Muggy, sticky, humid heat - for most Aucklanders yesterday the city would have felt like being trapped in a Turkish bath.

For many of us it's hard to get our heads around what La Niña actually means for New Zealand.

The big tease - that's how I'd describe the weather this week for those desperate for some rain.

It's been a cloudy week for many main centres but the weekend is looking sunnier as yet another high moves in.

Snow and freezing temperatures have severely disrupted air and road travel across Europe.

How many of you have an emotional connection with the weather? The weather plays such a massive part in our lives, even for those people who don't care about it.

Britain is in the grip of a cold snap that has blanketed much of the island in snow and brought record low temperatures to parts of it.

A weekend for BBQing is on the cards as a large and strong anticyclone in the Tasman Sea pushes over the country.

While not a lot of rain has fallen in the past couple of months across most parts of NZ the 'typical' La Nina conditions are developing.

A humid week is on the way across much of the North Island and western South Island as a northerly flow develops.

The North Island can expect a warm, dry week - bad for farmers but good for everyone else.