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FIRE WEATHER

Saturday, 1 October 2005

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North Island Data
Northland									Saturday, 1 October 2005
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Pouto	L	V	L	63	3	9	1.8	3	0.6	17.4	80	295	25	0.2	40	Aut
Aupouri Peninsula	L	E	L	78	8	17	3.2	8	2.8	18.8	59	320	24	0.0	40	Aut
Waitangi Forest	L	V	L	70	7	28	1.8	9	1.0	18.4	68	332	21	0.2	40	Aut
Opouteke	L	H	L	76	6	24	1.0	7	0.5	18.7	68	5	4	0.4	40	Aut
Hokianga	M	E	L	87	15	42	9.8	16	12.2	25.3	65	293	26	0.0	40	Aut
Dargaville	L	V	L	74	5	68	1.6	8	0.8	19.4	76	320	15	0.0	40	Aut
Kaikohe	L	V	L	67	5	22	1.5	6	0.7	16.0	77	310	20	0.0	40	Aut
Whangarei Aero	L	E	L	83	10	29	3.8	11	4.3	19.0	65	290	17	0.0	40	Aut
Mangakahia	L	V	L	78	8	28	1.6	10	1.0	19.3	66	273	10	0.0	40	Aut
Auckland									Saturday, 1 October 2005
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Woodhill	L	V	L	76	4	43	1.9	7	0.9	17.0	91	307	17	0.0	40	Aut
Clevedon Coast	L	E	L	83	9	28	3.2	10	3.4	17.8	76	332	14	0.0	40	Aut
Great Barrier Island	L	V	L	73	6	10	1.4	6	0.6	18.3	71	268	14	0.0	40	Aut
Hunua East	L	E	L	84	10	31	3.2	11	3.5	19.9	65	36	11	0.0	40	Aut
Hunua West	L	E	L	82	7	24	3.7	8	3.5	16.2	71	347	18	0.0	40	Aut
Waikato									Saturday, 1 October 2005
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Whangamata	L	E	L	69	3	9	2.3	3	0.8	17.7	74	242	27	0.0	40	Aut
Bodley Road	L	L	L	24	1	3	0.0	1	0.0	12.7	96	238	7	6.8	40	Aut
Whitianga Aero	L	E	L	80	7	19	4.3	7	3.8	18.0	65		27	0.0	40	Aut
Port Taharoa	L	L	L	43	1	9	0.1	2	0.0	14.0	93	290	7	3.4	40	Aut
Paeroa	L	E	L	83	8	25	5.0	9	5.1	18.0	77	340	22	0.0	40	Aut
Hamilton Aero	L	L	L	44	1	15	0.2	2	0.1	14.0	94	260	17	3.6	40	Aut
Waihi Gold	L	E	L	79	6	18	4.6	6	3.9	17.3	70	274	29	0.0	40	Aut
Athol	L	L	L	32	1	3	0.0	1	0.0	13.4	93	259	17	6.4	40	Aut
Ngapaenga	L	L	L	18	0	3	0.0	1	0.0	11.5	98	270	12	9.4	40	Aut
Waikawau Bay	L	E	L	84	9	25	4.8	9	4.9	19.1	64	315	18	0.2	40	Aut
Central North Island									Saturday, 1 October 2005
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Whakatane Aero	L	E	L	79	7	56	6.0	10	6.5	18.0	80	330	35	0.0	40	Aut
Minginui	L	L	L	58	2	15	0.9	3	0.3	13.3	90	90	19	1.5	40	Aut
Rotoehu	L	V	L	73	6	33	1.6	8	0.9	16.7	84	315	16	0.2	40	Aut
Goudies	L	E	L	62	2	32	2.3	4	0.9	13.0	93	319	32	1.3	40	Aut
Galatea	L	H	L	74	5	25	1.3	6	0.6	15.7	87	270	11	0.2	40	Aut
Rotorua Aero	L	H	L	65	2	19	1.1	3	0.4	14.0	95	300	15	0.6	40	Aut
Taupo Aero	L	E	L	71	3	20	2.4	4	0.9	12.0	91	240	26	0.4	40	Aut
Tauranga Aero	L	E	L	84	12	35	4.4	13	5.4	20.0	68	310	17	0.0	40	Aut
Kawerau	L	E	L	79	9	30	2.5	10	2.4	18.0	74	264	18	0.4	40	Aut
Rotoaira	L	L	L	51	1	3	0.6	1	0.2	11.6	79	250	25	5.4	40	Aut
Tahorakuri	L	L	L	47	2	13	0.1	2	0.0	12.1	94	212	7	2.2	40	Aut
Opotiki	M	E	L	81	14	66	4.7	18	7.2	15.4	88	282	27	0.0	40	Aut
Te Puke	L	E	L	85	13	33	2.5	13	3.1	17.9	71	301	5	0.0	40	Aut
Waihau Bay	L	E	L	80	12	42	2.5	14	3.1	15.5	90	344	16	0.0	40	Aut
Eastern North Island									Saturday, 1 October 2005
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Ruatoria	L	L	L	56	2	7	3.3	2	1.1	12.6	92	286	48	2.4	40	Aut
Crownthorpe	H	E	L	88	23	114	15.3	30	23.5	17.8	42	256	30	0.0	40	Aut
Kaiwaka	M	E	L	84	10	70	15.1	14	16.4	16.6	60	317	42	0.0	40	Aut
Waipukurau	M	E	L	87	14	117	7.9	21	12.0	17.5	50	251	21	0.0	40	Aut
Mangatu Forest	L	V	L	82	9	24	2.0	9	1.5	13.2	82	280	8	0.0	40	Aut
Bridge Pa	H	E	L	89	25	133	11.1	34	19.8	20.8	37	251	20	0.0	50	Aut
Te Haroto	M	E	L	82	10	50	10.7	14	12.4	14.8	67	319	40	0.6	40	Aut
Gwavas	M	E	L	86	15	90	4.9	21	8.0	16.5	52	252	14	0.0	40	Aut
Waihau	M	E	L	87	17	67	5.6	21	8.9	19.5	47	244	13	0.0	40	Aut
Te Pohue	M	E	L	85	9	28	9.2	10	9.3	17.9	54	332	29	0.0	40	Aut
Hicks Bay	M	E	L	81	8	30	11.8	10	11.4	16.0	86	320	44	0.0	40	Aut
Ongaonga	L	E	L	84	8	25	2.9	9	2.8	18.0	55	220	9	0.0	40	Aut
Cricklewood	M	E	L	83	11	29	6.8	11	7.8	16.0	64	330	30	0.0	40	Aut
Gisborne Aero	M	E	L	84	17	87	7.8	23	12.4	18.0	66	320	28	0.0	40	Aut
Napier Aero	M	E	L	90	17	111	11.1	24	16.7	21.0	33	230	20	0.0	50	Aut
Taranaki									Saturday, 1 October 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	59	1	11	1.3	1	0.4	16.0	83	280	24	2.6	40	Aut
Eltham	L	E	L	67	1	10	3.3	2	1.2	14.0	74	250	35	2.6	20	Aut
Waverly	L	E	L	64	2	5	4.1	2	1.8	14.6	70	288	41	5.0	20	Aut
Okato	L	L	L	55	1	4	0.7	1	0.2	15.8	72	246	18	5.6	40	Aut
Marco	L	L	L	54	2	4	0.5	2	0.1	16.7	66	304	13	7.4	40	Aut
Hawera	L	E	L	65	2	8	2.4	2	0.8	14.0	74	280	30	3.0	30	Aut
Wanganui-Manawatu									Saturday, 1 October 2005
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Three Kings	L	E	L	80	2	6	17.8	2	9.6	9.3	59	246	56	0.0	40	Aut
Webb	L	L	L	46	1	2	0.6	1	0.2	8.2	67	19	38	17.4	40	Aut
Westlawn	L	E	H	80	3	7	11.2	3	6.8	9.9	65	248	45	0.4	60	Aut
Desert Road Summit	L	E	L	68	2	3	2.4	2	0.7	13.7	40	245	28	5.6	40	Aut
Waimarino Forest	L	L	L	39	1	3	0.0	1	0.0	12.6	75	267	10	7.8	40	Aut
Ngamatea	L	E	L	83	4	15	34.4	5	20.3	11.3	62	263	60	0.0	40	Aut
Lismore	L	H	L	62	2	59	0.8	4	0.3	16.9	71	297	12	3.4	30	Aut
Waione	M	E	L	85	9	89	6.0	15	7.9	17.0	57	265	20	0.0	20	Aut
Raumai	L	E	L	76	3	157	4.8	6	3.9	15.3	70	326	36	1.4	45	Aut
Tapuae	L	L	L	47	0	4	0.5	1	0.1	9.7	87	225	28	4.1	20	Aut
Palmerston North Aero	L	E	L	74	3	29	3.6	4	2.3	16.0	62	270	32	2.4	45	Aut
Spriggins Park	L	V	L	66	3	8	1.6	3	0.6	16.1	65	301	21	4.0	30	Aut
Waiouru Aero	L	E	M	77	3	9	2.2	3	0.8	11.0	66	280	19	0.8	60	Aut
Wanganui Aero	L	E	L	75	3	57	5.6	5	4.2	16.0	67	280	39	2.0	30	Aut
Wairarapa									Saturday, 1 October 2005
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Castle Point	M	E	L	87	10	52	207.0	13	88.6	16.0	46	300	85	0.0	30	Aut
East Taratahi	M	E	L	86	13	83	8.6	19	12.1	17.0	54	300	26	0.0	20	Aut
Ngawihi	M	E	L	87	11	28	19.7	11	18.0	18.0	49	0	39	0.0	30	Aut
Stony Creek	M	E	L	86	12	28	11.3	12	12.2	16.6	51	300	30	0.0	30	Aut
Ngaumu	M	E	L	86	14	71	9.8	18	13.2	17.3	51	269	27	0.0	30	Aut
Holdsworth Station	L	E	L	78	6	37	5.7	9	5.7	15.3	52	281	37	2.4	40	Aut
Wellington									Saturday, 1 October 2005
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Rimutaka Forest Park	M	E	L	83	15	31	4.5	15	6.1	16.0	67	15	21	0.6	50	Aut
Belmont	L	E	L	66	2	24	5.8	3	3.8	11.9	81	354	47	2.4	30	Aut
Titahi Bay	L	E	L	66	2	67	5.8	4	4.2	11.9	81	354	47	2.4	50	Sub
Wellington Aero	M	E	L	84	16	63	9.8	19	13.6	16.0	62	350	33	0.0	30	Aut
Lower Hutt	M	E	L	83	15	67	5.1	19	7.9	17.0	57	0	24	1.0	40	Aut
Paraparaumu	L	E	M	72	5	127	3.8	9	3.8	15.0	70	0	35	2.4	55	Aut

South Island Data
Nelson-Marlborough									Saturday, 1 October 2005
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Opua Bay	M	E	L	86	17	32	10.4	17	13.5	19.4	42	305	28	1.0	40	Aut
Keneperu Head	L	H	L	66	7	19	0.7	7	0.4	19.9	41	305	6	6.4	40	Aut
Awatere Valley	E	E	E	89	28	168	57.9	40	63.2	17.3	36	24	54	0.0	70	Aut
Hira	L	L	L	59	5	29	0.9	7	0.4	15.4	56	358	17	8.4	50	Aut
Dovedale	M	E	L	83	16	80	3.0	22	5.1	17.4	58	205	14	0.8	40	Aut
Molesworth	L	H	L	69	30	283	1.1	48	3.1	13.1	49	215	12	3.6	50	Aut
Ngaruru	L	L	L	38	7	38	0.0	9	0.0	9.6	76	216	8	11.8	50	Aut
Western Boundary	L	L	L	58	7	37	0.5	10	0.3	15.6	52	2	7	7.0	40	Aut
Kaikoura	M	E	L	87	12	55	5.2	15	7.0	17.0	40	50	13	0.0	50	Aut
Nelson Aero	L	E	L	76	15	101	2.2	22	3.6	17.0	57	30	20	2.2	50	Aut
Woodbourne Aero	H	E	V	83	24	211	15.4	38	26.1	20.0	38	290	44	2.8	70	Aut
Big Pokororo	L	L	L	58	3	17	1.4	4	0.6	13.4	59	231	26	8.6	40	Aut
West Coast									Saturday, 1 October 2005
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Westport	L	L	L	39	1	3	0.1	1	0.0	13.0	84	250	26	14.8	50	Aut
Reefton	L	L	L	33	2	5	0.0	2	0.0	12.5	84	97	5	9.2	50	Aut
Nelson Creek	L	L	L	29	1	3	0.0	1	0.0	10.5	89	251	18	15.4	50	Aut
Haast	L	L	L	30	1	4	0.0	1	0.0	14.0	87	260	22	51.8	50	Aut
Hokitika Aero	L	L	L	21	1	3	0.0	1	0.0	12.0	94	270	17	20.2	50	Aut
Canterbury									Saturday, 1 October 2005
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Le Bons Bay	M	E	L	88	8	131	4.8	13	6.1	17.0	46	270	9	0.0	50	Aut
Oamaru Aero	M	E	L	84	6	388	9.2	12	10.2	16.0	51	240	32	0.0	45	Aut
Tara Hills	L	V	M	66	13	287	1.8	23	3.1	16.0	46	270	24	8.8	65	Aut
Timaru Aero	M	E	L	82	14	342	3.8	26	7.2	14.0	72	130	19	0.0	45	Aut
Christchurch Aero	M	E	L	89	16	229	9.0	27	15.0	21.0	38	250	17	0.0	50	Aut
Hanmer	L	V	L	77	17	79	1.8	22	2.8	18.5	40	312	15	3.4	50	Aut
Cannington	H	E	L	88	15	260	14.1	26	20.6	17.2	38	249	29	0.0	50	Aut
Snowdon	M	E	L	70	8	157	5.5	15	7.3	14.9	50	332	43	6.8	40	Aut
Darfield	H	E	L	91	18	249	20.2	30	28.3	23.9	31	259	27	0.4	50	Aut
Bottle Lake	H	E	L	91	24	311	9.3	40	18.8	21.5	40	110	12	0.0	50	Aut
Ashley	M	E	L	90	15	287	10.6	26	16.7	20.0	34	272	18	0.0	50	Aut
Ashburton Plains	H	E	L	91	18	268	10.4	30	17.7	18.4	40	163	16	0.2	40	Aut
Mount Cook	L	L	L	56	3	4	1.3	3	0.4	14.0	48	11	29	71.0	50	Aut
Hakatere	M	E	M	74	17	265	3.6	29	7.2	17.4	34	271	32	7.8	60	Aut
Leeston	M	E	L	89	15	247	5.2	26	9.6	18.9	52	214	8	0.0	40	Aut
Oamaru	L	E	L	85	8	419	2.9	16	4.0	17.0	47	240	7	0.0	45	Aut
Waihaorunga	H	E	L	87	17	367	14.9	30	23.0	14.1	63	218	34	0.0	50	Aut
Lees Valley	L	E	L	72	10	20	5.4	9	5.7	16.9	44	315	42	8.6	50	Aut
Burnham	M	E	L	90	16	226	8.4	28	14.4	20.7	37	268	14	0.0	50	Aut
Tekapo	V	E	V	90	29	236	22.8	44	36.6	15.3	39	273	32	0.0	70	Aut
Motukarara	L	E	L	85	10	214	2.9	18	4.4	18.2	48	198	6	0.2	50	Aut
Mount Somers	L	V	L	69	5	40	1.8	8	1.0	17.9	42	270	22	7.6	40	Aut
Pukaki Aero	L	V	M	67	11	225	1.5	20	2.1	17.8	46	263	19	7.8	65	Aut
Otago									Saturday, 1 October 2005
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Nugget Point	L	E	L	72	3	27	5.8	4	4.1	13.0	71	230	43	2.2	45	Aut
Windsor	H	E	L	86	14	443	14.5	25	20.7	16.8	50	257	37	0.0	50	Aut
Ranfurly	H	E	M	86	26	412	7.9	45	17.7	11.2	67	226	24	0.0	60	Aut
Bendigo	M	V	M	82	53	503	1.9	83	8.2	19.9	35	244	6	1.8	70	Aut
Queensbury	L	L	L	58	19	293	0.4	33	0.5	18.1	39	355	3	10.0	60	Aut
Northburn	H	E	M	90	59	529	5.1	92	18.9	17.9	41	230	5	0.0	70	Aut
Herbert	M	E	L	85	4	156	10.9	8	10.0	11.3	58	226	33	0.0	50	Aut
McRaes	M	E	V	85	7	258	20.2	14	20.0	9.7	72	233	46	0.0	70	Aut
Glendhu	L	L	M	54	2	3	0.9	2	0.3	8.9	81	243	25	4.4	65	Aut
Clyde	H	E	H	87	36	480	8.4	60	21.6	15.7	59	160	22	0.0	60	Aut
Lauder	H	E	M	87	35	414	10.0	57	23.8	13.6	63	193	26	0.0	55	Aut
Dansey Pass	M	E	V	86	9	332	14.0	17	16.6	11.4	69	206	36	0.0	70	Aut
Tapanui	L	E	L	77	6	72	2.9	10	2.9	14.7	86	262	24	1.2	45	Aut
Glenledi	L	E	L	79	6	112	4.9	11	5.6	13.8	72	273	32	1.2	45	Aut
Rock and Pillar	V	E	V	88	30	341	17.7	50	32.9	13.5	58	188	35	0.0	65	Aut
Dunedin Aero	M	E	L	83	13	400	9.6	25	15.2	15.0	71	230	35	0.0	50	Aut
Traquair	M	E	L	83	7	88	9.7	12	10.6	9.7	83	258	36	0.0	45	Aut
Mount Benger	L	L	M	55	2	71	2.9	3	1.3	4.8	99	249	46	2.2	65	Aut
Wanaka	L	L	M	60	14	170	0.9	23	0.9	16.0	53	270	17	11.4	65	Aut
Queenstown Aero	L	L	L	60	11	126	1.0	18	0.8	16.0	50	220	17	12.6	55	Aut
Southland									Saturday, 1 October 2005
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Manapouri Aero	L	L	L	57	5	32	0.9	7	0.4	16.0	60	290	20	12.2	50	Aut
Invercargill Aero	L	E	L	68	4	25	2.9	6	2.1	12.0	89	260	32	1.6	45	Aut
Barn Hill	L	E	M	82	10	29	3.2	11	3.6	14.5	69	248	15	0.8	65	Aut
Blackmount	L	L	L	43	5	22	0.1	6	0.0	15.2	65	287	2	10.4	50	Aut
Wreys Bush	L	E	M	86	11	32	5.2	12	6.2	15.4	71	237	16	0.4	65	Aut
Tuatapere	L	V	L	64	4	9	1.7	4	0.6	12.7	85	218	24	2.4	45	Aut
Slopedown	L	L	L	47	2	3	0.3	2	0.1	12.9	77	236	22	9.6	45	Aut
Garston	L	E	M	86	10	80	4.0	15	5.3	13.8	68	145	9	0.2	75	Aut
Gore	L	V	L	72	4	21	2.1	5	0.9	14.0	77	260	22	1.8	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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