A large high will bring easterlies to northern New Zealand and mostly light winds elsewhere. We track a few showers over the coming days - we'll show you who is most at risk. Then we take a look at the end of January - and look at the rain chances for early February.
A series of highs are crossing New Zealand with one strong high in charge this coming weekend. However the high will be just east of New Zealand and that will allow an easterly flow across the top of the country for the upcoming Auckland Anniversary Weekend.
Most of NZ is in for a very dry end to January. There will be a few showers about. So we'll track that - and we take a look at the coming weekend forecast…which also looks pretty good for the most part, but is that another tropical low forming?
Winter like temperatures have greeted some people on Friday morning but the heat returns across the weekend and into next week as our springlike weather pattern starts to calm down significantly. Summer will lock itself in across the north and east, while those in the south will still see unsettled weather - but it should improve significantly on this past week!
As parts of Australia climb to 40 degrees on Thursday some parts of New Zealand will only reach the low teens, all created by the same big high in the Tasman Sea. The next few days look windy, showery or cold for a number of regions - with even a few showers for the dry east, although nothing substantial for most eastern areas.
The unsettled spring-like weather pattern continues as we reach the halfway point of January. The week ahead looks changeable with hot and cooler weather, but generally speaking things will be a little cooler this week. Also, we track a tropical cyclone that hugs western Australia - but then helps fuel a storm closer to Antarctica and the South Island this Friday and Saturday - watch the video for this odd story!
The weather we've been having for the past 5 weeks is what a "fairly average summer" in New Zealand looks like.
Another surge in 40+ degree heat for much of Australia this Friday, while some heat will cross into eastern NZ pushing the mercury above 30 degrees. We still have a 'spring like' weather pattern for some, mostly the West Coast, Southland and Otago - we have more details on that, while the upper North Island remains mostly settled and dry.
Philip Duncan takes a look at why conditions around New Zealand are so changeable this summer, why it's windy, when or if the wind will ease, how busy are the tropics and why this big heat wave is in Australia.
Seems weird but we do have a spring-like weather pattern at the moment defined by surges of very windy weather, plenty of westerlies and a shortage of long lastinghighs. Great news for farmers, but a little more challenging for holidaymakers.
No matter how you slice it summer has arrived - though it's been far from perfect for some parts of NZ
We take a look at the final days of 2012 weather wise and how New Year's Eve and Day are currently shaping up. Plus, a new tropical cyclone forms north of New Zealand and one model is picking it could be another Evan, including reaching NZ and fizzling out - but not all models agree. We weigh up the odds.
Christmas Day will be hot and steamy, with rain forecast for the North Island while dry in the south.
Evan looks set to bring some wet weather for Christmas Day and perhaps a wet Boxing Day too - however a big chunk of NZ will have sunny weather, especially the South Island.
Evan is no longer a tropical cyclone but remains a potent low packed with tropical moisture. While the low is expected to cross the North Island it is still predicted to fizzle out around Christmas Day.
We track Tropical Cyclone Evan's track to NZ and finally a look at how Christmas Day is shaping up.
Severe tropical cyclone Evan will slowly clear Fiji and returns to the open waters of the Pacific as it heads directly south towards the Upper North Island. Evan is expected to linger over the upper North Island of New Zealand this Saturday, Sunday and Monday then fizzle out over/near the North Island on Christmas Day.
Thousands of people have taken shelter in Fiji as Tropical Cyclone Evan batters the area with winds of up to 185km/h in a top-of-the-scale category five cyclone.
As a large high remains draped across New Zealand it's now producing a few heat showers in the afternoons. But it's in the tropics where all the action is happening - a potential tropical cyclone may directly hit Fiji on Sunday and Monday and we track it's progress including any risks to New Zealand.
A large high this week will hover over New Zealand while the first tropical cyclone of the season may be about to form near Fiji this coming weekend.
Philip Duncan from WeatherWatch.co.nz updates on three people who have been killed after severe weather - including a series of tornadoes - hit Auckland this afternoon. Police sources have confirmed that three have died in the west Auckland storm, which struck shortly after noon.
We have some more heat, rain and strong winds in the forecast - but then some summer highs start to roll in from the west - possibly for the next week or two.
A number of lows and rain bands will this week bring plenty of rain to the north and west of New Zealand - however not everyone in the east will be seeing much rain. Week two of summer looks drier but today Philip Duncan walks you through the rain bands coming in this week.
Summer kicks off this weekend in New Zealand and the weather will be as confused as the public - with some areas receiving snow and potential frosts while others soar into the late 20s. We have rain back in the forecast again, especially for the north, west and south - and we have more summerlike weather in the long range forecast too.
The spring pattern continues across New Zealand bringing a few weak fronts. However this weekend the spring pattern will strengthen - with more wind and cloud but also pushing in some hot winds to the east for the official start of summer on Saturday.
The last week of spring 2012 is here, we bring you the latest forecast for the week ahead plus take a look at the expected weather for the first weekend of summer.
A large high is giving NZ some protection from the rain clouds this weekend. While a few showers may pop up here and there, especially in Southland, the forecast for New Zealand is for mostly dry weather is cloudy periods in the mix too.
Apart from a few coastal showers the rest of November is looking fairly dry - Philip Duncan takes a look at where the highs are sitting and where the rainmakers lie.
Sunnier this week but still some rain: After an unsettled weekend it looks as though high pressure will dominate NZ this week - however rain will try to move in from both the north and south as the week progresses.