Thursday, 09 March 2017

9th March

Burpees challenge
On Twitter, Sam Wallace challenged Dan to do 5 burpees:

Dan rose to the challenge (although apparently had no idea what burpees were):

Boom. Like a boss, indeed.

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Wednesday, 01 March 2017

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

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Tuesday, 28 February 2017

28th February

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

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Wednesday, 22 February 2017

22nd February

Twitter

As @Nasalhair put it, That's the weather, for meow.

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Tuesday, 03 January 2017

3rd January

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

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Sunday, 01 January 2017

1st January

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Saturday, 31 December 2016

31st December

1 News at Six

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Thursday, 06 October 2016

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.

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

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Sunday, 02 October 2016

2nd October

1 News at Six
The first day of the One News / 1 News rebrand. New weather graphics too, which look bloody amazing. Tweeted some screengrabs:

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Saturday, 17 September 2016

That's Dan Corbett for now, Down Under

The Dominion Post has published an interview with/article about Dan this weekend, with a few little snippets of information which are new even to me. However, given the inaccuracies in it about this blog, perhaps the other 'facts' are not so true either.

There is a cult (well, a fanblog) in the UK that streams our weather broadcasts, out of season, in devotion to TV One weatherman Dan Corbett.

Streaming Corb's forecasts? I WISH! It's hard enough just to watch them before they vanish into the ether, let alone stream them. Gah!

The former BBC weather presenter's quirky screen style – all fingers, anthropomorphism, and advice – has hooked fans here too, as well as earned the odd comparison to a gecko climbing a concrete wall.

Unfortunately, also true.

On-screen he admonishes the "big mean uglies" that disrupt picnicking plans, and coos almost proudly if "Mother Nature finally read the emails for some decent Christmas weather". He's described trough lines across the Pacific as "sort of dancing about like a blue sausage", referred to ducks clutching umbrellas and donning coats if it's raining hard, and is quick to tell you when it's "time to put the barbecue back in the garage".

SWOON!

His turns of phrase have been dubbed danisms by 'That's the Weather, For Now' – his dedicated fanblog – and are all ad-libbed on set.

Calling them Dan-isms (capital letter is important, hyphen unnecessary) wasn't my idea - seem to remember having read it online somewhere.

"It's important for someone like me, who's in your living room just a few minutes in the evening, to conjure up mental images that will stick – otherwise it's pointless. People would turn to look at their partner at the end of a bulletin and ask, 'so what's the weather tomorrow?'"

Conjuring up the mental image of Dan in my living room. Quick, best have a tidy up.

The whole article is worth a read. Very slightly different print versions exist (the title of the one in the Dominion Post being the title of this blogpost), all with similar amazing photos of Dan. Can't find a way to link to the articles on PressReader, but here are the photos:

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Wednesday, 31 August 2016

Here Come the Showers

Over on Twitter:

Reminiscent of Cassetteboy's Brackish Water, The Detailz's Here Come the Showers contains unedited samples of Dan placed over music. From the particularly fitting ending, it seems the samples were taken from a BBC broadcast.

Have a listen:
https://soundcloud.com/the-detailz/here-come-the-showers

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Tuesday, 28 June 2016

Kiwi Dan

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Thursday, 19 May 2016

Lam-Corb-hini

Recipe for disaster? A Lamborghini, the Breakfast crew, a big dog and the school run
Skip to 2m 25s in for a brief shot of Dan driving the Lamborghini.
His verdict?

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Thursday, 31 March 2016

Mountain Lair

For those of you wondering where Dan's gone, he's off at his Mountain Lair:

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Tuesday, 01 March 2016

1st March

Hottest February on Record
Some brief glimpses of Dan on the video embedded within this news item. Start watching from around 1m 10s onwards.


The Adam and Eve Show
On Sunday Dan tweeted:


Video of their challenge is now on YouTube.

Firstly, what makes a great weather presenter? (TL;DR, it's Dan)

If you only watch one of these three videos, make it this one.

What we do is convey information ... it might be a big storm that's coming or it might be lovely weather for beaches. We take all the information, we look at the weather, we're telling the story - but you want people to remember what you're telling them because so many times people will watch the weather and you get to the end of it and you go [pulls face] 'What's gonna happen tomorrow?' ... and that's why I like to sit there and tell people, 'today's gonna be a great day for the beach, you're gonna go outside, you're gonna have fun.'

For me, the highlight of this video is Dan's forecast in front of the studio audience.
We start off with what I call a plate of spaghetti, all the different fronts.

Thirty degrees, you'll be outside, that nor-wester like Mother Nature's hairdryer blowing away.

This wiggly front like a piece of blue plasticine wiggles about.

It's the applause at the end that makes it for me. Yay for Dan!


Master of the green screen (again, it's Dan)


Finally, the verdict:

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Friday, 27 November 2015

27th November

One News at 6
So much for 'ten days on the ice,' - this was Dan's last AntartiCorb forecast.
Dan Corbett
Here's the main forecast: Evening Weather Report: Nov 27

At the end, Dan's with some friends not quite dressed for the weather...
Dan Corbett


CNN

Couldn't seem to find video evidence of this online, unfortunately.


Impersonation
Chris Chang (who still holds the title of World's Best Daniel Corbett Impersonator) has done another impression: 'That's the weather, for now' - Dan Corbett hilariously mimicked by ONE News reporter
Despite the title, that's your weather for now, apparently.

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Thursday, 26 November 2015

26th November

One News at 6
Here's the main forecast: Evening Weather Report: Nov 26

It looks like I'm bundled up again like the Abominable Snowman.


Daniel Corbett

There was also a report: Living with and studying extreme weather in Antarctica

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Wednesday, 25 February 2015

25th February

Cooler temperatures as fronts sweep through
Auckland, 26; it'll be an ice-cream man day, you never know.


One News at 6pm
There he is. Come on, Mr high, come on in.

There's a Vine of this, below.


Twitter

Exactly.

Continue reading "25th February" »

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Friday, 02 January 2015

2nd January

One News at 6
Midway though, Dan gets attacked by a giant bird:

Main forecast:
Upper-level energy:
It's a bit like having your car, you change your spark plugs and, boom, off it goes.

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Friday, 19 December 2014

Jim Hickey

It was Jim Hickey's final day at TVNZ.

These appeared on Twitter:



And there's a brief glimpse of Dan as Jim leaves the studio for the last time. There's video of that, below. Dan's wearing his Clark Kent disguise, in case you don't spot him around 12m 25s in.

Continue reading "Jim Hickey" »

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Friday, 28 November 2014

While Dan's away tending to his alabaster palace in the clouds, this happened on Twitter:

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Tuesday, 18 November 2014

18th November

More heavy rain on the way
Daniel Corbett
Put a smile next to Friday [draws smiley face in the air].


Here's Dan's tweet with a link to the afternoon video:

Wet Wednesday on the cards
Daniel Corbett
You take a piece of notepaper to keep an eye on that stuff.

It's true; I do.

With the colder, unstable air, it's like putting a pot on the stove and it's a hot burner, bmmm, bubbles up the bubbles.

Mixed weather:
It's up and down like a see-saw [roller coaster type gesture].

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Monday, 10 November 2014

10th November

See? If you're not following Dan on Twitter yet, get a move on. You're missing out.


Sunny skies replaced by wind and rain
It looks like Mother Nature'll be back to the old tricks this week; grab the raincoats, hold on to your hats, we're on the old downward slope on the roller coaster ride.

A gaggle of fronts to work their way in.

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Wednesday, 15 October 2014

15th October

15th October
Missed the first hour. Again, shocking lack of real highlights (Dan) on the OnDemand 'highlights'.


07:11
Surprised to see even Kiwis harp on about the Great Storm of 1987. Earlier in the show, THAT clip of Michael Fish was shown to mark its 27th anniversary.
Before the forecast, Dan mentioned that he used to work with Michael at the BBC.

Still got a decent picnic day.

On Twitter, @HobelG pointed out that it looks like Dan had a halo:
Daniel Corbett
Saint Daniel Corbett, patron saint of weather.


08:11
Couldn't write quickly enough to catch a Dan-ism about a 'big chap' on the forecast.

There was a discussion about Sam's tweet, blaming Dan for the bad weather on his holiday. There's some strong language in Dan's reply, you may wish to avert your eyes.


08:35
Friday, you dig in the cupboard, pull out the raincoat.

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Sunday, 12 October 2014

Breakfast

Breakfast is on from 6 - that's Monday morning for those of you in NZ, 6pm Sunday evening for those of us in the UK. Highlights of the show are usually available On Demand.

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Thursday, 25 September 2014

25th September

Dan's debut on TVNZ's 6pm One News.
There are three forecasts on this programme; a brief update at 6pm before the headlines; a longer one at about 6.25pm and a detailed forecast at around 6.55pm.


6pm
High pressure:
It's packing its bags, it's heading out the door.


6.25pm
Dan Corbett
Liked the weather reference in Wendy's introduction:
The winds have blown in a new member to the One News family; Dan Corbett has joined our expert weather team.

Then, against a picture of a dog-walker at sunrise:
For some of us it was a good-looking day to take the odd doggie out for the walk in the morning.

This Dan-ism alone kept me smiling all day:
Milford jumps out like a blue beacon. Wrrk! Wrrk!

There's a Vine of that one, below.

Lambs on the backdrop now:
Even these lovely ones here, they probably are thinking, 'hmmm, there is some rain on the way.'


6.56pm
The fine-looking weather over the past couple of days has probably been pretty good for the picnic baskets and the packed lunches, but put those aside and instead reach in the cupboard and grab those raincoats, they will certainly come in handy over the next couple of days.

He then goes on to compare a weather front to a garden hose (with gestures).

Keep an eye on Sunday, maybe put a few raindrops on the calendar [gestures doing so].

Simon: What a pro.

Exactly.

There's video of all 3 forecasts nicely merged into a single video, below.


Twitter
Loved reading the overwhelmingly positive reactions to Dan's forecasts on Twitter. Can't beat a good bit of Dan-appreciation.

Continue reading "25th September" »

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Wednesday, 24 September 2014

Twitter

WOW.

Yes, Dan Corbett is on Twitter. The man himself.
Now you can get your Dan-isms straight from the horse's mouth (so to speak).

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Monday, 22 September 2014

23rd September

Thanks to @ChrisChang_nz we got a heads up on Dan's appearance on Breakfast.

Dan Corbett

It's always around the equinox ... where you just get the weather just going- like Mother Nature's taken her toys in the pram and said, 'what's this? ppt!' and tips it over.

Mother Nature just takes a bit of time to get into the new summer wardrobe.

We're still going to get some nice weather where Sam's gonna wheel out the barbecue.

It just might take Mother Nature a bit of time to get the calendar in the post and say, 'ah, it's July - or January.'


Here's the video:
El Nino yet to take hold in NZ. It's also embedded, below.

Continue reading "23rd September" »

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Tuesday, 13 May 2014

EastEnders

Now here's a sentence I never imagined I would write; Dan was on EastEnders tonight.


Look! There he is!
Dan Corbett

Not quite sure what the BBC's done to the iPlayer but I can't find a way to link to a specific point in a programme any more. Not that it's really necessary in this case; Dan is on right at the start, immediately after the opening titles.

...your car, you shift it into a different gear, that's what's going to happen. It's all down to the wind, next couple of days that warm southerly wind could push temperatures up across a good part of the British Isles. Then, shift the wind, down comes the cooler air and some of us by the end of the week might be grabbing a couple of extra pullovers. And look at the temperatures, middle twenties for some of us...

At which point Peter Beale rudely turns the telly off.

EastEnders script writers: to add realism to your soap opera, either use a weather forecaster who didn't leave the BBC / the UK almost three years ago or at least have Peter Beale stare in awe at the telly until the forecast had finished in the manner of most normal people viewing one of Dan's broadcasts.

Despite there being a couple of Dan-isms sparkling in that short clip, I can't find any mention of them on this blog. GASP!
UPDATE:
Added a searchbar thing to the blog and found it straight away - it's a forecast from September 2010.

Watch EastEnders on the iPlayer (available until 19th May) and there's a Vine of a small snippet of it, below.

Continue reading "EastEnders" »

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Friday, 09 May 2014

That's the weather, for now.

From MetService's announcement on Facebook:

Dan has decided to take an extended break to travel overseas before deciding on his next career move. We wish him all the very best and will miss his fantastic one-liners and amazing ability to entertain (while communicating important information!)

Some serious Dan-appreciation going on in the comments there.


Dominion Post
Colourful Corbett leaving MetService

The man who made talking about the weather an art form is leaving MetService.

Dan Corbett is today having his last day at MetService, where he has worked since 2011 – explaining the weather in colourful terms that people with no knowledge of meteorology can understand.

A "rip-snorting southerly" that slammed into Wellington last June was "like a freight train without a driver", a low stalled in the Tasman Sea delivering warm air to New Zealand was like a "like a car in mud", and a fine day in spring has been "the kind of fine day you'll want to grab with both hands and say 'it's mine'."

Corbett – a Brit who previously had been a television weather forecaster for BBC in Britain and the United States – plans to take his family travelling, then to embark on "the next phase of life, whatever that happens to be".

Arriving in Wellington in 2011, he was soon in the middle of extreme weather events, including snow falling in Courtenay Place and The Terrace in Wellington that year, then last year’s June storms which created havoc around Wellington, including at Corbett’s home, where a tree crashed into his shed.

Even after covering tornadoes in the United States, New Zealand proved exciting in the meteorology game – especially compared to Britain’s bland weather.

"Here, you get some really, really mean weather."

His colourful turn of phrase was an effort to make the weather understandable to all, he said.

For example, rather than talking about an "intense trough" he would also explain it as the sort of weather "all the ducks at the duck pond will be smiling".

There's a great video compilation of Dan-isms at the top of that article which is well worth a watch.


Campbell Live
Celebrating three years of Daniel Corbett
Wow. A feature on a nightly national news programme. Imagine THAT!

Whena Owen interviews Dan in his last hours at MetService as he is clearing his desk.

Over some footage of him at the BBC:

"Dan came here to the New Zealand MetService from the BBC where he had a bit of a cult following."

HAD? He still has, Ms Owen.

We hear Dan is going travelling around the world with his wife:

"Probably spend some time in the States, maybe in the UK and then after that we'll just see what life brings."

Then Dan gives his final forecast:

"For Sunday for a lot of us it's just a nice day. You wake up in the morning, maybe knock on Mum's door [knocking gesture] and say, 'come on, we're going for lunch,' and you'll have a nice day ... Some nice-looking weather just to finish off across most of the country and that's the weather from Dan."

There's a Vine of that sign-off - and video of the whole thing - below.


As I said three years ago, I'm hoping this won't spell the end for this blog and that we might still hear from Dan from time-to-time.

I'll be sure to post any news here and on Twitter too.

Until then; that's the weather, for now...

Continue reading "That's the weather, for now." »

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Thursday, 17 April 2014

17th April

National AM
Troughs on the low:
It’s almost like a spider spreading out its arms [arms out].

Easter Sunday, you’re putting the eggs in the garden with the bunny.


Auckland AM
Showers; shhhw, shhhw, [waves hand from side to side], they come through.


Christchurch AM
Friday’s a day where all the ducks at the duck pond [smile gesture] have a smile, if they could smile.


Wellington AM
That’s how it looks, like taking some blue paint and going, pfoom, like that [not quite a throwing gesture].

For Easter Sunday, when the bunny’s hopping round the garden, there still might be a few showers.


National PM
A pretty mean tropical low is working its way in. You can almost say it’s the big attack of the big red blob.
There's a picture of that one on Twitter.

Our rainfall, we could easily be seeing as much as two hundred to three hundred kilometres, erm, millimetres of rain. Spit it out.

We get the little spokes, like a bit of a mad octopus flailing its arms around [does so].

Going into Easter Sunday, the bunny’ll be hopping about, he’ll be saying [bounces], 'yeah, this is OK.'


Severe
You can imagine the list of watches and warnings is a bit like a laundry list.


Australia
It’s another day for the sandwiches [eating gesture] in the park, 29, even a trip to the beach.


Pacific
If you’re going in the next couple of days, sunglasses [sunglasses gesture], bucket and spade, you’re in pretty good shape.


Marine
You notice how we just lose a lot of colour, we go back to our purple, smooth. That means things are just going 'ahhh', just chilling out.


Auckland PM
Even on Easter Sunday, don’t be surprised, the Easter Bunny, he might be like this [bounces, umbrella gesture], bouncing about with a raincoat and an umbrella.


Farming Show
We kick the thing out the back door and the centre of it will sneak round the back of the garden.

Listen.


Guessing that the following two TV bits belong here. Might be 24 hours out. Timezones.

Breakfast
Wet weather set to end just in time for Easter
Dan Corbett
The Easter Bunny will actually have sunshine too but he might have an umbrella in his hand.


Firstline
Weather: Rain forecast for Easter
From the video:
You almost imagine Mother Nature and the Easter Bunny having a bit of a tussle right off the bat but they're gonna solve their problems.

By Saturday and Sunday we're kicking the low out the back door.

From the accompanying article:

"If you're peaking [sic] down the road to look for the Easter Bunny, I think he might already have his raincoat on."


Waikato Times
Weather warning for Easter motorists

"It's going to have some fangs to it for sure," Corbett said.

"If folks are travelling on the roads it will be pretty unpleasant. If [holidaymakers] go up north they're going in a better direction. If they put all the kids in the back of the car and said right we're going at 3pm and they drive south they'll drive straight through the front," Corbett said.


Sun Live
Audio forecast! Yes, you can listen to what Dan had to say to their reporter over the phone.

Today's one of those, almost a sleep late kind of day.

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Wednesday, 02 April 2014

2nd April

Pacific
Dan Corbett
All of this looks lovely and pretty. You'd think I'd had the red paint [points], 'er, colour number six,' and just gone pfff, like that.

So this guy is going away [waves to the low], hasta la vista, bye bye.

Remember the other low, the big coloured gorilla in the corner, da-daa, there it is.


Australia
Yesterday was certainly a day for the ice-cream man across parts of Australia.


Rural
Look at this front trying to behave. It's just going, [wobbles and laughs?] 'I've gotta go that way.'

The front:
It may just come right in and say, 'I'm here,' you never know.


Manawatu Standard
Flights cancelled by 'wok-like' fog by @chrishydejourno.


"It's like having a big wok and then you put the lid on it like this high has. Eventually the glass starts fogging up. It's the perfect recipe."

As the week went on the high would become even more "moth-eaten" and would finally move on towards the weekend.

The response on Twitter:

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Tuesday, 28 January 2014

28th January

National AM
This bloke, he's just saying, h-huh, I'm coming.

Twenty-two degrees, you'll be outside or maybe in the office saying, 'wow, it's a nice day.'

Decent weather and it doesn't just flink, flink [flick of wrist] in the course of fifteen minutes.

The high just says, 'ah, I'm coming back,' and it does.


National PM
Fine for your maybe trip to the beach or maybe just taking your sandwich at work, head out to the park for the day.

High pressure says, 'hang on a sec, it's my turn.'


Australia
Looks like Mother Nature's really got loads of things in her bag of tricks.


Marine
You look at the winds just scattered about like roaches just running when the light goes on.

As we run through the course of the rest of the week you think, 'aw [throws hands up], it's gonna be a big front, right?' No, hang on. That front weakens, energy is going away pretty quickly, so you just go ppt, like that [pulling apart gesture], it's done.


stuff.co.nz
Summer weather blowing in

Weather forecasters have dug some sunshine symbols out of their 2013 cupboard, and are predicting a week of barbecues and sunglasses across the country.

The next few days bring a front up the country starting later tomorrow, Corbett said.

"We will barely even notice it here in Wellington if you can believe it, because it's pretty weak and it's fizzling as opposed to coming in with all sorts of guns blazing and a freight train just barrelling through."

The high would build back after the front moved through, and would likely bring a bit of cloud and possibly a spot of rain to Wellington on Friday.

"If you look at the Wellington forecast for instance for the coming week, everyone has probably done a double take.

"Then there will be another front with a bit more meat on it, but certainly through the weekend, and into the first part of next week it looks lovely.

"It will be barbecue and sunglasses time, so get them ready.

"It was the joke a couple of weeks ago mother nature didn't receive her 2014 calendar in time. I think she's finally got it, and she's flicked to January 2014."


Campbell Live
Daniel Corbett
Here's "the wonderful Daniel Corbett" on Campbell Live, bursting with Dan-isms.

Mother Nature, she was going to a summer barbecue so they told her, 'bring a plate of food.' She didn't do anything, she barely turned up.

John Campbell's response: "Miserable old tart."

The highs:
They just sat there and went, 'nah-nah,' and didn't come to us.

The wind flow starts to turn round to the milder, northerly direction and everyone goes, 'he-hey!'

We will be digging out the barbecues, the jandals.

At least the anticyclones, they've come to the party.

Imagine making a fruit punch and you didn't have any fruit. Now, all of a sudden, we have the fruit.

Wherever you see the high building like a big mud wrestler going brrr [elbows out] like that, that tells you the atmosphere is settling down.

Amazing.
There's video, below.

Added bonus:

Continue reading "28th January" »

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Sunday, 05 January 2014

Twelve Days of Corbmas

A silly thing I did on Twitter:

FIRST


SECOND


THIRD


FOURTH


FIFTH


SIXTH



SEVENTH



EIGHTH



NINTH



TENTH



ELEVENTH



TWELFTH



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Thursday, 19 December 2013

19th December

National PM
Daniel Corbett

Our friend [waves], hello; high pressure, that's coming in.

As the high builds in notice it's like a big bubble building in like a big fat bloke going [elbows out - see pic] h-hurr, like that.

Friday was the day we probably marked a couple of days ago with a smiley face [gestures drawing one] on the calendar.

Look at that, that's a decent day. That's a picnic day. It's a day you say 'let's go to the beach.' Why not?

The high builds in and just sort of chills out the atmosphere.

Monday is OK, last minute shopping, you're gonna be fine I think, out and about.

Christmas Day potentially there could be a few showers. Not a washout, we're all inside with the board games.


Australia
We go into the weekend, you're still thinking about the ice-cream man? Well, you might still be.


Pacific
This big lump of colour here and you look at the different colours and you think, 'well, Dan's been to the paint shop.'


Breakfast

Sadly, there's no video of this on the TVNZ website.


Firstline
A mostly sunny Christmas expected
Dan Corbett
You can probably picture Santa as he came through, he probably had his board shorts on but he might have a raincoat in the back of his sleigh.

I think, if you're at the barbecue, wherever you might be, just plan for a few showers, but I think you keep your barbecue going, but of course, like me sometimes on rainy days back in the UK, you'd have your spatula like this, umbrella like that [see pic] and you'd be fine.

Watch the video.


The Press
Christmas forecast looks good

MetService meterologist Daniel Corbett said the best conditions for thunder were south of Christchurch, where air from the land and the sea converged to give the storm an "extra lift".

"It's almost like having a big fire and someone throwing on a can of petrol."

Corbett was optimistic for a mostly dry Canterbury Christmas.

"If I was planning a barbecue, I wouldn't cancel it."

But he does advise telling your guests to bring a rain coat, just in case.

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Tuesday, 15 October 2013

15th October

Yeah, the date appears wrong on these. Time zones, innit.

Twitter
Possibly the greatest ever tweet about Dan:


Radio New Zealand
Got a heads up about this one from Twitter:

Have a listen

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Friday, 09 August 2013

9th August

National
You've already got weekend plans? Maybe Grandma's coming round or something.


New Zealand Herald
Wet weekend on way for most

"As we go through the weekend you can imagine this spinning low, like a spinning top, just giving a glancing blow to the northern and eastern coasts of the North Island."


Manawatu Standard
Manawatu basks in sunny weather by @mathewgrocott

"Seventeen, my gosh that's a nice temperature, it's a day for cutting the grass."


Video
Here's a forecast from 1st August 2006. Looking back through these videos, it seems a Dan-ism free forecast was more common back then.

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Saturday, 29 June 2013

blog updates

HELP! GOOGLE READER CLOSES ON MONDAY! I NEED TO KNOW WHEN A NEW BLOG POST APPEARS HERE!
Relax. You could:

- switch to a new RSS reader. I'm currently trying out Feedly and RedTreeReader, but hanging on to Google Reader for as long as I can.

- try an email alert service. Not tried these myself, but MailChimp or Blogtrottr might be worth a go.

- bookmark the blog and check for updates manually. Lately I've been adding the previous week's posts at the weekend.

- follow me on Twitter. I tweet most of the Dan-isms that appear on the blog, the pictures too sometimes.

Hope that helps!

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Friday, 21 June 2013

21st June

National
You wake up in the morning in Wellington, you probably had a night with the old window panes doing this [flaps arms].


Christchurch
Grab the firewood if you haven't already.


TVNZ Breakfast
Polar blast hits the capital
Dan Corbett
Dan skypes Breakfast from home due to a slip (I'm guessing this is a landslip rather than a fall). There's dedication for you.

It's like having a big turbine, you wind it up and it's going, vvv, and then you say OK, cut the power, it takes a bit of time for it to calm down.

Getting into the weekend we're all gonna go finally [wipes forehead, sigh of relief], gosh, it's gone.

Watch the video.


Farming Show
Break in Canterbury's wild weather

Forecaster Daniel Corbett says there are still showers across many regions and snow at higher levels but things aren't as intense as we've seen.

"They're looking slowly better. It's not as if we're going to flick a switch and all of a sudden somebody's going to say 'Ta da! It's all gone'.

"But we are seeing a little bit of a light at the end of the tunnel from what has been a ansty [sic] beast."

You can also listen to a Farming Show interview with Dan.


Dominion Post
Worst of the wild weather over by @Kerry_McBride
Kerry tweeted her excitement at the prospect of speaking to Dan:

Here are some snippets from the article she wrote:

"We'll be waking up to temperatures of about 5 or 6 degrees in the morning. Folks will step outside, maybe thinking to grab the paper and hoping for spots of sunshine. It won't be that just yet, we're looking at grey skies."

By Sunday there would be enough dry patches for people to resume their planned activities, Mr Corbett said.

"If it's a picnic in the park with your teddy bears then don't keep those plans, don't go outside. But a bit of DIY to tidy up those tree branches and those sorts of things can be planned for Sunday."

Hawke's Bay should brace itself as the "rain curlicue" moved up from Wellington and travelled north across Wairarapa, he said.

"It's like the spoke of a bicycle wheel. It'll move through tomorrow and flit up to parts of the central plateau."

By Monday, Wellington and the lower North Island would be in for some sunshine as things settle down for most of next week.

"But you'll still need to keep that coat handy."


3News
Bearing the brunt of the storm

Last night Dan Corbett from Metservice told us the southerly storm would hit the capital like a freight train, and he was right.

Dan is always right.


YouTube
1st May 2005
Dan's in Countryfile-casual
Maybe that's the day for hillwalking or something.

Watch the video, below:

Continue reading "21st June" »

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Monday, 17 June 2013

17th June

Severe
Notice how the areas of blue are rather more spotty, a bit like blue measles of sorts on the weather map.


National PM
The speckles of blue, almost like blue measles on the weather map.

It looks like a bit of a mess really, like a dog's dinner as far as the old weather map is concerned.

Look at that [the low], like you've taken a string, put it round the low and just gone [string-pull gesture with sound-effect I can't transcribe], off it goes.


TVNZ Breakfast
Dan Corbett
Outside broadcast!

This weather system, if you notice, is just rotating around like a bit of a washing machine of sorts, different lumps of clothing all the spokes of energy and wet weather.

The weather system is a bit like a kitchen sink, it's got everything thrown in it.

Watch the video.


Dominion Post
It seems that most of my NZ followers on Twitter are journalists. Here's a piece by @Matt808Stewart:

Nasty bite of winter hits

"It'll get pretty ugly at the end of the week, it'll certainly look like winter on the outside of the tin," MetService forecaster Dan Corbett said.

"It's going to be a damn cold end to the week whatever way you slice it," Mr Corbett said.

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Thursday, 13 June 2013

13th June

Twitter
@FedFarmers tweeted a picture of Dan at agricultural show Fieldays:


YouTube
While Dan's away, bismuthcadmium has been hard at work uploading videos to YouTube, which are embedded under the cut.


3rd February 2005
The warm coats will come in hand.


7th February 2005
This is Plymouth, almost makes you want to get outside to the park.

Thursday's the wet day, the umbrella day.

And another, 'that's your weather for now' sign off.


8th February 2005
A wet day for Thursday. Grab the umbrella, probably put it in the bag now.

Those and more, below:

Continue reading "13th June" »

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Tuesday, 04 June 2013

4th June

Severe
You have like two sponges; one coming from one side, one from the other and, chmmm [brings hands together], crashing together.


National PM
You talk about the kitchen sink, this weather system is a bit like going to a buffet; you take a tray initially, you get the sandwich, you get the cake, you get a bit of everything the whole way down.

Some pretty strong to severe southeast gales, right there, like you've gone, chhh [accordion gesture], like that with an accordion of sorts.

A weather system:
Doing a bit of a back-somersault of sorts, a bit like a two-legged octopus.

A band of rain:
You can see it, a bit like water being flushed down the toilet [spirals finger in air], shmmm, there it goes.

Grab some extra logs for the old fire at night, minus two is your number because of course, clear skies, light winds, temperatures [dropping gesture], chmmm, straight down.


Stuff.co.nz
Heavy rain, gales, and snow ahead

MetService Meteorologist Daniel Corbett said the weather across New Zealand was a "mixture of everything".

"There's rain in the north, snow in the south and wind in between. Basically, take a bit of this, a bit of that, throw in three kitchen sinks and that's our weather today."
Thanks to ‏@Blueblazer01 for spotting that one!


Manawatu Standard
Another @chrishydejourno special in the Manawatu Standard. Weather set to be "sponge fight"

A "sponge fight" between a water-packed cold and warm front will bring heavy downpours of rain to Manawatu this afternoon and evening.

The southerly front which has already dumped snow in the South Island is likely to be the victor, MetService forecaster Daniel Corbett said.

"Yucky" winds are likely and the front has the potential to dust the Desert Road with snow tonight, Corbett said.

"Today is a bit of everything, you go to the buffet table and you pick up some rain, some snow and some wind and that's what you're having," Corbett said.

"It's like having two big water balloons hovering over central New Zealand and then someone squeezes them together and boom, everyone's soaked."

I asked Chris on Twitter if he gets these great quotes from Dan on the phone. Chris replied:

Amazing.

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Friday, 19 April 2013

19th April

Severe Weather Update
This cloud here, it's getting rather lumpy. It's almost like having some porridge on the stove and you put the stove on high and blm, blm, blm [makes a sort of bubbling porridge gesture].


Twitter
Dan proved he'd learned the 'gumboots' lesson from earlier in the week in this tweet from @MetService:


Farming Show
Some shocking name-calling going on at the start, you may wish to cover your ears.

It's just some rain. Hopefully the grass and everything can react and say, 'hey, this is nice,' and start growing.

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Wednesday, 27 February 2013

27th February

National AM
Dan Corbett
Another fine-looking day. Go outside you'll go [looks up] 'Oh wow! Another nice sunny day!'

Wellington, fine-looking day, light winds, once again you'll be making the old picnic basket quite useful.


National PM
This bloke, little weather system just been skipping his way by the far south, he doesn't have much in him. Notice, instead of him coming, babaa! Like that [sweeps hands up South Island], he's just slipping by, doing a bit of a Scooby Doo that way.

We've had that mist and fog that's been lurking on the coast again, it sort of creeps in. It's like pulling the sheet back and forth on the bed [gestures doing so] in the morning. Comes in in the morning, eases back.


Australia
Cyclone Rusty:
It slowly weakens, like having a hoover and you just stop the moisture from getting in there.


Pacific
Trough line:
There it is, sort of dancing about like a bit of a blue sausage.


Twitter


Keep up the good work, @MetService!

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Tuesday, 30 October 2012

30th October

National AM
It's the sort of day you say, 'I'm grabbing the sunglasses, I'm out the door.' You won't need the old raincoat.


Christchurch AM
Don't be surprised, at times, you might wake up in the morning [parting curtains gesture] and see the old cloud and go, 'uuuurgh, gosh.'


National PM
A lovely bright blue sky day, almost a picnic lunch day, very pleasant indeed.


Auckland PM
You'll be outside with the sunglasses, looking fine over the next couple of days.


Wellington PM
Very pleasant indeed. You're gonna be grabbing the old sunglasses [sunglasses gesture] saying, 'mmm,' some decent weather for the outside.


TVNZ Breakfast podcast
I was aware that Dan's been on telly a bit talking about Hurricane/Storm Sandy but unable to watch any of it due to it being unavailable outside NZ. Then @NickRH14 tweeted:

Nick told me this came from the TVNZ Breakfast podcast. There are instructions on their website (perhaps a little out of date?), but I just went to iTunes and searched for it. There, on 30th October, four minutes and twenty-five seconds of Dan: Superstorm Sandy 'just immense' - MetService.
Thanks, Nick!

UPDATE DECEMBER 2012:
Here's the podcast clip online (via Netweather.tv)


Video
Some video of Dan talking about Hurricane Sandy for Stuff.co.nz has surfaced on YouTube:

UPDATE JULY 2014:
Here's another Hurricane Sandy video. Judging by the shirt and tie I'd say this was filmed on the same day.

Hurricanes or cyclones need water temperature of twenty-six degrees or better, so anything colder than that is almost like somebody's pulling a plug on a neon light, you pull it [gestures doing so], vvv, and it fizzles out.

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Wednesday, 26 September 2012

26th September

National PM
The big high is sitting there say ing, 'uh-uh, I don't feel like moving.'


The Dominion Post
Weather in week ahead 'like a car wash'

MetService forecaster Daniel Corbett said the weather had been very fine, but that would ease away today as the rain moved in. He said the first weather system would do a bit of a "hula dance" over the city, and another weather system later in the weekend would bring wind and a cool change.

"If you've ever been to a carwash on a Saturday, that's what it is going to be like with all the weather systems."

Linking to the above article, Dominion Post journalist @Kerry_McBride tweeted:


Bay of Plenty Times
Rain on its way:

MetService meteorologist Daniel Corbett said the slow-moving weather system would finally come to town after loitering out to the west of New Zealand for the past couple of days.

"The past couple of days have seen a bit more cloud and some patchy rain but the next couple of days will definitely be the raincoat days of the weeks," he said.

"The big high from the past weekend has been slow to clear away so it kept the rain band with the next weather system out the west. It was a bit like waiting for a car park space to appear in a car park."

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Sunday, 17 June 2012

Fieldays

Dan's not been on the video forecasts on Thursday and Friday because he's been off on another Fieldays event.

There were a couple of mentions of this on Twitter:

Twitter - Fieldays

and @LizQuilty's daughter actually met Dan:

Daughter went to Field Days, came back stoked to have met Daniel Corbett from Metservice, got pics with him, and everything!

Hopefully normal service will resume next week from Dan. I can't promise normal service from myself on the blog or on Twitter because it's the time of year where I do almost nothing else but work, unfortunately.

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Sunday, 09 October 2011

7th October

Twitter
A warning from @MetService:

And not a very good imposter at that. No -isms?! Schoolboy error.

Still, it wouldn't have happened if the REAL Dan had been on Twitter in the first place. Tweets from @MetService don't count, ^DC.


Weekend Weather
We can finally say goodbye to that area of low pressure that was just spinning around [spinning gesture] for days, almost like you drive off to the beach and the car gets stuck in the sand.

Video, below.

UPDATE MARCH 2012:
The video is no longer available; MetService recently deleted all their old video forecasts from their YouTube account.

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Friday, 22 July 2011

22nd July

Weekend Weather
Some of us, by the end of the weekend, might even be using the snow shovels [shovelling gesture], you never know.

You might start off, particularly, say, on the North Island for Saturday, probably like this [two-handed umbrella gesture - squee!] with the umbrella.

You almost open the floodgates here, VHUM! [floodgates gesture] and the cold air works through.

Sunday night into Monday:
Maybe that's when you're going to be heading home from Grandma's or going somewhere.

Nifty move to the other side of the screen to reveal the MetService website:
And any time you can, please, just head to the website. That's the weather [point] for now [nod].

The video is embedded below.

UPDATE MARCH 2012:
The video is no longer available; MetService recently deleted all their old video forecasts from their YouTube account.


Twitter
Then there was this ^DC tweet:


Comment
Finally, I came home from work this evening to discover that Dan had left a comment on the blog.

*faints*

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Saturday, 16 July 2011

15th July

Weekend Weather
No Powder Watch forecast for us this week, unfortunately - but we do get a brilliant Weekend Weather forecast instead:

Some showers:
Not a plan-spoiler by any means.

Whatever you're going to be doing, maybe taking the kids away for the holiday break, you've got some great-looking weather.

Don't be surprised as well, Saturday morning, you might be out there with the scraper [scraping gesture] on the car.

If you're going to maybe take the family out to the park for the day, always the details on the website, any time you need them. That's the weather, for now.

Am swooning over the return of 'that's the weather, for now', (in fact, I actually cheered) although no point-and-nod... yet.

The video is embedded below.

UPDATE MARCH 2012:
The video is no longer available; MetService recently deleted all their old video forecasts from their YouTube account.


Twitter
Also, there's finally been a tweet from ^DC on the @MetService Twitter account.


Great British Weather
In off-topic news, this week's Great British Weather show on BBC1 was a huge disappointment, so much so that I might not even bother to watch next week. I realise that not everybody has GCSE or O Level geography, but this was dumbed down in the extreme. Perhaps if they'd had better presenters...

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