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...

Weather analyst Philip Duncan gives his account of the Christchurch earthquake.

Fox News has become famous for hiring hot female weather presenters, writes Philip Duncan.

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.

It's the nights that are noticeably warmer for many of us – thanks to westerlies and not southerlies and rain, not frosts, writes Philip Duncan.

"I have this absolute fear of nuclear energy. Whenever I've been overseas and driven near a nuclear reactor I've been worried. But I can't really explain why," writes Philip Duncan.

The unsettled and relatively mild weather is continuing across New Zealand this week with more severe weather in the forecast, writes Philip Duncan.

This week is literally ending on a high, but all is about to change as the weather reminds us that winter isn’t all about frosty mornings and beautiful blue dome days.

Philip Duncan blogs on using the weather to your advantage.

This is your typical winter set up now. Frosty conditions south of Auckland, wet underfoot everywhere and most trees have now lost their leaves, except from about Waikato northwards.

BP's PR department seems to be working harder than those trying to actually stop the leak.