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Dramatic weather change in Wellington

12/03/2010 17:48:01

Details of a dramatic change in the weather in Wellington this afternoon have emerged.

Weatherwatch.co.nz says an aggressive southerly brought winds gusting over 120km/hr and caused the temperature to drop 11 degrees in just over 30 minutes.

There are reports of hail and power outages.

Wind gust are still over 90km/hr.

On Mt Kaukau where the radio and TV transmitters are winds reached near 150km/hr.

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