40 mm per hour.

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