"Auckland on Saturday is going to be OK but the end of Saturday we've got the rain on the doorsteps of central New Zealand."
The rain will be heading north on Sunday too so it will be "a different prospect" for those with outdoor plans, he said.
However, Corbett said the weather system "will have lost its guts" by the time it reaches Auckland.
"It's windy, it's wet the further South you are over the weekend."
A cold snap has already hit the South Island this week, with some inland areas experiencing frosts and close to freezing temperatures.
This time of year is "a bit of a rollercoaster ride," said Corbett.
"Even though they say climatologically we are heading into summer, meteorologically summer doesn't happen until the third week of December."
- nzherald.co.nz