Head weather analyst Philip Duncan says after a brutally cold start to winter for many regions the weather this weekend will be fairly Autumn-like with mild, settled weather kicking off the weekend for most then turning to colder wetter weather on Sunday.

Head weather analyst Philip Duncan shows his top 10 picks of weather photos for 2012 so far.

Head weather analyst Philip Duncan says another weather system will make its way toward New Zealand today. The Tasmanian low will bring more wind and rain to the North Island as we head into the afternoon and evening hours. That’s on top of the showers that will be dotting the island this morning.

Head weather analyst Philip Duncan has your weekend weather forecast.

Head weather analyst Philip Duncan says the low centered at the south east of the country will continue to bring the cold temperatures throughout the majority country

The inland Kaikoura road the day after the big snow. Joe Morgan filmed this snow filled driving from Kaikoura to Waiau on a GoPro camera mounted to the bull-bar of his Landcruiser for nzherald.co.nz.

Head weather analyst Philip Duncan has your forecast for the long weekend ahead.

Weather analyst Philip Duncan is here with his mid-week weather update.

Weather analyst Philip Duncan talks about a cooler week with a burst of wintry weather around Thursday and Friday

A settled Friday will kick off this final weekend of Autumn. The big ridge of high pressure will continue to keep things pretty pleasant and rather dry. Except plenty of sunshine once the early morning fog burns off. The only areas that won’t see a dry day are the West Coast, Otago and inland Southland. Showers are possible during the morning for those areas and then the chance for showers will continue into the afternoon and evening about the West coast.

WeatherWatch.co.nz head weather analyst Philip Duncan says a large high,a weak southerly change and a large low from the Tasman Sea is coming over the next weeek which will bring cooler & calmer conditions for most parts of the country.

WeatherWatch.co.nz head weather analyst Philip Duncan says the large Tasmanian low continues to churn offshore this evening. Showers are making their way onshore about Taranaki where a Heavy Rain Warning remains in place through tomorrow afternoon. The warning also includes Waitomo, but most of the heavy falls are expected around Taranaki. The majority of rain tonight should be in these areas. However, showers are likely to dot much of the remainder of the southern half of the North Island. The threat for small tornadoes about Taranaki still exists as well.

WeatherWatch.co.nz head weather analyst Philip Duncan says it will be a showery couple of days ahead of the next system to move over the country.