That's The Weather, For Now - a Daniel Corbett fanblog

18th April

'It's almost like someone has given Mother Nature some chill out pills'
Finally some quiet weather. It's almost like somebody has given Mother Nature some chill out pills.

3rd April

The tail end of Cyclone Debbie is set to hit NZ - but where will it strike?
Very heavy rain. It's like Mother Nature taking, not a garden hose, a fire hose [gestures doing so] and, ffff [spraying gesture], like that.

'Heavy, thundery, tropical downpours' - Cyclone Debbie's tail set to hit New Zealand
Pretty nasty spell of weather coming our way... You'd almost think that Mother Nature has, pttt, spit the dummy - and in a big way.

8th March

A little bit of a breather, but we're not out of the woods yet
We drag the moisture from the tropics and we need a mechanism to bring it down, like a big bucket scooper.

1st March

Settled weather to stay put until the weekend
The big high is sitting in place ... think of it like a big bull sitting in a paddock; it finally gets up, it's gonna start moving away.

Twitter

Our big Summer time high starts to get nibbled at the edges - like a piece of cheese! Our fine/dry gets the squeeze! https://t.co/3zsDJI5koT pic.twitter.com/8OFUumULAL

— Daniel Corbett (@danielcorbetttv) March 1, 2017

28th February

It's like hitting the replay button on the CD player, same song, same weather

The weather's not changing too much. It's a bit like hitting the replay button on the CD, you keep playing the same song [pressing button gesture].

Twitter

It was a bit like inviting Mother Nature to a potluck dunner and she turns up empty handed! Urgh! #topsyturvySummer https://t.co/IrwNQ2qOVR

— Daniel Corbett (@danielcorbetttv) February 28, 2017

7th February

Much needed rain for some parts of the country on its way
24 for Auckland, but you could be seeing things turn to rain - and probably custard - by the end of the day.

16th January

1 News at Six

You will think by midweek that somebody has literally taken the weather rulebook and thrown it out the window, [gestures doing so].

Dan Corbett: 'This is summer? Go on, pull the other leg!'
You think this is summer? Go on, pull the other leg [shakes leg]

10th January

'Summer's trying to arrive on the scene... but it's struggling!'
Summer's trying to arrive on the scene, but it's struggling. It's a bit like going to the supermarket and you leave the list at home - it is struggling.

5th January

'Hang in there because the weather will start to settle down over the coming weeks'
Dan writes on the 1 News website:

The past few weeks of weather has seemed liked a ride on fun fair roller coaster with ups and downs, swings and turns, oh, and Christmas squeezed in between!

Then from the embedded video:

The summer so far has seemed like a bit of a restaurant smorgasbord, you're having a bit of everything.

3rd January

'Cloud is the story - it's a bit damp, a bit yucky'

@ttwfn "If you're going to be out camping, you want to think about maybe that really thick old sleeping bag, it'll be chilly here!" pic.twitter.com/jWBA6c6GR3

— Andrew ✈ (@ker_fuffle) January 3, 2017

2nd January

The second day of the year has not turned into much of a beach day
Look at all the cloud, like Mother Nature's taken a sheet and gone, pmmm! [throwing gesture at exact moment weather graphics change] Right over the country."

26th December

Good beach weather in store, but Mother Nature may have got a wind machine for Christmas
Some good beach weather around today, but Mother Nature must've got a wind machine for Christmas, she's keen to start it up and give it a go.

24th December

Christmas Day could see the 'odd spot of rain' but we're in for a cracker!
We go through the night, Santa comes to visit. He see the little front, he says 'ah! Not much.'

22nd December

Milder looking weather today but we are 'looking good for Christmas'

Believe it or not, these two have seen the forecast and they're looking pretty happy [laughs] if you could say that.

'It's a good looking day out there' and it looks like it's going to be a stunner for Christmas Day too
For most of us it's more likely the beach, the picnic baskets, instead of being stuck inside.

16th December

1 News at Six
A low:
Potentially this could sit there and you say, 'Urgh! I don't like that!' That's Christmas Day..

We're all just looking for some decent Christmas weather. Maybe we can all just give a nice sort of face like that and say, 'it's nice.'

It's the question on everyone's lips: How's the weather looking for Christmas?
Mother Nature, you can imagine her, just sitting there on the fence like this, not really making up her mind.

Fingers crossed we can drag Mother Nature off the fence [gestures doing so] and get her to give us some decent-looking weather for Christmas Day. That's the weather, for now [point and nod].

15th December

Christmas weather forecast: 'Mother Nature is still sitting on the fence'

Mother Nature is still sitting on the fence, so to speak, about what weather to expect over Christmas says 1 NEWS weatherman Dan Corbett.

"The trick to getting Mother Nature off the fence and down to the beach with some fine weather will be for a high to be close to New Zealand on the big day."

And, at the bottom of that article, a video...

Planning for the weekend? It's a good looking Saturday, but Sunday changes

A better-looking forecast for Friday, even the little bunnies, they'll be happy as well.

Right click on the video --> open in new tab --> oh look, a download button --> *click*

11th November

Looking like a yucky start to the weekend
Mother Nature takes the pram, tips it sideways, all the toys are on the floor.

27th October

Spring delivers us a sunny one before a weekend of temperamental conditions
It's been a picnic lunch in the park sort of day.

21st October

Fine weather on the way: 'Fire up the BBQs!'
Well it looks like it will be the barbecues firing up, the picnic baskets.

Watch.

18th October

1 News at Six

You look at the front, it's like pulling a piece of blue plasticine apart [gestures doing so].

Rain for the South while the North Island is mainly dry
Mother Nature's had the industrial hair dryer going to the Eastern parts of the country.

Watch.

13th October

A chilly start across most of the country but things are improving
After some quieter weather we're now getting some kitchen sink weather; the type of weather where you get a bit of everything thrown at you plus the kitchen sink.

11th October

'One minute it's fine, the next you're huddled under your raincoat!'

We keep the fast-paced Spring weather; one minute it's fine, the next you're huddled under your raincoat or your umbrella [umbrella gesture].

Watch.

10th October

Dan Corbett: 'Quite a few tricks in the weather' over the next few days

Quite a day for the clouds, like the mothership is landing.

Bit of a weather sandwich; two different lumps of cloud, the clearer slot in the middle being the filling.

Watch.

1 News at Six
Maybe going through the wardrobe over the next few days, you’ll certainly be picking all the different things as quite a bit of weather comes our way.

6th October

Torrential downpours coming: 'Mother Nature puts her UGLY spring game-face on'
Looks like Mother Nature's put her ugly spring game-face on, urrr [see pic in embedded tweet, below] like that.

Watch.

A squally/thundery next 12-24 hours for many parts of the country. Mother Nature's shows her mean Spring game face! https://t.co/m401M4LViY pic.twitter.com/758FsrETro

— Daniel Corbett (@danielcorbetttv) October 6, 2016

Dan doing his own screengrabs; this blog almost writes itself now.

22nd July

Batten down the hatches! The rain and wind is coming
The wheels literally fall off Mother Nature's bus.

1st July

Turn up the heater, we're in for a cold, frosty night

Good night for the fire and, these pegs on the line down south, they'll be literally knocking at the door to come in.

29th June

Still some heavy rain to come but quiet in the south

It's been a soggy day across some parts of the country and, ladies, I know a bad hair day can sometimes happen. Take, for instance, this poor Polish Bantam there, sitting there [see photo], brrr!

22nd June

It's a soggy day across the country
It's a soggy old day, even a day when you see ducks with the umbrellas if you're outside at the duck pond.

21st June

Northerly winds warm up the shortest day
You'd almost think Mother Nature's taken the thermostat and then just tossed it aside [gestures doing so].

Temperatures are bursting through the glass ceiling
Temperatures are bursting through the glass ceiling, literally.

20th June

Bad weather set to unload on NZ - 'it's time to swap your warm coats for raincoats'
Quite an area of colour, almost like taking some yellow paint and going [throwing gesture], phoom, like that.

'Mother Nature has a broken thermostat' - new temperature records for shortest day expected
Maybe this piece on the One News website originally had video embedded within it, but by the time I got round to adding it here the video had gone. However, there's a nice quote from Dan:

"You would almost think Mother Nature has a broken thermostat that is stuck on a mild autumn setting," he said.

3rd June

One News at 6pm
The high sits in place:
You could almost put some sticky-backed glue onto the back of the high [glueing gesture] and it sits there.

Your weekend weather: 'We're in fine shape'

Quite a chilly start. If you step outside, take the dog for a walk [dog-walking gesture] he'll kind of go, 'uh-huh, not yet.'

Vined, below.

23rd May

Mother Nature has turned the page into winter
A low:
Tomorrow it's still spinning around like a big washing machine. Look at all the lumps of clothing spinning around.

17th May

Mix of weather systems keep streaming in to hit New Zealand
It's just like a busy conveyor at the supermarket on a Saturday morning, streaming along with all the food. It's the same with our weather systems, they keep streaming in.

Vined, below

The 6pm videos haven't been available for the past couple of weeks. That coupled with me being unusually busy has meant a lot of videos have been missed. Those poor, uncollected Dan-isms. Lost forever.
*sniff*

10th May

Mother Nature is setting us up for a blustery Autumn spell
Mother Nature is opening her bag of tricks and she's gonna bring us a blustery spell of autumn.

3rd May

Wondering why it's been so damn warm this autumn?
From the video embedded within the article:
What's been going on with this warm weather? It's almost like Mother Nature's taken the calendar, flipped it around a few times and said, 'here, it's summer.'
Vined, below.

From the article:
At this stage of autumn many of us would normally expect to be stacking firewood and grabbing the warm jumper but not still heading to the beach.

The current high just east of the country is blocked and not moving east very fast. It is a bit like the conveyor belt at the supermarket grinding to a halt. Normally weather systems move along from west to east just like the supermarket conveyor belt full of the daily shopping. In this case though, the conveyor has stopped and we are stuck looking at the vegetables and all snacks on the belt or, in the case of the weather, a big high just east of the country.

Don't stick those jumpers too far into the back of the cupboard!

Indian Summer lingers but will eventually get the push
From the first video embedded within the article:
You can almost imagine perhaps some ski operators looking at the weather and going, 'ewww!'

The second embedded video is the 6pm forecast.

One News at 6pm
It's like the fat lady singing at the circus; until she does, it's not over.

15th April

'Pretty decent over the weekend' - mostly clear with the possible shower
It's the time of year where we start digging in the cupboard [gestures doing so], grabbing the extra layers, you've probably already maybe looked for a jumper.

It'll be a picnic lunch, very pleasant with your sunglasses into the park.

11th April

Grab your raincoats - Mother Nature is tightening the screws of autumn
Looks like the raincoats will be coming in handy as we head through the middle part of the week, Mother Nature just tightening the screws of autumn [gestures doing so].

With the shifting daylight savings time differences, I'm no longer home from work in time to view the 6pm forecast online - and although I can find the link to some of the 6pm forecasts online, they don't always work. Do let me know if you're in the UK and have managed to get this one working.

8th March

Feeling a little bit like Autumn
It could be one of those weeks where some of us might be looking in the cupboard, reaching out [gestures doing so] for that odd jumper.

2nd March

Is that it for summer now that autumn is here? Not necessarily!
I wouldn't take the barbecue and stick it back to the garage [gestures doing so] just yet.

19th February

Some settled, decent-looking weather for the weekend
Mother Nature's thrown her toys around for the last couple of days. She's picking them all up, putting them back [gestures doing so] and instead giving us some nice high pressure.

16th February

Your summer holiday is over
Ther weather's about to change. It's almost like somebody said to Mother Nature, 'Your summer holiday is over,' and she's a bit cross.

One News at 6pm
You've got the big blocking high saying, 'you're not moving mate.'

Reminded of a similar Dan-ism from 2014, so Vined them together, below.

19th January

'Your outdoor plans are in fine shape' as quiet weather moves in
A big high, a big bloke here, puts his arm across much of the North Island.

18th January

One News at 6pm
Thursday's your day if you're looking for outdoor plans. I'd say put a smile next to it [draws smile in air].

Heavy rain and mild temperatures in store for tomorrow
It's certainly the weather for the raincoats. Even the ducks at the duck pond will probably have raincoats on as well.

7th January

Heading into the weekend if you have outdoor plans mother nature [sic] has some different ideas
Heading into the weekend, if you've got outdoor plans it looks like Mother Nature, she's got some different ideas, she's mixing up [mixing gesture] quite a storm.

31st December

Up All Night
Dan was on 5 Live again in the early hours of the morning to talk about El Niño (again). Turns out, the jet stream is on steroids and if the jet stream was like a piece of wet spaghetti, wobbling about, that would allow the colder air to flood in. Who knew?

Listen again, 40 minutes in, available until the end of January 2016.

One News at 6pm
Happy New Year!

View on Vine.

Dig out the wet weather gear for the start of 2016
Looks like we'll all be digging out the wet-weather gear for the start of 2016. Mother Nature's really putting the fangs and the teeth with quite a tropical system to work its way in.

Happy New Year!

25th December

One News at 6pm
If you're at the beach you might be saying, 'phew, it's a bit warm!'

Unwrap your Christmas Day weather
Looks like Mother nature finally read the emails for some decent Christmas weather.

24th December

One News at 6pm
I've had our One News weather radar on full beam and look what I've just seen. So, kids, we're in good shape, he is coming. Just of course make sure the food the snacks are ready, carrots for the reindeer, and everyone's alright.

Vined, below.

Christmas weather: What can Santa expect around the globe?
A special global forecast "for the big guy in red."

New Zealand:

He's gonna visit all the spots, probably hang out at the beach in the early morning hours. And then, he doesn't hang about, voom, he's off and all the reindeers are just galloping their way through.

Australia:
He’s gonna touch down, hit Alice Springs and he’s probably gonna burn his feet and say, ‘I’m not hanging about!'

Middle East:
Shoooom! Straight through, hanging on to those reindeers as he continues to churn through.

Europe:
You get to London, it’s one of those typical rainy forecasts and he goes, ‘grrr!’

South America:

Rio de Janeiro, he’ll be sitting on the Copacabana, maybe catching some rays for a time.

Watch it on One News.

8th December

Very spring-like even though we're working our way well into summer
It's days like today you'd almost think that Mother Nature's playing the weather at the wrong speed.

El Nino: How will it affect our holidays?
A short video and article by Dan about El Niño.

7th December

You might even be tempted with an extra layer or two
Last week some of us with the heat were thinking of trips to the ice-cream man. This week, with cooler air, you might even be tempted for an extra layer or two.

9th November

One News at 6pm
You probably know by now that Spring isn't always full-on. It's like driving a car, you sometimes have those lulls, almost taking your foot off the accelerator, you coast down the hill - and then you're going up the hill - boom, you floor it.

You'd almost think Mother Nature had a bit of a nap - she's quietened down
Some pretty feeble weather over the next day or so. You'd almost think Mother Nature had a bit of a nap, she's quietened down.

Nothing really to shake a stick at [gestures shaking stick].