Don’t worry, it will warm up again

Flights in and out of New Plymouth airport were cancelled because of high winds yesterday morning. The strong southerly blast also resulted in firefighters being called out three times on Sunday night and early yesterday morning. Airport manager Wayne Wootton said the winds had prevented the first three flights of the day from leaving and the first from arriving. The cancellations would disrupt further flights and Wootton expected at least six would be cancelled because of the wind. Senior station officer Blake Marston, New Plymouth fire brigade, said they were called three times between 9pm on Sunday to

1.30am yesterday. The first was to a cat up a tree but the moggy had found its own way down by the time firefighters arrived, Marston said. Just before 11pm firefighters were called to Ballance St where a tree had come down across powerlines. They isolated the scene until contractors arrived. About 1.30am the brigade responded to reports of a shed roof lifting in Gleneagles Way, Waiwhakaiho. Firefighters helped the owner secure the roof, Marston said. The southerly wind and rain overnight Sunday also left Mt Taranaki with its first dusting of snow for the year. It also brought down the overnight temperatures, a theme that will continue for the rest of the week. MetService is predicting fine weather for the next 10 days, apart from a few showers tomorrow, with temperatures ranging from 19 to 23 degrees Celsius during the day and 9 to

14 at night. Niwa’s Chris Brandolino said while this week would have below average temperatures for the time of year, by the start of next week the mercury would rise again. ‘‘This just in, the death of summer has been greatly exaggerated.’’