Australia

With a deep and large low near south eastern Australia expected to produce severe gales there many are curious if they will hit New Zealand too. The system is complicated but can be explained fairly simply when it comes to the winds.

Basically there are three areas of wind:

A storm in the Tasman Sea is set to bring a blast of severe weather to the south eastern side of Australia but what does it mean for New Zealand specifically?

The largest wave ever recorded in the Southern Ocean, a storm in the Tasman Sea and heavy sub-tropical rain - just some of the thngs we touch on in today’s weather video.

We cover the big wave captured by MetOcean following a big storm south of New Zealand on Tuesday, we then focus on the next storm - one in the Tasman Sea.

Extensive Coverage --- A significant storm is developing in the Tasman Sea and will bring extreme conditions to the south eastern side of Australia while drenching parts of New Zealand too.

There's a lot to cover so we'll keep Australia and New Zealand weather separate and in bullet points below.

On Tuesday night the MetOcean Solutions wave buoy moored in the Southern Ocean just south of New Zealand recorded a massive 23.8 m wave.

High pressure dominates both main islands of New Zealand for Wednesday but over Thursday and Friday it slips away and sub-tropical northerlies bringing rain clouds to the west will start to build.

By Saturday and Sunday there may be heavy falls over the North Island then it should slowly ease on Sunday.

A complicated area of low pressure is developing today in the western Tasman Sea and will deepen over the weekend bringing some isolated areas of severe weather in New Zealand and widespread severe weather across south eastern Australia.

It appears autumn has finally arrived in Sydney after the city experienced a few showers and its second coolest day of the year.

After a record warm and dry start to April, southerly winds brought long-awaited autumnal weather to the city on Friday.

South Australia's run of late season heat has broken another record in Adelaide.

The state's capital city just experienced five consecutive days above 30 degrees between last Thursday and Monday this week, which is a new record for Adelaide this late in the season.

Heavy rain, thunderstorms and damaging winds are all possible in parts of eastern Australia this coming week.

An upper level pool of cold air has been causing showers and thunderstorms over parts of NSW and Queensland during the last two days, some of which have been severe.