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

BBC News Channel 20th anniversary

The BBC News Channel celebrated its 20th anniversary today, and we got to see a few glimpses of Corb who, as you may know, presented the first weather forecast on what was then BBC News 24.

Here he is looming over the start of Ben Rich's weather forecast:

Thanks to TV Newsroom for the video.

And he's seen but not heard in a weather segment with Helen Willets (starts around 12m 35s in):

Thanks to MP's Newswatch for the video.

Māori Language Week

Dan features in one of TVNZ's Māori Language Week videos:

Mōrena!

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.

9th March

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

Five burpees for babies! Text FIVE to 2448 @DanielFaitaua @danielcorbetttv @Matt7Sharp @kirkpenney pic.twitter.com/ZnbR7TOJxd

— Sam Wallace (@BreakfastSam) March 8, 2017

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

.@BreakfastSam Challenge complete! @MattyMcLean You're up! #burpeesforbabies pic.twitter.com/kmUuvhsGjm

— Daniel Corbett (@danielcorbetttv) March 9, 2017

Boom. Like a boss, indeed.

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.

2nd March

Kiwis on street join TVNZ stars in hilarious parody song
A man did a cricket thing. People in New Zealand liked it. Somehow Dan got involved. 1m 15s in:

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

29th January

Blast from the past; this video of an undated BBC forecast of Dan's from was uploaded to YouTube today.

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*

4th October

1 News at Six
You've probably been wondering, when is Mother Nature gonna send us some of that typical spring windy weather? Hang onto your hats, hang onto your seats; it's coming.

Weather systems:
Just lined up like bits of shopping on a conveyor belt on a Saturday morning.

This forecast is well worth a watch for the little dance Dan does at the end. Such a shame my Vine-making equipment is currently out of order.

1st September

Welcome to 'That's the Weather for Now' - a Daniel Corbett fanblog.
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Click here for the latest Dan-isms, pictures and news.

Spring has arrived! But not everyone's pleased with the unseasonably warm weather
The video on this piece by Dan-fan Chris Chang is worth a watch from about 1m 12s in.

With Mother Nature it's always the case, it's never done until, like at the circus, the fat lady sings.

19th August

Media Ocre Awards: A match made in television heaven
Dan gets another mention in the latest Media Ocre video. From this article in the New Zealand Herald about it:

One News' beloved weatherman Dan Corbett has earned a reputation as the most animated man on television - and now the team at Media Ocre team have found his perfect partner.

Holly Pollock hosts the informercial segments on TV3's The Cafe and may be the only person on air who can match Dan's boundless energy. Could love be in the air? We can only dream.

Relax guys, he's married.

Link to video. Nonsense starts around 1m 50s in.

National Treasure

It warms my heart to know that the Kiwis have begun to appreciate the enormous genius of Dan Corbett; twice in the past week he's been described as a National Treasure.

Media Ocre Awards: Billy Crystal hijacks One News
Remember the Billy Crystal incident? In a video embedded within this article in the New Zealand Herald about the most awkward television moments of the week, Dan earns his first National Treasure accolade from Alan Morrison and Rowan Bettjeman:

The One News team were left stunned on set last week, when comedy legend Billy Crystal hijacked the live broadcast.

Crystal, who was due to appear on Seven Sharp, decided to explore the rest of the studio, wandering into shot with weatherman Dan Corbett and visiting Simon Dallow and Wendy Petrie behind the newsdesk.

But it's weatherman Corbett who is the standout star of this week's Media Ocre Awards, earning himself a special tribute montage for his always sunny demeanour.

Here's the 'special tribute montage' - (skip to about 1m 55s)

What a man, what a National Treasure.

Indeed.

TVNZ weatherman Dan Corbett officially becomes a Kiwi
Another great feature about Dan in NZ's Womens Weekly, this time about Mr & Mrs Corbett officially becoming citizens of New Zealand. Along with some great photos, another 'tribute montage'-style video, there are some choice quotes:

The sparky Englishman can now be a national treasure as he and his wife become "official" New Zealanders.

The pair, who often whip up picnic lunches together and then set off exploring, say they’ll continue to make their way around the country, taking in its beauty.

Dan says his mother has been over and there are rumblings that a few cousins might like to visit. Now he just has to make sure he can get the weather right to show them our country.
“I may just put a nicely worded email in to Mother Nature about that one,” he says with a grin.

20th July

One News at 6pm
The one with Billy Crystal...

'Mother Nature has a broken thermostat' - new temperature records for shortest day expected

ONE News weather presenter Dan Corbett says "some daily records could topple today."

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

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?

It was harder to drive than you think! https://t.co/wrBMZs96MQ

— Daniel Corbett (@danielcorbetttv) May 20, 2016

Running Man

ONE News sports presenter Abby Wilson nails running man, Dan Corbett needs a little bit more work
Towards the end of this video, Dan shows us his best running man. And vined, below.

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.

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:

I'm off to Christchurch today to appear on the @adameveshow They have a big challenge ahead of them! Good luck guys! pic.twitter.com/oOofPnCSjD

— Daniel Corbett (@danielcorbetttv) February 28, 2016

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:

6th January

El Nino has peaked: What's in store for the rest of our summer?
From the article:
El Nino (the warming of equatorial waters in the eastern Pacific) can best be described as a big industrial bathtub that has had boiling hot water added to one end of the bath and ice cubes to the other.

So now that El Nino has peaked it simply means that the hot water tap has been turned off but the big tank of water is still very warm

From the video:
It's like a big bath; you've got the warm water, all we've done is turn off the hot tap.

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.

27th November

One News at 6
So much for 'ten days on the ice,' - this was Dan's last AntartiCorb forecast.

Here's the main forecast: Evening Weather Report: Nov 27

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

CNN

@danielcorbetttv doing an interview for @CNN about his @AntarcticaNZ experience so far.. it will air tomorrow pic.twitter.com/Vw7ZwjzIvD

— Lisa Davies (@ldaviesonenews) November 26, 2015

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.

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.

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

The weather rules here in @AntarcticaNZ Tonight @danielcorbetttv talks to those monitoring its extremes.. pic.twitter.com/lVKtyBKvAZ

— Lisa Davies (@ldaviesonenews) November 26, 2015

In Weatherman heaven today,a visit to McMurdo weather + the Scott Base weather watchers https://t.co/yAijdyKwsF pic.twitter.com/7OYBFgulSD

— Daniel Corbett (@danielcorbetttv) November 26, 2015

25th November

One News at 6
Here's the main forecast: Evening Weather Report: Nov 25

Balmy 0°c at Scott Base!
It was colder than that at TTWFN Towers this past weekend, just without the -15°c windchill.

24th November

One News at 6

Here's the main forecast: Evening Weather Report: Nov 24
Mother Nature's had her smiling face on here at Scott Base

There was also a report: Surviving and thriving on the windiest place on Earth (and on YouTube, thanks to @ker_fuffle)

Antarcticorb

Dan's off to Scott Base in Antarctica!

All kitted up and ready to go @AntarcticaNZ pic.twitter.com/Njlawoa5Kl

— Daniel Corbett (@danielcorbetttv) November 20, 2015

There's a short video clip about it on One News.

Along with Camerman Mike Fitzgerald and Reporter Lisa Davies, he will be doing the weather bulletin from the ice and filming a series of stories showcasing the weather on the windiest place on the planet, and looking into the amazing range of science research projects conducted there.
The team head down early tomorrow on a C17, a five hour trip, and will spend ten days on the ice.

Unfortunately, bad weather has prevented them from travelling any further than Christchurch.

Really looking forward to this - almost as excited about it as if I was actually going there myself.

19th August

One News at 6pm

Quite a cheeky-looking kea there, just sitting there saying, 'mmm, take my picture.'

Wellington has breakfast with the trough.

There's video of this one, below.

Things are looking up! Clearer skies are on their way
Good-looking rain band there, the line of colour almost like we've had the red crayons and gone, bvmmm, like that [slight scribbling gesture].

5 Live

Dan was (briefly) back on the Beeb to talk to Phil Williams on 5 Live again:

For those in the UK tune in or listen online, I will be joining Phil Williams on @bbc5live after midnight for a weather phone in.

— Daniel Corbett (@danielcorbetttv) August 11, 2015

Phil: Does that same level of heightened excitement about the weather happen where you are now, working in New Zealand, or are people a bit less obsessed?

Dan: It's the same in New Zealand because they are literally in the middle of the ocean between the tropics and the poles and they get everything thrown at them plus a couple of kitchen sinks thrown sideways.

Dan moves on to El Niño, mentioning to Phil that he talked about this with him last time.

If somebody said you have a typical bathtub that's filled with ice and lukewarm water and, all of a sudden, somebody said, 'let's put about six dozen bunsen burners beneath this thing,' we're going to blow the heat through this thing and it's just steaming away.

Listeners sent in their questions. Imagine that. A direct line to Dan. The opportunity to talk to Dan and ask him any question at all.
My mind went blank.

He answered a couple of questions sent in via text/email; why do we get such poor weather in the UK (apparently because the jet stream "undulates like a flexing piece of plastic but right now it's literally like a wet piece of spaghetti,") and about the accuracy of forecasts (sometimes it's hard to predict because of "Mother Nature keeping the one hand behind her back saying, 'ha-haa-ah!I got you!'").

Later, Dan had shifted outside onto his mobile phone because a fire alarm had gone off. Then there were callers.

I shall not disparage the coherency of the two whose calls went on-air. Despite imagining I'd easily have been able to make less of a mess of it, I have no doubt that the reality would be very different faced with both Corb AND being broadcast live on the BBC.

As ever, Dan coped very well with them being, what must only have been overawed at talking to him.

When asked how El Niño is going to affect our winter:
It's difficult to pin it down and say it's gonna be cold or it's gonna be wet but ... we can't rule out Mother Nature in the back of the room saying, 'ha-haa-ah!'

It's almost like Mother Nature puts on that mask and sort of comes out and says, 'ha-haa, you didn't recognise me, did you?'

Listen on the BBC iPlayer, (available for 29 days from broadcast). The first bit starts around 1h 52m, the second bit at 2h 14m.

Psst, Phil; those numbers you read out from the Wikipedia article about the Maunder Minimum are years, not 24h clock times.

UPDATE:
There's video of this one below.

14th July

Due to ongoing technology issues, a fair few forecasts have been missed.

One News at 6pm
For those of you on school holidays it looks like Wednesday's gonna be the inside day, so think of it already, maybe the board games, the books, something like that.

And then you see all the weather systems just gathering, almost like gathering round the campfire, you say, 'what's going on?'

At the end...
Dan: It's the raincoats, it's the board games tomorrow but as we go to the end of the week, quieter, but Saturday looks a bit wet and yucky as well.

Presenter: Come round and you can take my kids for the school holiday, alright Dan?

Dan: We'll have a puppet show or something.

Presenter: [laughs] Yeah, how about that, guys?

There's a Vine of that one, below.

EDIT SEPTEMBER 2015
There's a video below too.

Otago Daily Times
Honesty is still the best policy by Roy Colbert
If honesty is the best policy, I shan't hold back.

After a long, rambling beginning:

I never discuss the weather...

Yet then proceeds to do so.

...but this winter has had us in her most icy grip recently.

And yet, television weather people beam at us as if they are releasing Lotto results and we have all won a prize.

Why is this?

Thundering disasters and incomprehensible mass slayings are delivered with sombre faces, but the weather may be worse than both of these and yet its twists and turns into the minus are presented with unbounded joy.

No meteorologist is better/worse at this than TV One's Daniel Corbett.

We discovered this magnificent frontman late last year, I am almost tempted to run the column again, as the nation is slobbering on to him now.

Congratulations on your discovery, Columbus. But no slobbering on Corb please, he's a national treasure.

The New Zealand Herald's Alex Casey wrote a particularly fine piece.

*cough*

So Daniel, with his giant expressive hands and fingers, directs his digits with a smile so friendly you would ask if him, were he selling used cars, is there a discount for bulk?

Erm... o-kay.

So the man is brilliant at his job.

Quite so.

I don't expect it is unreasonable to expect honesty, as well.

Weather people should deliver their prognosi with the accuracy it deserves.

Think of the farmers, noses pressed against the screen, will we be moving stock tomorrow, oh, Dan is smiling, all is well.

Let us, then, describe honest weather predictions for the four main centres.

"Dunedin. Oh my. Oh my, my, my, my, my. I am sorry, Dunedin (runs expressive finger across throat as if slitting), it is going to be stunningly cold, ice as black as licorice and a wind chill figure of 304. I would rather eat my left ball than go out in this."

Wait. What?!

"Christchurch. Good grief, if you thought Dunedin was going to be cold, try Christchurch. (stops speaking altogether and looks despairingly at the heavens above, thinking of Obadiah). Dunedin will be like sitting naked on a pot belly stove compared to what's in store for you Cantabrians tomorrow.

Umm...

"Those with colds don't even get out of bed, what runs from the nose will turn to icicles in a nanosecond, you will finish up looking like Baldrick that time in Blackadder when he stuck chopsticks up his nostrils.

Weren't they pencils?

"Wellington. You poor, poor bastards. (Falls into a half-crouch flailing his expressive arms against the sky).

Unlikely.

"Vicious powerful winds will whisk everyone under 70kg out to sea. This will be prolonged until the fat lady sings in nine-part harmony. Which she won't ever do.

"Auckland. (Falls to the ground and beats head against the floor, whirling his giant expressive fingers and hands like three sets of helicopter blades fighting over a coffee pavlova). Are you REALLY considering John Banks as your next mayor?"

Sigh.
Just seems like a bit of a rehash of Alistair McGowan's 'even Daniel Corbett lies' routine.

10th July

One News at 6pm
If you were to paint a picture of the nasty wintry blasts we've had over the past few days you'd probably paint something with fangs, teeth, probably pimples on its face; an ugly-looking thing, but at least we've caged it.

There's a Vine of that one, below.

EDIT SEPTEMBER 2015
There's video below too.

impression

On TVNZ's Breakfast, reporter Chris Chang has earned the accolade of World's Best Daniel Corbett Impersonator.

Well worth a watch, his impression manages to be both largely accurate and amusing. Move over Tomasz Schafernaker and Alistair McGowan.

See for yourself at this link and also embedded below the cut
Breakfast reporter pulls off hilarious (and brilliant) impersonation of Dan Corbett

13th May

Dan made a brief return to the Beeb last night with a quick chat to Phil Williams on BBC 5live.

El Niño, they had a party for her about six months ago and she literally didn't turn up.

The Pacific Ocean is a massive body of water and just like a big bathtub, if you had a typical bathtub with a little trickle of warm water, a couple of ice cubes, just stir it all around, you think, 'nah, that's our typical bathtub, it's OK.' But if you all of a sudden took a big science bunsen burner, stuck it underneath this thing and just then went vvmh, full blast and you got all the steam rising, the bathroom's starting to get misty and dew coming off the ceiling and the neighbours are banging on the door or something, it will change obviously the atmosphere and that's exactly what El Niño is.

It does literally provide that boost, almost that fuel, that high octane fuel from the petrol station into your car that really makes the weather zing over the coming months potentially.

Phil thanks Dan, then asks,
A few of your big fans in the office wonder whether you will be able to do your traditional weather sign-off.

Dan laughs, then replies,
Well Phil, as you know, that's the weather [pause] for now.

Listen on the BBC iPlayer, around 1h 44m in (available until 12th June 2015) or there's audio, below.

28th April

Mother Nature still has a few tricks up her sleeve
It's cool down south. You'll be digging for those extra blankets, maybe throwing [throwing gesture] a few more logs on the fire.

One News at 6pm

Mother Nature has one more trick up her sleeve. [touches cuff - see pic]

When the lines do open up you get clearer skies and light winds. Radiational cooling. [points] Boom.

Edit 15/04/17:
There's video!

27th April

Silver lining in sight after wet and wild start to the week
There are a couple of brief glimpses of Dan in this video clip; firstly at around 40 seconds in, then again near the end.

Keep the raincoat close, the rain is set to stay
You see how the lumps of blue, instead of being one big band it becomes like measles, just little dots here and there [jabs at map].

You will start off in the morning, wake up and you go, 'ugh, it's raining again.'

One News at 6pm
If you looked in the dictionary under a typical autumn active storm, this was one.

It's not just weather for ducks, you know; even birds like it as well [flaps hands in wing-like gesture - see pic], good place for a bath.

There will be some drier spots but you'll be literally looking at your watch [gestures doing so - see Vine, below] saying, 'that was quick!'

EDIT: March 2018
There's video below too!

6th April

Autumn setting in
It's as the week progresses that's when we start seeing Mother Nature go 'grrr' like that.

Vined, below.

One News at 6pm
It's Corb's Cloud Class again:

Altocumulus undulatus, undulating clouds almost telling you there's stuff going on the higher levels of the atmosphere.

Daniel Corbett looks like Peter Capaldi
Well, that's according to YouTube user Jonathon Davies. He devotes most of a five minute video comparing the two, going from "I'm pretty sure they're the same person," to "he looks exactly the same, he looks similar."

The video comparing two suit-wearing, white, British men of slim build with greyish hair is embedded below.

31st March

One News at 6pm
At this rate we'll have the Easter Bunny and Mother Nature with beach blankets at a beach barbecue.

The high sits in place like a big bloke [burly gesture - see pic] saying, 'I'm not moving.'

At the end of the forecast:
Dan: That's the weather, for now.

Simon Dallow: Give us one last look at your big bloke impression again.

Dan: Well, I'm not...

Simon: I know, but I liked it. Come on.

Dan: Everyone's laughing at home. I'm not a [burly gesture]. You know, I stand sideways [does so] and people go, 'where's he gone?'

Simon: Thank you very much, Dan - you're a great guy.

Vined part of that and then uploaded the video I love it that much...

23rd March

One News at 6pm
Thursday's calendar in the kitchen, put a smiley [draws circle in air] and say 'rain day.'

Cricket World Cup forecast
From a piece on Seven Sharp about preparations for NZvSA, Dan warns of Cyclone Guptill and hail of fours and sixes. There's video, below.

5th February

Snow warnings at the height of summer
You've stepped outside and gone, 'oh wow, this is summer.'

When you've got cooler air moving over warmer sea and it's like porridge, going blmm, blmm, blmm, bubbling away.

Three degrees will be the number that greets you in Queenstown as you step out in the morning and go [sharp intake of breath] wow, yeah.

Then the big bubble, the area of high pressure, builds in and says, [arms out] 'ha-haa, I'm here.'

There are some clips of the -isms in this forecast cropped and chopped to fit into two themed Vines, below.

UPDATE APRIL 2015
There's video of this one below too.

25th December

One News 6pm
About half way through:
I bet you some people were probably sitting at the beach looking up at that cloud saying, 'What IS this?'

Main forecast:

The big high, he's controlling the weather, just like a big rugby player sitting there saying, 'I'm not moving.'

The high, it's almost like you take some glue and you stick it [glueing gesture] on the back of the high and you go, ppt [gestures sticking it on the weather map].

Pretty good into the afternoon; beaches, barbecues, take your pick.

Happy Christmas!

UPDATE MARCH 2015
There's video of this, below.

Jim Hickey

It was Jim Hickey's final day at TVNZ.

These appeared on Twitter:

The weather team at Jim Hickey's farewell ahead of his final forecast tonight at 6pm pic.twitter.com/cuV6nRMhSx

— ONE News (@ONENewsNZ) December 18, 2014

A sad day here at TVNZ. Tonight is Jim's last broadcast. We are really going to miss him, I will miss our wx chats! pic.twitter.com/NZxH3vErJI

— Daniel Corbett (@danielcorbetttv) December 19, 2014

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.

20th November

More rough weather on the way
With all the up and down weather we've had over the past couple of days, you literally think that Mother Nature has lost the letter in the post that we asked for some fine weather.

The high pressure's been trying to build in but it really only gets one toe in the water.

What's in store for your weekend?
Your day is fine, it's a picnic basket day.

There's video of this one, below.

One News at 6pm
Fine day, you might still have your picnic basket in hand here.

5th November

This sprawl of low pressure. It's a bit like a washing machine; lumps of clothing spinning around.

By Saturday you're digging for those sunglasses and maybe a picnic basket.

We just start to nibble away at the edges just like some Swiss cheese being eaten by the mice.

There's video, below.

28th October

Severe gales, rain to lash the country (1m 51s - available for approximately 24 hours)

You'd almost think Mother Nature has just gone to the hairdressers, had a bad perm, she's rather cross.

Smiley faces next to Saturday [draws smiley face in the air], that's better.

That's the weather [point], for now [nod]

Who knows, perhaps this is just a fleeting visit for the P&N. I like to think he's just been trying on the AUGH! I GIVE UP! for size.

There's video, below.

27th October

Rainy return to work (video available for a short time only)

You'll be digging in the cupboard [grabbing gesture] grabbing that raincoat. You'll get very friendly with it as well over the coming days.

So, up and down [roller coaster gesture] but keep your raincoat handy [point]. That's the weather, for now [nod].

The point and nod, almost reunited?

24th October

One News
6pm:
It's a cold night, Jack Frost comes to visit.

6.55pm

You'll be out with the dog in the morning [dog-walking gesture - see pic] and he'll say, 'no, extra layers'

There's video, below.

Jim Hickey
This announcement mysteriously seemed to surprise almost everyone in New Zealand; Dan's colleague Jim Hickey is set to retire at the end of the year.

Since 1994 he has worked alongside fellow senior weathercaster Karen Olsen - a role she will now share with former BBC weatherman Daniel Corbett.

The comments on the Stuff article about Jim's retirement are worth a read, particularly the ones relating to Dan. For example, kanban says:

I hope Dan Corbett settles down a bit though if he comes on, he is so animated that I am concerned he might prematurely wear out the leds on my tv :)

13th October

06:00

Rawdon: You may have already noticed this extra essence of style, panache, in the studio. Welcome, Dan.

06:36
Goes without saying:
Everyone's probably glued to their TV screens (to watch the forecast).

Mother Nature literally having a bad hair day and throwing all the toys out of the pram.

It's not like everyone's dressed up like the Abominable Snowman.

Mother Nature tipping toys out of the pram saying, 'this is spring!'

07:10
Give the kids a sandwich and say, 'it'll be nice.'

07:36
Weather going vvv, up and down, like a roller coaster ride.

08:36
Without @ker_fuffle's video (embedded below), I would never have caught the following. After rugby news:

Rawdon: A man who knows more than most of us about how to tackle much larger men on the rugby field, Dan Corbett.

Dan: You know the joke ... they used to say if I stand sideways you can't see me [see pic]. Sam, he's a well-built bloke and I'm just a skinny old chap.

Things are nibbling round the edges, a bit like a piece of cheese and you nibble the sides here and there.

It's been quite a while since I last had the need to write down the Dan-isms correctly first (and only) time of hearing. Had banked on today's forecasts being on the OnDemand programme (oh BBC iPlayer, how I love thee). No.
As a result, many of these -isms may not be up to the usual verbatim standard. Was also often too busy writing to actually watch, so probably missed a lot of gestures.

weekend weather

Here's Dan with the weekend weather forecast:

Got plans for the weekend? Well, you're probably thinking 'sunglasses' - you might wanna rethink and, more than likely, grab that warm coat.

Grab your raincoat and your extra layers because they will probably come in handy for the course of the weekend.

Good to hear the 'that's the weather, for now' at the end there again. Strangely, it took me completely by surprise this time.

26th September

A video forecast appeared on the One News website of Dan delivering a weekend forecast - outdoors!

Are we gonna enjoy the high pressure or is it packing its bags and heading away?

It could be a damp start in some places. You'll wake up in he morning ... pull back the bedroom curtains [gestures doing so] and go, 'Eurrrgh! Grey start.' Hang on.

Then, at the end, he says those magic words:
That's the weather, for now [nod].

UPDATE OCTOBER 2014:
Thanks to @ker_fuffle for letting me know that the video is no longer available on the TVNZ website. However, it is available via YouTube, below.

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

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.

23rd September

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

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.