Wellington regional river flows

It has been a very dry summer here in the Wellington region with little rainfall. So much so that we can now only water our gardens with a hand-held hose every second day. For us this has caused some real difficulty as we are trying to get a new lawn established. We now have some brown patches that will need to be reseeded.

This weekend, however, we are enjoying steady rain and river flows in the east of region where we live are rapidly rising.

Spectacular photos of unusual clouds

A 7 April 2007 post on the Thrilling Wonder blog has some spectacular photos of cloud formations, including lenticular clouds and the rare mammatus.