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![<i>Weather Watch</i>: Smells like summer](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
<i>Weather Watch</i>: Smells like summer
Ahhh the smells of summer are in the air already. I'm not talking about Spring either. Not the smell of daffodils or the strong scent from citrus trees.
![<i>Weather Watch</i>: Wintry weather has ended](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
<i>Weather Watch</i>: Wintry weather has ended
I was having a discussion with someone the other day who predicts the weather in more of an alternative way than I do and was claiming that winter is still well and truly with us.
![Philippines braces for 'super typhoon'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Philippines braces for 'super typhoon'
A typhoon roaring in on the Philippines is amongst the most powerful ever recorded - and bigger than Katrina.
![Weather Watch: The cold snap](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Weather Watch: The cold snap
The weather isn't always a headline maker but it certainly affects us more than many of the news stories that we read about each day.
![<i>Weather Watch</i>: Sunny weekend ahead](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
<i>Weather Watch</i>: Sunny weekend ahead
Weather for the school holidays has been fairly good across the country, despite the current rain warnings in the west.
![<i>Weather Watch</i>: Sunny start to daylight saving](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
<i>Weather Watch</i>: Sunny start to daylight saving
Sunday saw one of the best starts to daylight saving that I've seen in years. Not only did both the North and South Island take the national high with 24 degrees in Napier and Kaikoura, but several other centres also climbed into the 20s in
![Weather Watch: No calm before the storm](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Weather Watch: No calm before the storm
It was the storm that the chief forecaster at MetService said wasn't going to be big, and was angry at the media for saying so and for using, what he called, emotive language...
![The scariest earthquake of my life](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
The scariest earthquake of my life
Weather analyst Philip Duncan gives his account of the Christchurch earthquake.
![Weather Watch: Weather Girls](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Weather Watch: Weather Girls
Fox News has become famous for hiring hot female weather presenters, writes Philip Duncan.
![Weather Watch: Tasman Sea low to bring on wet weekend](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Weather Watch: Tasman Sea low to bring on wet weekend
A new low developing in the Tasman Sea will bring on another wet weekend providing south easterlies that carry miserable, grey weather and snow for the South, writes Philip Duncan.