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Tuesday, 17 January 2006

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North Island Data
Northland									Tuesday, 17 January 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Pouto	M	E	M	86	22	306	5.6	37	12.2	24.4	48	220	16	0.0	60	Aut
Aupouri Peninsula	H	E	H	88	40	273	7.2	59	19.1	19.7	49	55	18	0.0	70	Aut
Waitangi Forest	H	E	H	90	48	336	5.2	71	16.5	23.7	38	121	5	0.0	75	Aut
Opouteke	M	E	L	85	31	197	2.9	45	7.9	22.3	52	184	7	0.0	50	Aut
Hokianga	H	E	H	89	52	399	6.6	79	21.0	30.5	48	287	11	0.0	65	Aut
Dargaville	M	E	M	86	26	286	4.9	42	11.8	22.3	51	191	15	0.0	70	Aut
Kaikohe	M	E	M	88	42	238	5.3	58	15.0	21.0	48	200	11	0.0	55	Aut
Whangarei Aero	H	E	H	89	54	375	5.2	80	17.6	23.0	46	130	7	0.0	75	Aut
Mangakahia	H	E	M	89	49	277	7.0	68	20.2	25.9	44	223	12	0.0	60	Aut
Auckland									Tuesday, 17 January 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Woodhill	M	E	M	86	26	256	5.5	41	12.7	22.5	62	217	17	0.0	55	Aut
Clevedon Coast	H	E	M	90	54	348	6.0	78	19.5	25.4	39	3	7	0.0	65	Aut
Great Barrier Island	M	E	M	88	38	180	5.2	50	13.6	23.7	49	249	10	0.0	55	Aut
Hunua East	M	E	M	88	41	240	4.9	58	14.2	20.8	58	268	9	0.0	55	Aut
Cornwallis Depot	H	E	M	87	29	274	7.1	46	16.6	24.0	54	252	19	0.0	60	Aut
Waikato									Tuesday, 17 January 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Whangamata	M	E	L	87	27	156	4.8	38	10.9	23.5	55	60	11	0.0	40	Aut
Waihi Gold	M	E	L	87	28	133	3.9	37	9.1	22.5	53	295	6	0.0	40	Aut
Athol	M	E	L	88	29	132	7.0	38	14.7	21.0	55	307	15	0.0	40	Aut
Ngapaenga	M	E	L	85	34	207	3.5	48	9.6	18.6	65	0	11	0.2	50	Aut
Waikawau Bay	M	E	L	88	30	153	6.2	41	14.0	22.8	50	270	14	0.0	40	Aut
Whitianga Aero	M	E	M	88	45	166	5.7	54	15.2	23.0	56		10	0.0	60	Aut
Port Taharoa	M	E	M	86	23	239	5.7	37	12.6	21.0	58	210	17	0.0	55	Aut
Paeroa	M	E	L	88	43	199	4.5	56	13.1	23.0	52	230	6	0.0	40	Aut
Hamilton Aero	M	E	L	87	27	145	4.0	37	9.2	22.0	56	160	6	0.0	40	Aut
Central North Island									Tuesday, 17 January 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Whakatane Aero	H	E	H	88	45	246	7.2	61	19.5	23.0	62	0	17	0.0	70	Aut
Rotorua Aero	H	E	H	88	43	201	6.9	56	18.1	23.0	60	10	15	0.0	70	Aut
Taupo Aero	M	E	H	88	28	182	5.7	40	13.1	22.0	51	320	13	0.0	70	Aut
Tauranga Aero	H	E	H	90	47	198	7.3	59	19.3	23.0	48	40	11	0.0	75	Aut
Minginui	H	E	L	88	45	153	6.1	52	15.7	21.9	59	0	13	0.0	40	Aut
Rotoehu	H	E	M	88	48	200	7.0	60	18.9	23.2	61	26	16	0.0	60	Aut
Goudies	H	E	L	88	29	209	8.1	43	17.8	19.6	58	331	19	0.0	50	Aut
Galatea	V	E	H	89	50	215	10.3	64	25.6	24.0	52	22	19	0.0	70	Aut
Kawerau	V	E	H	89	55	279	10.6	73	28.2	23.9	57	348	22	0.0	75	Aut
Rotoaira	M	E	M	86	15	83	6.2	21	9.8	18.9	53	266	20	0.0	55	Aut
Opotiki	M	E	M	86	41	319	3.9	62	12.3	23.5	64	304	11	0.0	75	Aut
Te Puke	M	E	M	89	48	195	3.9	60	12.1	23.5	56	41	1	0.0	65	Aut
Waihau Bay	M	E	H	86	26	352	4.5	45	11.5	22.9	62	4	13	0.0	75	Aut
Eastern North Island									Tuesday, 17 January 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Hicks Bay	M	E	M	85	25	272	3.8	40	9.3	22.0	77	80	13	0.0	70	Aut
Tuai				90	39	239									70	Sta
Gwavas	H	E	H	90	47	283	5.9	66	17.5	27.1	42	305	6	0.0	70	Aut
Ruatoria	L	V	M	75	24	149	1.4	34	3.0	20.8	56	318	12	2.8	60	Aut
Crownthorpe	V	E	V	92	62	304	10.9	82	30.3	27.3	30	1	12	0.0	80	Aut
Waipukurau	E	E	V	92	89	461	9.2	121	32.3	27.4	30	239	8	0.0	85	Aut
Te Haroto	V	E	H	89	49	212	10.7	62	26.0	22.3	45	349	21	0.0	70	Aut
Cricklewood	V	E	H	90	39	239	11.8	55	26.3	24.2	40	328	21	0.0	70	Aut
Porapora	M	E	L	87	67	232	3.7	78	13.3	22.6	65	255	5	0.0	40	Aut
Mangatu Forest	H	E	H	89	61	255	4.7	76	16.0	28.2	45	288	4	0.0	75	Aut
Bridge Pa	E	E	E	91	81	465	14.0	113	41.5	26.1	48	89	22	0.0	95	Aut
Waihau	E	E	V	89	46	215	15.2	60	32.5	23.5	45	2	27	0.0	70	Aut
Te Pohue	E	E	V	90	51	242	18.2	67	38.4	23.3	36	343	27	0.0	70	Aut
Ongaonga	V	E	H	92	67	408	8.8	95	28.3	26.9	37	200	10	0.0	85	Aut
Gisborne Aero	H	E	H	89	45	279	6.0	65	17.5	26.0	49	340	11	0.0	85	Aut
Napier Aero	E	E	E	87	85	393	13.3	110	39.8	24.0	64	70	30	0.0	95	Aut
Taranaki									Tuesday, 17 January 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
New Plymouth Aero	M	E	M	88	17	271	10.1	29	17.1	19.0	58	270	24	0.0	55	Aut
Eltham	M	E	M	86	19	147	6.8	29	12.5	18.5	61	248	21	0.0	55	Aut
Waverly	H	E	H	86	18	152	14.8	28	22.2	18.7	58	277	36	0.0	55	Aut
Okato	M	E	L	85	13	155	4.7	21	7.7	19.5	56	249	15	0.0	50	Aut
Marco	M	E	M	88	25	132	5.0	34	10.7	20.8	47	257	10	0.0	55	Aut
Hawera	M	E	M	85	15	154	8.9	24	13.9	18.0	64	260	28	0.0	55	Aut
Wanganui-Manawatu									Tuesday, 17 January 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Three Kings	M	E	L	88	15	103	11.1	22	15.8	17.2	40	295	25	0.0	40	Aut
Webb	H	E	L	87	15	99	20.4	22	24.8	15.6	46	3	39	0.0	40	Aut
Westlawn	M	E	H	88	18	149	7.2	28	12.8	18.7	41	237	15	0.0	65	Aut
Desert Road Summit	H	E	V	89	22	180	19.4	34	29.1	19.1	39	35	33	0.0	65	Aut
Waitarere Forest	H	E	M	89	42	390	6.3	67	18.6	20.3	50	311	10	0.0	60	Aut
Ngamatea	M	E	H	87	19	126	6.9	27	12.4	20.4	51	250	19	0.0	65	Aut
Lismore	M	E	M	88	22	130	5.8	31	11.5	23.1	46	296	11	0.0	65	Aut
Waione	H	E	M	90	33	312	9.4	52	21.9	22.6	43	268	15	0.0	55	Aut
Waimarino Forest	M	E	L	87	18	85	4.7	24	8.2	19.7	51	283	11	0.0	50	Aut
National Park	M	E	M	88	14	78	7.5	19	10.9	17.2	39	334	17	0.0	55	Aut
Tapuae	M	E	M	86	13	111	6.3	20	9.6	17.7	50	270	18	0.0	55	Aut
Raumai	E	E	V	87	37	355	18.2	59	36.2	19.0	59	326	36	0.0	70	Aut
Spriggins Park	H	E	H	88	28	172	9.9	39	19.6	20.7	47	271	23	0.0	60	Aut
Waiouru Aero	M	E	H	89	19	128	8.0	28	13.9	20.0	37	250	15	0.0	65	Aut
Wanganui Aero	V	E	V	87	24	174	22.2	35	32.5	20.0	52	280	41	0.0	65	Aut
Palmerston North Aero	H	E	M	88	28	267	9.5	45	20.2	21.0	58	280	22	0.0	55	Aut
Wairarapa									Tuesday, 17 January 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Castle Point	V	E	V	87	20	367	21.2	36	31.8	22.0	44	340	39	0.0	65	Aut
East Taratahi	H	E	H	90	40	351	7.0	62	19.2	24.0	36	50	9	0.0	65	Aut
Ngawihi	V	E	H	89	34	302	13.2	53	27.8	22.0	38	320	24	0.0	65	Aut
Stony Creek	V	E	H	92	38	337	11.0	60	26.0	23.5	24	351	13	0.0	65	Aut
Haurangi	E	E	M	92	45	367	12.8	69	30.9	23.7	27	307	17	0.0	55	Aut
Ngaumu	H	E	H	88	36	359	8.1	57	20.5	22.1	47	354	18	0.0	65	Aut
Holdsworth Station	H	E	M	90	26	224	9.0	41	18.5	23.6	29	279	14	0.0	55	Aut
Wellington									Tuesday, 17 January 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Rimutaka Forest Park	E	E	H	90	47	373	15.2	71	35.2	22.5	35	1	24	0.0	60	Aut
Belmont	H	E	H	86	16	280	18.6	28	26.1	17.5	56	353	41	0.0	55	Aut
Titahi Bay	E	E	V	86	37	432	14.5	61	31.8	20.5	60	344	35	0.0	70	Aut
Wellington Aero	E	E	E	87	33	380	25.2	54	42.8	21.0	50	0	43	0.0	70	Aut
Lower Hutt	V	E	M	91	31	298	12.8	49	26.1	23.0	32	350	19	0.0	55	Aut
Paraparaumu	V	E	V	86	27	417	18.0	47	32.3	19.0	59	20	41	0.0	70	Aut

South Island Data
Nelson-Marlborough									Tuesday, 17 January 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Opua Bay	M	E	L	89	20	200	7.5	32	14.3	21.4	50	253	15	0.0	40	Aut
Keneperu Head	M	E	L	88	24	209	5.5	38	12.2	21.8	47	32	10	0.0	40	Aut
Totaranui	M	E	L	86	21	165	5.5	32	11.2	19.7	57	21	17	0.0	50	Aut
Awatere Valley	E	E	E	92	46	532	18.1	76	40.8	22.5	28	1	24	0.0	100	Aut
Hira	V	E	H	92	41	326	11.4	63	27.3	21.6	34	335	15	0.0	65	Aut
Dovedale	V	E	H	91	38	432	11.2	63	27.0	23.1	33	30	17	0.0	65	Aut
Rai Valley	M	E	M	90	22	246	7.5	36	15.1	21.8	33	46	10	0.0	60	Aut
Molesworth	V	E	V	95	43	528	11.9	72	30.0	24.3	16	150	7	0.0	90	Aut
Murchison	M	E	L	89	15	143	7.8	23	12.5	22.2	45	189	15	0.0	45	Aut
Ngaruru	H	E	V	92	23	346	8.3	40	17.3	25.0	28	256	8	0.0	100	Aut
Western Boundary	M	E	M	89	24	375	5.9	42	13.7	20.4	35	255	10	0.0	60	Aut
Kaikoura	H	E	L	87	23	369	12.7	40	23.6	19.0	57	50	30	0.0	50	Aut
Nelson Aero	E	E	V	89	50	432	14.4	78	35.5	20.0	54	0	28	0.0	75	Aut
Woodbourne Aero	E	E	E	93	63	554	12.0	98	35.2	24.0	21	320	11	0.0	100	Aut
Big Pokororo	M	E	M	88	18	236	5.0	30	10.0	21.8	42	72	8	0.0	60	Aut
West Coast									Tuesday, 17 January 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Westport	L	E	L	85	6	33	8.4	8	8.1	18.0	63	250	28	0.0	40	Aut
Reefton	M	E	L	88	16	91	3.9	22	6.6	20.1	48	226	5	0.0	40	Aut
Nelson Creek	M	E	L	87	12	51	4.1	15	5.7	17.9	53	230	8	0.0	50	Aut
Haast	L	V	L	77	4	19	1.3	5	0.6	15.0	74	40	9	0.6	20	Aut
Hokitika Aero	L	E	L	80	4	23	2.3	5	1.0	16.0	75	340	13	0.0	30	Aut
Canterbury									Tuesday, 17 January 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Le Bons Bay	M	E	M	82	12	354	5.7	22	9.2	19.0	48	350	28	0.0	55	Aut
Oamaru Aero	M	E	M	89	16	288	7.1	29	12.9	21.0	52	50	13	0.0	55	Aut
Tara Hills	V	E	V	92	38	498	11.6	64	28.0	19.0	35	250	15	0.0	80	Aut
Timaru Aero	M	E	L	91	22	289	7.4	36	15.1	23.0	33	330	7	0.0	50	Aut
Christchurch Aero	V	E	V	90	25	445	16.8	44	29.8	22.0	38	80	28	0.0	70	Aut
Hanmer	H	E	V	91	30	225	13.1	45	25.6	23.5	32	241	19	0.0	75	Aut
Cannington	V	E	H	92	24	260	24.2	39	36.1	21.7	33	6	29	0.0	55	Aut
Snowdon	V	E	E	91	21	186	36.7	33	43.6	20.5	32	326	41	0.0	65	Aut
Darfield	V	E	H	93	28	350	13.6	47	26.7	26.2	26	3	15	0.0	65	Aut
Bottle Lake	H	E	H	89	31	460	6.8	53	17.2	23.2	40	63	11	0.0	70	Aut
Ashley	H	E	M	93	26	274	7.8	42	16.9	26.0	26	348	5	0.0	60	Aut
Ashburton Plains	V	E	H	94	41	427	12.4	67	29.7	26.4	23	6	11	0.0	60	Aut
Mount Cook	M	E	H	86	8	18	10.9	8	9.8	16.5	41	337	29	0.0	70	Aut
Hakatere	E	E	E	93	29	447	20.6	49	36.1	20.6	30	254	23	0.0	85	Aut
Leeston	E	E	H	93	35	479	21.6	59	40.7	24.7	25	55	24	0.0	55	Aut
Oamaru	H	E	L	91	19	266	15.6	32	24.3	22.0	34	310	24	0.0	50	Aut
Waihaorunga	V	E	H	91	23	330	18.3	40	30.2	19.6	34	279	25	0.0	55	Aut
Lees Valley	V	E	L	92	25	132	30.0	34	39.0	23.8	27	315	32	0.0	40	Aut
Burnham	V	E	H	92	29	394	12.2	49	25.3	23.7	29	50	15	0.0	65	Aut
Tekapo	E	E	E	90	30	493	17.8	51	33.5	17.0	36	267	28	0.0	80	Aut
Motukarara	V	E	E	92	17	372	41.9	31	46.2	21.9	26	34	41	0.0	70	Aut
Mount Somers	M	E	L	89	11	50	6.2	15	8.1	22.4	34	270	11	0.0	40	Aut
Pukaki Aero	H	E	H	91	30	417	7.4	51	18.2	19.2	36	246	8	0.0	80	Aut
Otago									Tuesday, 17 January 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Nugget Point	L	V	L	75	3	108	2.0	5	0.8	18.0	58	40	19	0.2	50	Aut
Windsor	H	E	M	90	21	307	12.4	36	21.8	20.5	38	299	22	0.0	55	Aut
Ranfurly	H	E	H	90	26	313	7.4	43	16.5	17.9	38	263	10	0.0	70	Aut
Bendigo	H	E	H	92	41	613	7.2	70	20.9	21.0	37	48	6	0.0	80	Aut
Northburn	H	E	H	91	42	670	6.9	73	20.8	21.0	35	35	8	0.0	80	Aut
Herbert	M	E	L	87	11	125	4.9	19	7.5	18.0	44	41	10	0.0	50	Aut
McRaes	H	E	E	88	13	175	23.3	22	27.0	16.5	44	324	41	0.0	75	Aut
Glendhu	L	E	M	84	5	19	5.1	6	4.3	15.3	39	332	21	0.0	70	Aut
Clyde	H	E	H	89	30	590	7.7	53	19.0	20.2	40	243	15	0.0	80	Aut
Lauder	H	E	H	90	21	379	12.6	37	22.5	18.2	39	32	21	0.0	70	Aut
Dansey Pass	H	E	V	90	21	231	13.6	35	23.1	19.3	40	4	24	0.0	75	Aut
Tapanui	M	E	M	86	7	76	8.0	11	8.7	21.4	41	293	24	0.0	60	Aut
Glenledi	M	E	L	85	6	188	6.0	11	6.9	19.9	46	298	22	0.0	50	Aut
Rock and Pillar	M	E	H	89	18	243	8.7	30	15.5	18.6	39	32	18	0.0	75	Aut
Dunedin Aero	M	E	L	89	9	294	17.3	18	19.9	20.0	37	330	32	0.0	50	Aut
Traquair	M	E	H	86	10	242	14.5	17	17.4	17.2	43	334	36	0.0	60	Aut
Mount Benger	L	E	H	85	5	65	7.0	9	6.9	14.6	49	336	24	0.0	65	Aut
Wanaka	E	E	E	90	32	420	33.7	54	51.5	20.0	37	340	41	0.0	75	Aut
Queenstown Aero	M	E	H	89	17	246	8.4	29	14.8	20.0	38	220	17	0.0	65	Aut
Southland									Tuesday, 17 January 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Manapouri Aero	L	E	L	83	5	19	7.6	6	6.4	19.0	49	0	32	0.0	50	Aut
Invercargill Aero	L	E	L	76	3	13	4.8	4	3.2	20.0	54	330	35	0.0	50	Aut
Barn Hill	M	E	E	84	6	107	30.5	11	24.4	15.5	58	340	55	0.0	75	Aut
Blackmount	M	E	H	83	6	59	28.5	9	22.0	16.4	55	353	58	0.0	55	Aut
Wreys Bush	M	E	H	85	7	115	14.4	13	14.9	19.9	54	345	38	0.2	65	Aut
Tuatapere	M	E	L	83	5	76	7.8	9	7.9	20.8	54	320	30	0.0	50	Aut
Slopedown	L	E	L	78	4	13	14.9	4	10.1	19.8	46	333	55	1.4	50	Aut
Garston	H	E	E	87	15	100	21.4	21	25.4	18.8	46	350	41	0.0	75	Aut
Gore	L	E	L	83	5	17	17.5	5	12.4	19.0	50	300	48	0.0	50	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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