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Tuesday, 4 October 2005

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North Island Data
Northland									Tuesday, 4 October 2005
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Pouto	L	L	L	49	1	4	0.5	1	0.1	15.5	76	240	26	3.2	40	Aut
Aupouri Peninsula	L	E	L	75	5	11	3.5	5	2.3	15.3	60	244	31	1.6	40	Aut
Waitangi Forest	L	E	L	77	4	8	4.6	4	2.9	18.4	58	249	33	0.2	40	Aut
Opouteke	L	L	L	38	1	4	0.1	1	0.0	15.9	72	236	17	11.8	40	Aut
Hokianga	L	V	L	65	4	10	1.7	4	0.7	20.5	66	237	24	2.4	40	Aut
Dargaville	L	L	L	46	1	32	0.4	2	0.1	17.2	75	254	30	11.4	40	Aut
Kaikohe	L	L	L	59	1	7	1.2	2	0.4	16.0	71	240	24	2.4	40	Aut
Whangarei Aero	L	L	L	58	3	15	1.2	4	0.5	17.0	63	240	24	4.8	40	Aut
Mangakahia	L	L	L	47	2	4	0.3	2	0.1	17.4	67	244	19	15.8	40	Aut
Auckland									Tuesday, 4 October 2005
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Woodhill	L	L	L	29	0	6	0.0	1	0.0	14.7	85	245	18	4.8	40	Aut
Clevedon Coast	L	L	L	58	4	8	0.8	4	0.3	16.4	68	241	16	1.4	40	Aut
Great Barrier Island	L	L	L	53	2	4	0.6	2	0.2	17.9	61	223	20	11.0	40	Aut
Hunua East	L	L	L	56	3	14	0.6	4	0.2	18.7	57	141	12	5.6	40	Aut
Hunua West	L	L	L	49	2	7	0.3	2	0.1	14.8	66	245	16	2.5	40	Aut
Waikato									Tuesday, 4 October 2005
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Whangamata	L	L	L	44	1	4	0.2	1	0.0	16.5	76	219	18	3.6	40	Aut
Bodley Road	L	L	L	43	1	7	0.1	2	0.0	16.0	70	236	10	0.0	40	Aut
Whitianga Aero	L	L	L	58	3	4	0.9	3	0.3	18.0	58		18	5.2	40	Aut
Port Taharoa	L	L	L	56	1	7	1.6	2	0.5	15.0	75	240	33	0.4	40	Aut
Paeroa	L	L	L	57	2	8	0.8	3	0.3	18.0	65	250	19	2.6	40	Aut
Hamilton Aero	L	L	L	46	1	4	0.4	1	0.1	17.0	72	260	28	11.4	40	Aut
Waihi Gold	L	L	L	60	3	8	0.9	3	0.3	16.9	62	255	16	1.6	40	Aut
Athol	L	L	L	46	1	4	0.4	1	0.1	17.0	72	260	28	11.4	40	Sub
Ngapaenga	L	L	L	37	1	6	0.0	1	0.0	12.5	80	225	18	0.0	40	Aut
Waikawau Bay	L	L	L	51	3	4	0.4	3	0.1	15.7	66	225	17	5.3	40	Aut
Central North Island									Tuesday, 4 October 2005
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Whakatane Aero	L	H	L	70	4	50	1.2	6	0.6	19.0	57	260	13	0.4	40	Aut
Minginui	L	H	L	75	3	8	1.1	3	0.4	18.1	45	0	7	0.0	40	Aut
Rotoehu	L	L	L	59	3	8	1.1	3	0.4	18.3	62	229	21	0.8	40	Aut
Goudies	L	L	L	57	1	5	1.3	1	0.4	15.2	65	292	27	4.8	40	Aut
Galatea	L	H	L	63	3	21	1.1	4	0.4	19.9	54	252	16	4.8	40	Aut
Rotorua Aero	L	E	L	81	4	30	3.0	6	2.2	16.0	66	230	17	0.0	40	Aut
Taupo Aero	L	V	L	68	2	7	2.0	2	0.6	15.0	63	280	24	0.0	40	Aut
Tauranga Aero	L	L	L	55	3	4	1.3	3	0.4	17.0	62	240	30	9.4	40	Aut
Kawerau	L	L	L	59	3	12	1.1	4	0.4	19.2	55	180	20	7.0	40	Aut
Rotoaira	L	L	L	57	1	6	1.5	2	0.4	13.5	68	256	30	0.2	40	Aut
Tahorakuri	L	H	L	68	2	8	1.2	3	0.4	15.8	61	256	15	0.0	40	Aut
Opotiki	L	H	L	68	6	64	1.2	10	0.7	19.1	58	181	14	1.6	40	Aut
Te Puke	L	L	L	44	4	8	0.1	4	0.0	19.5	58	272	5	2.4	40	Aut
Waihau Bay	L	L	L	55	4	21	0.7	5	0.3	17.7	76	287	19	1.0	40	Aut
Eastern North Island									Tuesday, 4 October 2005
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Ruatoria	L	L	L	53	2	4	0.4	2	0.1	17.2	56	218	11	5.4	40	Aut
Crownthorpe	L	L	L	58	13	113	0.6	20	0.5	17.2	66	149	10	1.8	40	Aut
Kaiwaka	L	L	L	41	2	53	0.1	4	0.0	15.3	68	214	18	10.6	40	Aut
Waipukurau	L	L	L	51	4	73	0.4	7	0.2	17.3	58	225	16	8.8	40	Aut
Mangatu Forest	L	L	L	26	3	5	0.0	3	0.0	13.4	79	209	4	16.7	40	Aut
Bridge Pa	L	H	L	61	11	127	0.9	19	0.7	18.8	58	271	14	5.0	50	Aut
Te Haroto	L	L	L	42	2	18	0.1	4	0.0	17.2	59	308	6	7.2	40	Aut
Gwavas	L	L	L	39	5	67	0.0	8	0.0	17.8	65	136	6	10.0	40	Aut
Waihau	L	L	L	47	5	53	0.3	8	0.2	15.5	64	265	20	6.6	40	Aut
Te Pohue	L	L	L	46	2	4	0.2	2	0.1	16.0	58	251	17	11.8	40	Aut
Hicks Bay	L	L	L	42	2	22	0.1	3	0.0	16.0	78	310	9	3.2	40	Aut
Ongaonga	L	L	L	53	3	10	0.6	3	0.2	17.9	62	206	21	4.8	40	Aut
Cricklewood	L	L	L	37	4	17	0.0	5	0.0	15.0	78	198	14	11.8	40	Aut
Gisborne Aero	L	L	L	56	11	87	0.6	17	0.5	16.0	64	230	15	7.0	40	Aut
Napier Aero	L	L	L	59	8	113	0.6	14	0.4	18.0	60	220	9	3.4	50	Aut
Taranaki									Tuesday, 4 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	58	1	7	1.3	2	0.4	15.0	80	270	26	0.0	40	Aut
Eltham	L	L	L	56	1	6	1.0	1	0.3	11.5	72	254	24	0.2	20	Aut
Waverly	L	E	L	67	2	7	2.7	2	0.9	14.7	72	288	31	0.0	20	Aut
Okato	L	L	L	60	1	7	0.8	2	0.3	15.8	72	263	15	0.0	40	Aut
Marco	L	L	L	57	2	7	0.5	2	0.2	17.3	59	262	7	0.0	40	Aut
Hawera	L	L	L	56	1	7	1.0	2	0.3	15.0	80	280	24	0.0	30	Aut
Wanganui-Manawatu									Tuesday, 4 October 2005
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Three Kings	L	L	L	40	1	3	0.1	1	0.0	10.2	71	203	24	7.0	40	Sub
Webb	L	L	L	33	0	3	0.0	1	0.0	8.6	77	228	33	9.0	40	Aut
Westlawn	L	L	L	40	1	3	0.1	1	0.0	10.2	71	203	24	7.0	60	Aut
Desert Road Summit	L	L	L	44	1	3	0.2	1	0.1	11.2	67	227	25	5.4	40	Aut
Waimarino Forest	L	L	L	37	1	6	0.0	1	0.0	12.0	77	221	15	0.4	40	Aut
Ngamatea	L	L	L	40	1	3	0.1	1	0.0	9.6	78	256	29	4.0	40	Aut
Lismore	L	L	L	57	2	53	0.6	4	0.2	17.4	69	288	13	0.6	30	Aut
Waione	L	L	L	47	3	4	0.2	3	0.1	17.2	62	278	13	7.8	20	Aut
Raumai	L	V	L	65	3	155	1.9	5	0.8	14.8	77	328	25	0.0	45	Aut
Tapuae	L	L	L	39	0	5	0.1	1	0.0	10.2	83	225	17	0.2	20	Aut
Palmerston North Aero	L	V	L	68	3	22	1.6	4	0.6	15.0	68	280	20	0.2	45	Aut
Spriggins Park	L	V	L	63	3	7	1.3	3	0.4	15.4	74	270	20	0.0	30	Aut
Waiouru Aero	L	L	L	36	1	3	0.0	1	0.0	11.0	72	270	7	5.6	60	Aut
Wanganui Aero	L	E	L	64	2	43	2.7	4	1.2	16.0	75	280	33	0.0	30	Aut
Wairarapa									Tuesday, 4 October 2005
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Castle Point	L	L	L	21	2	3	0.0	2	0.0	13.0	88	170	11	13.2	30	Aut
East Taratahi	L	L	L	52	7	53	0.3	11	0.2	16.0	69	60	6	1.2	20	Aut
Ngawihi	L	L	L	34	4	21	0.0	5	0.0	15.0	74	0	0	3.8	30	Aut
Stony Creek	L	L	L	46	4	4	0.2	4	0.1	17.7	61	330	9	7.0	30	Aut
Ngaumu	L	L	L	33	3	15	0.0	4	0.0	17.3	70	333	5	12.8	30	Aut
Holdsworth Station	L	L	L	46	3	5	0.1	3	0.0	18.0	61	127	3	3.0	40	Aut
Wellington									Tuesday, 4 October 2005
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Rimutaka Forest Park	L	L	L	51	5	7	0.5	5	0.2	16.3	66	10	18	4.0	50	Aut
Belmont	L	V	L	60	2	11	1.9	2	0.6	11.9	77	343	30	0.0	30	Aut
Titahi Bay	L	V	L	60	2	52	1.9	3	0.7	11.9	77	343	30	0.0	50	Sub
Wellington Aero	L	E	L	71	9	43	3.3	11	3.7	15.0	70	0	32	0.2	30	Aut
Lower Hutt	L	V	L	73	10	58	1.5	14	1.3	17.0	51	30	15	0.0	40	Aut
Paraparaumu	L	V	M	70	4	113	1.7	7	0.9	14.0	72	10	20	0.0	55	Aut

South Island Data
Nelson-Marlborough									Tuesday, 4 October 2005
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Opua Bay	L	H	L	64	9	8	0.7	9	0.4	19.1	57	289	6	0.0	40	Aut
Keneperu Head	L	E	L	78	7	8	2.1	6	1.0	19.7	36	222	16	0.0	40	Aut
Totaranui				81	6	28									40	Sta
Awatere Valley	L	V	M	75	21	171	1.9	32	4.1	16.5	64	2	18	0.0	70	Aut
Hira	L	E	L	84	8	40	3.0	11	3.3	16.6	64	343	10	0.0	50	Aut
Dovedale	M	E	L	83	19	92	2.9	25	5.5	16.2	79	10	11	0.0	40	Aut
Rai Valley				64	9	8									40	Sta
Molesworth	H	E	L	88	35	293	7.4	54	18.6	17.4	35	339	16	0.0	50	Aut
Ngaruru	L	E	L	79	9	48	2.6	13	3.1	16.0	53	235	18	0.0	50	Aut
Western Boundary	L	E	L	85	11	48	2.4	14	3.1	15.9	48	7	4	0.0	40	Aut
Kaikoura	L	V	L	67	10	64	2.1	14	2.5	12.0	85	40	26	0.0	50	Aut
Nelson Aero	M	E	L	83	17	112	3.8	25	7.1	15.0	74	20	17	0.0	50	Aut
Woodbourne Aero	L	V	M	79	20	216	1.4	33	3.0	19.0	55	30	6	0.0	70	Aut
Big Pokororo	L	E	L	81	6	28	2.3	8	1.8	15.0	76	66	12	0.4	40	Aut
West Coast									Tuesday, 4 October 2005
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Westport	L	V	L	74	2	14	2.0	3	0.7	14.0	84	60	20	0.0	50	Aut
Reefton	L	V	L	76	4	16	1.5	5	0.6	14.4	66	9	12	0.0	50	Aut
Nelson Creek	L	E	L	82	5	14	2.8	5	1.9	15.8	61	10	14	0.0	50	Aut
Haast	L	L	L	22	1	3	0.0	1	0.0	11.0	94	20	37	21.6	50	Aut
Hokitika Aero	L	V	L	66	1	13	1.7	2	0.5	12.0	84	40	22	0.0	50	Aut
Canterbury									Tuesday, 4 October 2005
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Le Bons Bay	L	L	L	46	5	135	0.5	9	0.3	9.0	96	10	30	0.0	50	Aut
Oamaru Aero	L	V	L	74	7	396	1.3	13	0.9	10.0	100	10	11	0.0	45	Aut
Tara Hills	M	E	M	81	15	297	4.4	27	8.3	12.0	69	280	24	0.0	65	Aut
Timaru Aero	L	V	L	80	16	351	1.5	28	2.9	12.0	88	200	6	0.0	45	Aut
Christchurch Aero	M	E	L	82	17	240	3.8	29	7.8	14.0	73	80	20	0.0	50	Aut
Hanmer	L	E	L	75	12	79	2.4	17	3.5	17.1	39	337	23	0.0	50	Aut
Cannington	L	H	L	77	16	268	1.1	28	1.6	12.9	80	145	4	0.0	50	Aut
Snowdon	M	E	L	80	10	166	4.9	18	7.2	11.4	62	328	29	0.0	40	Aut
Darfield	M	E	L	85	20	260	5.7	34	11.9	15.8	58	326	20	0.0	50	Aut
Bottle Lake	M	E	L	83	25	321	2.2	42	5.9	14.2	75	100	7	0.0	50	Aut
Ashley	M	E	L	88	18	298	5.8	32	11.5	17.2	40	281	12	0.0	50	Aut
Ashburton Plains	M	E	L	86	21	279	4.3	35	9.5	16.1	49	358	12	0.2	40	Aut
Mount Cook	L	L	L	37	3	2	0.0	2	0.0	8.0	84	253	9	7.6	50	Aut
Hakatere	V	E	V	85	20	274	26.3	34	35.6	13.3	53	7	49	0.0	60	Aut
Leeston	M	E	L	84	17	257	5.7	30	11.0	14.6	66	23	24	0.0	40	Aut
Oamaru	L	H	L	77	9	428	1.2	17	0.9	11.0	85	20	6	0.0	45	Aut
Waihaorunga	L	V	L	79	18	376	1.6	32	3.4	14.8	68	91	9	0.0	50	Aut
Lees Valley	M	E	L	85	13	30	11.8	13	12.9	14.4	47	315	33	0.5	50	Aut
Burnham	M	E	L	84	19	236	3.8	31	8.1	14.3	64	34	14	0.0	50	Aut
Tekapo	H	E	H	87	32	245	7.2	48	17.2	14.1	46	276	19	0.0	70	Aut
Motukarara	L	L	L	57	6	193	4.0	10	4.4	12.8	71	40	50	12.4	50	Aut
Mount Somers	L	E	L	75	5	44	3.6	7	3.1	16.3	48	315	30	0.2	40	Aut
Pukaki Aero	M	E	H	81	12	236	7.3	22	11.4	15.4	57	358	36	0.2	65	Aut
Otago									Tuesday, 4 October 2005
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Nugget Point	L	V	L	62	3	36	1.8	5	0.8	10.0	96	220	28	1.2	45	Aut
Windsor	L	V	L	81	15	452	1.5	28	2.8	11.1	86	279	4	0.0	50	Aut
Ranfurly	H	E	M	85	29	422	6.3	49	15.7	13.9	57	295	23	0.0	60	Aut
Bendigo	M	E	M	85	56	515	3.2	89	12.9	13.4	70	72	9	0.4	70	Aut
Queensbury	L	L	L	50	14	290	0.2	25	0.2	13.5	65	31	4	5.6	60	Aut
Northburn	M	E	M	87	63	541	3.4	97	14.2	14.8	59	49	4	0.0	70	Aut
Herbert	L	H	L	65	3	164	0.9	6	0.4	13.3	55	350	11	0.0	50	Aut
McRaes	M	E	H	85	10	267	5.4	18	7.9	13.4	48	26	18	0.0	70	Aut
Glendhu	L	V	M	79	5	12	1.5	5	0.6	10.7	71	167	7	0.2	65	Aut
Clyde	H	E	M	87	40	492	5.1	66	15.8	17.2	51	324	13	0.0	60	Aut
Lauder	M	E	M	78	35	424	4.2	57	12.4	12.0	76	301	29	0.2	55	Aut
Dansey Pass	M	E	H	86	12	342	8.0	22	12.4	16.0	46	315	25	0.0	70	Aut
Tapanui	L	V	L	67	7	82	1.3	12	0.9	10.7	100	203	16	1.2	45	Aut
Glenledi	L	E	L	77	7	121	2.2	12	2.2	11.2	84	212	18	0.2	45	Aut
Rock and Pillar	H	E	H	86	34	351	7.3	54	18.5	16.9	53	300	23	0.0	65	Aut
Dunedin Aero	M	E	L	85	17	411	2.3	30	4.9	18.0	47		2	0.0	50	Aut
Traquair	M	E	L	86	10	98	7.6	16	10.2	14.4	49	322	23	0.0	45	Aut
Mount Benger	L	V	M	71	2	78	2.0	4	0.8	8.1	71	320	23	0.0	65	Aut
Wanaka	L	L	L	35	9	166	0.0	16	0.0	10.0	92	290	20	7.0	65	Aut
Queenstown Aero	L	L	L	32	7	121	0.0	12	0.0	10.0	87	40	4	7.8	55	Aut
Southland									Tuesday, 4 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	31	3	19	0.0	4	0.0	13.0	84	340	7	14.6	50	Aut
Invercargill Aero	L	L	L	38	3	25	0.0	5	0.0	11.0	86	280	13	7.8	45	Aut
Barn Hill	L	L	L	38	6	23	0.1	7	0.0	10.2	85	18	20	11.2	65	Aut
Blackmount	L	L	L	41	3	3	0.1	3	0.0	12.1	77	352	19	19.8	50	Aut
Wreys Bush	L	L	L	34	6	30	0.0	8	0.0	11.4	84	251	5	9.0	65	Aut
Tuatapere	L	L	L	38	3	3	0.0	3	0.0	11.9	83	213	13	11.8	45	Aut
Slopedown	L	L	L	43	2	6	0.1	2	0.0	9.3	83	232	15	6.0	45	Aut
Garston	L	V	M	74	12	90	2.0	19	2.9	9.5	85	259	20	1.2	75	Aut
Gore	L	L	L	35	2	21	0.0	4	0.0	9.0	93	220	26	6.8	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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