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Thursday, 29 September 2005

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WEATHER OBSERVATIONS

North Island Data
Northland									Thursday, 29 September 2005
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Pouto	L	L	L	32	2	3	0.0	2	0.0	16.3	86	82	5	13.0	40	Aut
Aupouri Peninsula	L	E	L	86	11	27	3.9	11	4.5	17.9	66	27	10	0.0	40	Aut
Waitangi Forest	L	E	L	86	10	27	4.0	11	4.5	19.2	68	26	11	0.0	40	Aut
Opouteke	L	L	L	60	4	17	0.5	5	0.2	19.9	78	328	3	3.0	40	Aut
Hokianga	L	E	L	87	11	32	3.6	12	4.3	26.3	60	180	6	0.0	40	Aut
Dargaville	L	L	L	39	3	61	0.0	6	0.0	19.0	82	348	3	8.6	40	Aut
Kaikohe	L	E	L	85	7	18	2.7	7	2.1	19.0	65	330	6	0.0	40	Aut
Whangarei Aero	L	H	L	71	8	22	0.9	8	0.5	16.0	80	230	7	1.6	40	Aut
Mangakahia	L	V	L	81	8	21	1.4	8	0.8	19.2	73	253	3	0.8	40	Aut
Auckland									Thursday, 29 September 2005
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Woodhill	L	H	L	67	3	36	0.8	5	0.4	15.7	92	103	8	1.2	40	Aut
Clevedon Coast	L	H	L	73	7	20	1.0	7	0.5	18.0	70	92	8	1.8	40	Aut
Great Barrier Island	L	L	L	21	4	2	0.0	3	0.0	14.3	96	49	11	16.6	40	Aut
Hunua East	L	H	L	72	7	23	0.9	8	0.5	16.9	70	264	5	1.8	40	Aut
Hunua West	L	H	L	70	5	17	0.7	6	0.3	16.2	68	171	3	1.3	40	Aut
Waikato									Thursday, 29 September 2005
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Whangamata	L	L	L	16	2	2	0.0	1	0.0	13.0	99	66	13	16.4	40	Aut
Waihi Gold	L	L	L	38	3	11	0.0	4	0.0	13.1	88	96	10	6.8	40	Aut
Whitianga Aero	L	L	L	33	4	12	0.0	4	0.0	14.0	91		13	9.8	40	Aut
Port Taharoa	L	L	L	54	1	6	0.6	2	0.2	16.0	76	300	17	1.2	40	Aut
Hamilton Aero	L	H	L	61	2	12	0.8	3	0.3	17.0	76	10	11	2.0	40	Aut
Paeroa	L	V	L	75	5	18	2.0	6	1.0	16.0	83	130	19	1.0	40	Aut
Ngapaenga	L	L	L	38	1	5	0.0	1	0.0	16.7	61	90	5	1.0	40	Aut
Waikawau Bay	L	E	L	81	6	18	3.0	7	2.4	13.7	88	45	18	0.5	40	Aut
Athol	L	L	L	39	1	5	0.0	1	0.0	16.7	61	90	5	1.0	40	Sub
Central North Island									Thursday, 29 September 2005
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Rotorua Aero	L	L	L	44	1	13	0.1	2	0.0	14.0	82	350	7	3.4	40	Aut
Taupo Aero	L	L	L	56	2	14	0.4	3	0.1	13.0	79	270	6	2.4	40	Aut
Tauranga Aero	L	E	L	83	10	27	2.8	10	2.9	15.0	68	50	11	0.2	40	Aut
Minginui	L	L	L	46	2	10	0.1	2	0.0	15.3	66	0	7	4.3	40	Aut
Rotoehu	L	H	L	62	5	26	0.6	7	0.3	14.5	74	278	7	2.8	40	Aut
Goudies	L	L	L	53	2	27	0.5	3	0.2	12.5	77	334	17	1.8	40	Aut
Galatea	L	L	L	60	4	18	0.5	5	0.2	16.5	65	83	5	3.0	40	Aut
Whakatane Aero	L	H	L	61	5	50	0.7	8	0.4	16.0	67	290	9	4.0	40	Aut
Te Puke	L	E	L	84	11	26	2.1	11	2.1	14.9	70	48	1	0.2	40	Aut
Waihau Bay	L	E	L	83	10	36	2.5	12	2.8	15.1	66	305	10	0.2	40	Aut
Kawerau	L	L	L	60	7	23	0.5	8	0.3	15.9	67	99	5	3.8	40	Aut
Rotoaira	L	L	L	52	1	4	0.4	1	0.1	14.1	63	285	11	0.4	40	Aut
Tahorakuri	L	L	L	50	2	7	0.2	2	0.1	15.7	62	263	5	3.8	40	Aut
Opotiki	M	E	L	83	13	60	3.6	17	5.2	15.8	65	232	16	0.4	40	Aut
Eastern North Island									Thursday, 29 September 2005
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Ruatoria	L	L	L	38	1	2	0.1	1	0.0	11.9	79	244	16	3.2	40	Aut
Crownthorpe	M	E	L	86	19	106	4.0	26	7.6	15.1	50	126	11	0.0	40	Aut
Kaiwaka	L	L	L	60	7	63	0.6	10	0.4	13.4	80	170	9	2.4	40	Aut
Waipukurau	L	E	L	84	10	110	2.5	17	3.5	16.6	51	200	7	0.4	40	Aut
Mangatu Forest	L	H	L	73	7	17	0.9	7	0.4	16.9	58	245	4	2.0	40	Aut
Bridge Pa	M	E	L	88	21	126	6.4	30	12.2	17.2	41	94	15	0.0	50	Aut
Te Haroto	L	H	L	65	8	44	0.9	11	0.6	16.1	53	96	9	4.0	40	Aut
Cricklewood	L	L	L	53	9	23	0.5	9	0.3	13.0	75	164	16	5.6	40	Aut
Gwavas	L	E	L	81	12	82	2.1	18	3.0	16.2	47	139	10	1.2	40	Aut
Waihau	L	E	L	84	13	60	3.3	17	4.9	14.0	61	128	11	0.0	40	Aut
Te Pohue	L	H	L	68	6	21	1.1	7	0.5	15.3	60	205	12	1.2	40	Aut
Hicks Bay	L	E	L	81	7	24	2.3	8	1.7	14.0	73	350	11	0.2	40	Aut
Ongaonga	L	H	L	70	5	18	0.8	6	0.4	16.4	56	136	4	1.4	40	Aut
Gisborne Aero	L	V	L	71	14	80	1.5	20	2.1	16.0	62	140	17	2.8	40	Aut
Napier Aero	M	E	L	84	14	104	3.9	20	6.5	13.0	72	80	15	0.0	50	Aut
Taranaki									Thursday, 29 September 2005
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
New Plymouth Aero	L	L	L	41	1	4	0.1	1	0.0	15.0	81	10	11	0.0	40	Aut
Eltham	L	L	L	50	1	4	0.2	1	0.1	14.2	82	221	7	0.0	20	Aut
Waverly	L	H	L	64	2	4	0.8	2	0.2	15.0	74	161	10	0.2	20	Aut
Okato	L	L	L	49	1	5	0.2	1	0.1	15.7	76	347	10	0.0	40	Aut
Marco	L	L	L	51	2	5	0.2	2	0.1	16.9	58	233	4	0.2	40	Aut
Hawera	L	L	L	54	2	4	0.4	2	0.1	14.0	82	210	11	0.4	30	Aut
Wanganui-Manawatu									Thursday, 29 September 2005
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Three Kings	L	L	L	41	0	2	0.1	1	0.0	7.7	74	122	17	0.8	40	Aut
Webb	L	L	L	42	1	2	0.2	1	0.0	9.0	59	199	25	0.8	40	Aut
Westlawn	L	L	L	50	1	2	0.4	1	0.1	10.3	66	149	18	0.8	60	Aut
Desert Road Summit	L	H	L	62	1	3	1.1	1	0.3	11.8	50	211	17	0.4	40	Aut
Waimarino Forest	L	L	L	30	1	4	0.0	1	0.0	14.9	68	229	6	0.2	40	Aut
Ngamatea	L	E	L	73	3	10	2.4	3	0.9	11.4	51	238	25	0.8	40	Aut
Lismore	L	L	L	52	1	56	0.3	3	0.1	17.8	72	215	7	0.2	30	Aut
Waione	L	V	L	74	7	82	1.4	11	0.9	15.8	63	131	13	1.6	20	Aut
Raumai	L	H	L	61	1	151	0.7	2	0.2	12.7	82	295	10	0.0	45	Aut
Tapuae	L	L	L	43	1	3	0.1	1	0.0	11.5	72	225	9	0.0	20	Aut
Palmerston North Aero	L	H	L	64	2	22	0.7	3	0.2	15.0	61	290	7	0.2	45	Aut
Spriggins Park	L	H	L	67	3	5	1.0	2	0.3	15.7	72	187	11	0.0	30	Aut
Waiouru Aero	L	L	L	49	1	3	0.2	1	0.1	12.0	55	220	9	0.6	60	Aut
Wanganui Aero	L	H	L	61	1	50	0.7	3	0.3	13.0	83	190	11	0.0	30	Aut
Wairarapa									Thursday, 29 September 2005
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Ngawihi	L	E	L	82	8	21	3.2	8	2.9	14.0	66	150	15	0.0	30	Aut
Castle Point	L	E	L	80	7	45	2.5	10	2.4	12.0	67	170	15	0.6	30	Aut
East Taratahi	L	H	L	78	10	77	1.0	15	0.8	15.0	68		2	1.0	20	Aut
Stony Creek	L	V	L	79	9	21	1.7	9	1.0	13.4	67	170	11	0.4	30	Aut
Ngaumu	L	E	L	80	11	64	2.6	15	3.5	14.1	71	147	17	0.2	30	Aut
Holdsworth Station	L	H	L	73	5	30	0.9	7	0.5	15.9	59	121	6	0.0	40	Aut
Wellington									Thursday, 29 September 2005
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Rimutaka Forest Park	L	E	L	82	13	25	2.9	13	3.5	17.5	58	221	13	0.0	50	Aut
Belmont	L	H	L	65	3	19	0.8	4	0.3	15.3	59	262	7	0.0	30	Aut
Titahi Bay	L	H	L	65	3	62	0.8	5	0.3	15.3	59	262	7	0.0	50	Sub
Wellington Aero	L	E	L	80	14	56	3.2	17	4.7	13.0	76	190	20	0.0	30	Aut
Lower Hutt	L	E	L	83	12	61	2.4	16	3.4	17.0	42	210	9	0.0	40	Aut
Paraparaumu	L	H	M	69	5	121	1.2	9	0.7	14.0	68	250	13	0.0	55	Aut

South Island Data
Nelson-Marlborough									Thursday, 29 September 2005
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Opua Bay	L	E	L	85	14	25	3.5	14	4.5	17.5	55	112	11	0.0	40	Aut
Keneperu Head	L	H	L	77	8	20	1.1	8	0.6	18.1	50	36	5	0.0	40	Aut
Awatere Valley	M	E	H	83	25	162	5.3	36	11.6	13.4	67	11	23	0.0	70	Aut
Hira	L	V	L	76	7	35	1.6	9	0.9	16.2	64	1	13	0.0	50	Aut
Dovedale	M	E	L	83	14	74	3.0	19	4.8	17.6	68	11	13	0.0	40	Aut
Molesworth	H	E	L	92	37	284	9.3	56	22.3	15.0	15	222	9	0.0	50	Aut
Ngaruru	L	E	L	85	12	52	2.6	15	3.5	13.0	50	58	5	0.0	50	Aut
Western Boundary	L	E	L	84	10	41	2.3	12	2.5	15.7	30	9	6	0.0	40	Aut
Kaikoura	L	V	L	75	8	48	1.6	12	1.2	10.0	83	200	15	0.0	50	Aut
Nelson Aero	M	E	L	84	15	95	5.9	22	9.6	15.0	67	20	22	0.0	50	Aut
Woodbourne Aero	M	E	H	85	26	204	5.4	39	12.4	15.0	59	60	19	0.0	70	Aut
Big Pokororo	L	V	L	73	5	24	1.3	6	0.6	13.7	69	57	13	0.0	40	Aut
West Coast									Thursday, 29 September 2005
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Westport	L	H	L	67	2	4	1.0	2	0.3	13.0	74	290	11	0.0	50	Aut
Reefton	L	H	L	71	4	12	1.0	4	0.4	12.8	66	311	8	0.0	50	Aut
Nelson Creek	L	H	L	67	2	4	0.7	2	0.2	13.6	57	260	5	0.0	50	Aut
Haast	L	H	L	60	3	4	0.7	3	0.2	13.0	73	10	11	0.0	50	Aut
Hokitika Aero	L	H	L	65	2	4	0.9	2	0.3	13.0	70	340	11	0.0	50	Aut
Canterbury									Thursday, 29 September 2005
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Le Bons Bay	L	V	L	69	4	124	1.8	7	0.9	8.0	73	160	22	0.0	50	Aut
Oamaru Aero	L	H	L	71	4	382	1.1	8	0.6	11.0	55	90	11	0.0	45	Aut
Tara Hills	L	H	M	76	19	305	1.0	33	1.8	12.0	34	60	4	0.0	65	Aut
Timaru Aero	M	E	L	82	13	336	2.5	24	4.6	13.0	59	80	11	0.0	45	Aut
Christchurch Aero	M	E	L	83	11	222	3.0	20	5.0	12.0	52	150	13	0.0	50	Aut
Hanmer	M	E	L	87	17	76	5.2	22	8.6	13.5	40	163	13	0.0	50	Aut
Cannington	L	E	L	81	11	253	2.4	20	3.8	10.4	58	42	13	0.0	50	Aut
Snowdon	L	E	L	84	11	164	2.7	19	4.3	11.5	56	74	9	0.0	40	Aut
Darfield	L	V	L	78	12	241	2.0	22	3.4	12.6	62	109	15	0.0	50	Aut
Bottle Lake	M	E	L	86	18	303	2.8	32	6.1	13.3	47	235	4	0.0	50	Aut
Ashley	L	E	L	84	10	280	2.2	18	3.2	10.3	62	124	5	0.0	50	Aut
Ashburton Plains	M	E	L	86	13	261	3.0	23	5.3	12.9	50	80	4	0.2	40	Aut
Mount Cook	L	H	L	72	5	4	0.9	4	0.4	12.9	27	96	6	0.0	50	Aut
Hakatere	M	E	M	86	25	278	4.2	41	10.3	11.0	46	96	10	0.0	60	Aut
Leeston	L	E	L	82	11	239	2.7	20	4.4	11.8	58	140	12	0.0	40	Aut
Oamaru	L	H	L	73	6	413	1.0	11	0.6	12.0	50	70	7	0.0	45	Aut
Waihaorunga	L	V	L	75	13	360	1.6	24	2.7	11.4	55	8	15	0.0	50	Aut
Lees Valley	L	E	L	85	13	26	4.6	13	5.8	12.3	57	180	16	0.0	50	Aut
Burnham	L	E	L	81	12	218	2.3	20	3.6	11.3	56	145	11	0.0	50	Aut
Tekapo	M	E	H	89	25	230	5.3	39	12.1	12.2	29	123	7	0.0	70	Aut
Motukarara	L	E	L	82	9	212	3.2	16	4.5	10.1	58	184	17	0.0	50	Aut
Mount Somers	L	H	L	67	4	44	1.2	7	0.6	10.2	67	90	15	0.0	40	Aut
Pukaki Aero	M	E	M	85	16	236	2.7	28	5.4	13.0	42	135	6	0.2	65	Aut
Otago									Thursday, 29 September 2005
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Nugget Point	L	H	L	69	2	22	1.0	4	0.4	11.0	72	170	9	1.2	45	Aut
Windsor	L	H	L	76	11	437	1.3	21	1.6	11.8	47	63	9	0.0	50	Aut
Ranfurly	L	H	M	76	23	407	1.2	40	3.0	9.7	45	89	9	0.0	60	Aut
Bendigo	M	E	M	88	52	496	3.7	82	13.8	12.2	38	281	2	0.0	70	Aut
Queensbury	M	E	M	88	33	315	3.3	52	9.6	11.7	40	187	2	0.0	60	Aut
Northburn	M	E	M	89	55	522	3.9	87	15.0	12.6	34	296	1	0.0	70	Aut
Herbert	L	V	L	71	2	151	1.7	4	0.6	8.3	59	34	19	0.0	50	Aut
McRaes	L	H	M	78	5	253	1.2	9	0.6	9.6	49	200	4	0.0	70	Aut
Glendhu	L	H	M	69	2	2	0.9	1	0.2	10.3	43	265	7	0.0	65	Aut
Clyde	M	V	M	80	32	473	1.3	55	4.2	11.3	54	155	3	0.0	60	Aut
Lauder	M	V	M	83	31	408	2.0	52	6.1	10.4	47	153	5	0.0	55	Aut
Dansey Pass	L	H	M	73	6	327	1.1	11	0.7	10.5	48	196	9	0.0	70	Aut
Tapanui	L	H	L	73	3	65	0.9	5	0.4	11.4	57	25	6	0.0	45	Aut
Glenledi	L	V	L	79	4	106	1.7	7	0.9	11.6	56	294	10	0.0	45	Aut
Rock and Pillar	M	E	M	87	27	334	3.4	45	9.1	12.0	40	55	6	0.0	65	Aut
Dunedin Aero	L	E	L	82	12	394	2.6	22	4.4	12.0	54	190	11	0.0	50	Aut
Traquair	L	H	L	74	5	83	0.9	8	0.5	11.7	45	210	4	0.0	45	Aut
Mount Benger	L	H	M	70	2	68	0.9	3	0.3	4.7	62	28	8	0.0	65	Aut
Wanaka	M	E	M	87	25	189	3.5	37	8.3	11.0	43	70	4	0.0	65	Aut
Queenstown Aero	L	V	M	80	19	144	1.6	28	3.1	9.0	54	260	6	0.0	55	Aut
Southland									Thursday, 29 September 2005
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Manapouri Aero	L	V	L	80	7	45	1.6	10	1.0	11.0	50	30	6	0.0	50	Aut
Invercargill Aero	L	H	L	67	3	20	0.7	5	0.3	11.0	65	100	4	0.8	45	Aut
Barn Hill	L	V	M	78	7	23	1.3	8	0.7	10.9	49	198	7	0.0	65	Aut
Blackmount	L	H	L	77	6	31	1.2	9	0.7	11.1	49	308	7	0.0	50	Aut
Wreys Bush	L	V	M	79	7	25	1.4	8	0.8	13.7	46	81	6	0.0	65	Aut
Tuatapere	L	H	L	70	3	3	1.0	3	0.3	12.0	53	84	9	0.0	45	Aut
Slopedown	L	L	L	50	2	2	0.2	1	0.1	12.0	53	240	6	4.4	45	Aut
Garston	L	V	M	82	7	73	1.6	11	1.0	11.5	39	236	3	0.0	75	Aut
Gore	L	H	L	71	2	16	1.0	3	0.4	10.0	60	70	9	0.2	45	Aut


Aut : Authentic data collected from the weather station Sub : Authentic data not available so data from one of three designated substitutes is used Est : An estimate of the values for a station has been made For : Forecast values have been entered for a station and not overwritten by authentic data


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