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Update 2:25pm 12 April NZT (Final update)
Name
Category
Pressure
Wind (max)
Wind Gusts
Location
Tracking
Vaianu
Subtropical cyclone
974.1 hPa
55 knots (1 min)
80 knots
37.8°S 176.5°E
SSE 17 knots
Vaianu has crossed the coast over the eastern outskirts of Tauranga at 1:55pm. Official barometric air pressure at Tauranga airport bottomed at 978 hPa. A private weather station at Pukehina beach in the storms centre bottomed at 974.1 hPa. Still plenty of severe weather as it moves south but it will exit the North Island later this evening and away from the country.
final update
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South-west corner of the Hauraki Gulf
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