# Weather watches and warnings

MetService’s official watches and warnings for Canterbury, sorted by when they start.

The only source on this site that is ahead of events rather than behind them. Everything else here reports something that already happened; a warning is the one thing published before the thing it is about, which is why it sorts on onset rather than on when it was issued, the useful order is what lands first, not what was typed first. A warning currently in force is stamped “in force” rather than given a relative time, because how long ago it started is not the part you need.

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## In force / coming up

- [Heavy Rain Warning - Orange](https://alerts.metservice.com/cap/alert?id=2.49.0.0.554.0.severeweather.nz.20261012202725099.4), Buller, Expect 80 to 110 mm of rain, mainly about the ranges. Peak rates of 15 to 25 mm/h expected during Wednesday morning and afternoon. Impact: Streams and rivers may rise rapidly. Surface flooding, slips, and difficult driving conditions possible. Chance of upgrading to a Red Warning: Minimal., 14 Oct 2026

## Recent

- [Heavy Rain Watch](https://alerts.metservice.com/cap/alert?id=2.49.0.0.554.0.severeweather.nz.20261012202725099.1), Ranges of Westland and Grey Districts north of Mount Cook, also Canterbury High Country within 15 kilometres of the Main Divide, Periods of heavy rain, and amounts may approach warning criteria. Chance of upgrading to a Warning: Moderate., 13 Oct 2026

## Questions, answered briefly

**What does this page list?**

MetService’s official watches and warnings for Canterbury, sorted by when they start.

**Where does this feed come from?**

[MetService CAP feed](https://alerts.metservice.com/cap/rss): read live, newest first.

**How fresh is it?**

The stream re-asks the source every minute while the page is open; the rows a crawler reads are the last bake, refreshed daily.

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HTML: https://www.chch.live/warnings
Source: [MetService CAP feed](https://alerts.metservice.com/cap/rss)
Feed: https://www.chch.live/api/happening?kinds=warning