Southerly buster races up the Hutt Valley about 4:40pm Friday 12 March 2010 - very strong wind gusts, heavy swilling rain and thunder. Lower Hutt AWS recorded a temperature drop from 21C to 9C and gusts to 55kt (102km/hr) with the change, while other stations around Wellington recorded wind gusts up to 72knots/133km/hr (Kelburn AWS) and 82knots/152km/hr (CentrePort Front Leading Light AWS).