NZ has windy and colder weather for the rest of October – but November 1st sees a change as a large anticyclone crosses the country for both Saturday and Sunday, and also the start of next week. It means lighter winds and drier weather for most of the country for a few days – once we get through this week.

Frosts are in the forecast, mostly for the South Island, and windy weather is still off and on this week, but the high this weekend will make for much lighter winds.

Also, at the end of today’s video we again have a quick update on Hurricane Melissa after making landfall this morning in Jamaica as the nation’s first ever Category 5 storm. Air pressure inside the hurricane dropped to 892 hPa, the third lowest Atlantic air pressure ever recorded. The hurricane is heading to Cuba later today and at the time of recording this will still over the top of Jamaica, near Montego Bay.