It's currently the “calm before the storm” in Wairarapa.
This is forecast to hit us shortly after it hits Wellington....
• Wellington shuts down trolley buses as NZ braces for ‘weather bomb’ with 160km/h windsThat's a big contrast from Monday morning when I took these photographs while driving a train north alongside the western shore of Wellington Harbour, heading home to Wairarapa....
The cruise ship is “
Ovation of the Sea”, making its second visit to Wellington this summer.
The weather was the same in Wairarapa on Monday and yesterday, except much warmer than in Wellington.