Rain and wind for the weekend: A bit of a rough weekend for some regions as a deepening low crosses the country bringing rain and wind on Saturday, a colder southerly for some on Sunday, but improving quickly on Monday.

Changeable weather ahead: Another couple of weak fronts will cross parts of New Zealand over the next few days - ahead of a big low that will cross New Zealand on Saturday and Sunday bringing a period of wind and rain.

This week we'll see a mix of average temperatures, plenty of cloudy and a few rainy spells in there too - all ahead of a large low pressure system expected to move in from the west this weekend.

The 2012/13 South Pacific cyclone season is upon us and for the next 6 months the activity north of New Zealand will start to increase.

Shivering camper Gregor Richardson took this video of snow at St Bathans on Saturday after unwisely deciding to take his caravan to Central Otago at the weekend.

As New York and the East coast of the USA recovers from the Superstorm Sandy, this fantastic time-lapse video was posted to YouTube by SMvideoChan.

Head weather analyst Philip Duncan talks with Steven Orsbourn of nzherald.co.nz via Skype from Atlanta, U.S. on the current situation of Hurricane'Sandy which is set to hit the Northeast coast of the U.S. covering a massive 1600km.

Some models are indicating a Tasman Sea low could trigger more rain for NZ this weekend. We take a look at the weather for the remainder of the short week and last weekend of October. We also look a 'weather bomb' that is about to hit a large portion of Russia - and that says something about its size!

A tropical low is set to miss us, a southerly gets stopped in its tracks - for a change NZ isn't in the middle of the severe weather, although some rough weather may still impact the lower half of the South Island.

We take a look at close look at weather conditions from Friday through to Tuesday around New Zealand.

We rate the travel conditions for road, air and sea for those heading away for the long weekend on either Friday afternoon/evening or Saturday morning. We also take a look at the weather in Australia and the tropics for the long weekend.

Another surge of severe weather will spread across New Zealand over Wednesday and Thursday. We also take a look at the start of Labour Weekend - it's an unsettled forecast that sees a mix of wind, rain, showers but also sun this upcoming long weekend. And with end with a sunset photo from Auckland's Hillsborough Rd.

Engineers will today pack explosives into huge boulders that have closed Milford Rd in Fiordland, as residents face their fifth day cut off.

A short and sharp storm will this weekend cross central New Zealand bringing heavy rain, strong to gale force winds and even some heavy snow for higher altitude parts of Canterbury. Some regions will also have sun - all in all it's a typical spring system!

A potential weather bomb (when the air pressure falls more than 24hPa in 24 hours) is still expected to rapidly form in the Tasman Sea on Friday. While we expect the storm to peak out at sea, it will still be a rough Saturday for some areas - especially central New Zealand. By Sunday, however, it will be clearing already. Short and sharp.

A wintry shot of air is going to affect the South Island for the next few days, especially the Deep South while showers and blustery winds move in to some parts of the North. On Sunday conditions ease then Monday a new low in the Tasman moves in with rain and warm northerlies. We also take a quick look at the weather conditions for Bathurst on Sunday and we end with a spectacular sunset photo of One Tree Hill.

WeatherWatch.co.nz forecasters are predicting a warm weekend with highs above 20 degrees in some areas - with mostly warm weather for the start of daylight savings on Sunday. However make the most of it - a strong cool south west change arrives nationwide on Monday.

The bad weather including snow to low levels predicted has arrived in the South, Craig Baxter from the ODT filmed this slow-mo video as the storms starts to hit Dunedin.

An electrical storm in Christchurch cut power and damaged buildings. Residents reported hailstones the size of golf balls and spectacular lightning strikes during the storm that started just before 6.30pm Tuesday evening. The Fire Service received about 20 callouts, most false alarms triggered by the weather or about damage to roofs and conservatories caused by hail, said a spokesman.