Ex-tropical cyclone Dovi is about to make landfall in the North Island, somewhere around North Taranaki and Waitomo either late morning or around lunchtime today/Sunday.

This is bringing a damaging surge of westerlies into Auckland City and also parts of Waikato, Coromandel Peninsula and Northland until early to mid afternoon.

Meanwhile southerlies blast into Wellington, Cook Strait, Taranaki and maybe Whanganui. The southerly blast will later move up Wairarapa and coastal Hawke’s Bay, as it started to ease on the western side and in Auckland.

We have a special update as we track the hurricane force winds associated with Dovi on Sunday + rain falling in the upper South Island (along with some snow!)

• Our thanks to earth.nullschool.net for the animated wind maps.