MetService meteorologist Georgina Griffiths says New Zealanders should prepare to get wet this weekend with more unsettled weather leading into the beginning of summer.

Today is as fine as the weather will be for a while, so make the most of it.

And the next few days show no signs of letting up.

Pool of cold air high in the atmosphere causing the wild conditions: MetService.

Waterspout off browns bay. / Dannie Cullen

Fire crews and a tractor are trying to reach the vehicle is believed to be trapped in.

Torrential rain is hitting Dunedin and causing flooding in some suburbs and at the airport

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Auckland is facing another cold and wet day, following the turbulent spring weather.

Heavy snow falling in inland Southland, Central Otago and inland Clutha for next 2 days.

Don't get the jandals out just yet.

The twister was captured by local resident Alesha Plew as she and her husband were driving along State Highway 1 north of Ashburton.

Snow is forecast for areas above 400m in Southland and 500m in Otago and Canterbury.

A severe weather watch has been issued for coastal Otago and Fiordland.

"A lot of cold and wintry weather is on the way down south."