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Thursday, 19 January 2006

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North Island Data
Northland									Thursday, 19 January 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Pouto	L	L	M	55	19	315	0.8	32	1.1	16.9	93	194	22	3.0	60	Aut
Aupouri Peninsula	V	E	H	88	45	288	11.2	64	27.4	23.1	60	282	26	0.0	70	Aut
Waitangi Forest	V	E	H	87	53	352	9.4	77	26.5	24.0	67	305	24	0.0	75	Aut
Opouteke	L	H	L	60	31	213	0.6	45	0.9	20.3	96	269	6	2.0	50	Aut
Hokianga	M	E	M	83	56	416	3.6	84	13.8	26.8	87	293	17	0.2	65	Aut
Dargaville	L	L	L	50	20	293	0.5	34	0.6	18.4	93	193	22	4.0	70	Aut
Kaikohe	M	E	M	77	44	253	2.5	61	8.6	19.0	92	270	22	1.0	55	Aut
Whangarei Aero	H	E	M	82	58	391	4.4	84	16.2	21.0	87	300	22	0.2	75	Aut
Mangakahia	L	H	M	67	47	293	0.7	67	2.4	22.1	83	311	5	2.2	60	Aut
Auckland									Thursday, 19 January 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Woodhill	L	L	L	20	12	230	0.0	21	0.0	13.3	98	203	29	14.8	55	Aut
Clevedon Coast	L	L	L	31	31	335	0.0	50	0.0	16.3	95	207	12	8.8	65	Aut
Great Barrier Island	M	E	M	87	42	196	4.7	55	13.3	23.9	68	284	11	0.0	55	Aut
Hunua East	L	L	L	38	26	240	0.0	41	0.0	19.7	92	5	7	6.8	55	Aut
Cornwallis Depot	L	L	L	27	17	269	0.0	29	0.0	16.9	98	249	11	7.6	60	Aut
Waikato									Thursday, 19 January 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Whangamata	M	E	L	83	30	171	2.5	42	6.6	20.9	84	134	8	0.0	40	Aut
Waihi Gold	M	E	L	84	31	148	2.6	41	6.6	20.7	81	294	8	0.6	40	Aut
Athol	L	L	L	20	11	89	0.0	17	0.0	16.7	95	281	7	27.7	40	Aut
Ngapaenga	M	E	L	83	35	220	2.7	51	8.1	15.6	80	0	10	0.0	50	Aut
Waikawau Bay	M	E	L	83	33	168	3.9	44	10.2	21.5	85	315	18	0.0	40	Aut
Whitianga Aero	M	E	M	86	49	182	3.7	58	11.5	23.0	71		8	0.0	60	Aut
Port Taharoa	L	L	L	41	10	198	0.1	18	0.1	17.0	85	220	24	21.2	55	Aut
Hamilton Aero	L	L	L	29	15	142	0.0	24	0.0	16.0	96	200	11	8.4	40	Aut
Paeroa	M	E	L	82	45	214	2.9	59	9.3	21.0	87	340	13	0.4	40	Aut
Central North Island									Thursday, 19 January 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Rotorua Aero	L	H	M	64	41	215	0.9	56	2.7	19.0	94	20	11	1.8	70	Aut
Taupo Aero	L	L	L	43	17	183	0.1	28	0.1	18.0	86	260	6	6.6	70	Aut
Tauranga Aero	M	E	M	82	50	213	3.1	63	10.2	21.0	88	0	15	0.2	75	Aut
Minginui	L	L	L	12	18	111	0.0	25	0.0	17.0	100	45	9	26.2	40	Aut
Rotoehu	M	E	M	82	51	215	2.6	64	9.1	19.4	89	337	13	0.5	60	Aut
Goudies	L	L	L	23	12	175	0.0	20	0.0	16.3	94	299	9	19.6	50	Aut
Galatea	L	H	M	63	46	230	1.1	62	4.0	18.9	92	27	17	2.3	70	Aut
Kawerau	M	E	M	82	59	294	3.5	78	12.9	20.2	87	327	17	0.4	75	Aut
Rotoaira	L	L	L	34	7	37	0.0	9	0.0	15.3	86	255	17	32.4	50	Aut
Opotiki	M	E	M	81	43	334	2.5	65	8.8	20.5	89	315	13	0.0	75	Aut
Whakatane Aero	M	E	M	81	47	261	3.3	65	11.1	20.0	90	350	19	0.2	70	Aut
Te Puke	M	V	M	83	51	210	1.8	64	6.4	20.2	88	17	3	0.4	65	Aut
Waihau Bay	M	E	M	83	29	367	2.8	48	8.0	20.9	84	299	11	0.0	75	Aut
Eastern North Island									Thursday, 19 January 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Hicks Bay	H	E	H	84	28	287	11.6	44	23.3	22.0	80	290	37	0.0	70	Aut
Tuai	L	L	L	14	12	166	0.0	20	0.0	10.6	95	121	5	33.2	70	Aut
Gwavas	L	L	L	46	30	282	0.1	47	0.2	15.8	81	183	6	6.4	60	Aut
Ruatoria	H	E	H	83	27	163	14.0	38	24.7	19.0	70	282	44	0.8	60	Aut
Crownthorpe	L	L	L	39	34	291	0.0	53	0.1	14.4	85	212	9	9.6	80	Aut
Waipukurau	L	L	M	57	54	448	0.6	83	2.1	18.5	67	144	10	7.2	85	Aut
Te Haroto	L	L	L	47	37	218	0.3	52	0.5	12.4	93	205	21	4.0	70	Aut
Cricklewood	L	L	L	34	23	233	0.0	36	0.0	13.4	93	176	12	8.0	60	Aut
Porapora	M	E	L	88	74	249	3.7	85	14.1	20.9	64	328	2	0.0	40	Aut
Mangatu Forest	M	E	M	86	65	270	2.8	81	11.1	19.4	71	281	2	0.0	75	Aut
Bridge Pa	L	L	L	36	46	444	0.0	74	0.1	16.1	91	249	11	8.6	95	Aut
Waihau	L	L	L	22	26	208	0.0	40	0.0	13.0	100	188	6	8.8	60	Aut
Te Pohue	L	L	L	24	28	231	0.0	43	0.0	13.1	97	260	7	9.8	60	Aut
Gisborne Aero	M	E	M	83	50	295	3.0	70	10.6	19.0	84	150	11	0.0	85	Aut
Ongaonga	L	L	M	59	42	399	0.8	67	2.6	19.6	69	110	13	7.0	85	Aut
Napier Aero	L	L	L	34	48	378	0.0	73	0.0	16.0	92	220	9	8.6	95	Aut
Taranaki									Thursday, 19 January 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
New Plymouth Aero	L	V	M	65	11	266	2.0	21	3.1	18.0	59	260	26	7.6	55	Aut
Eltham	L	L	L	54	12	148	0.7	20	0.6	14.8	76	203	20	6.4	55	Aut
Waverly	L	L	L	51	10	140	0.4	17	0.4	16.6	71	206	17	12.4	55	Aut
Okato	L	L	L	58	7	130	1.0	13	0.7	16.9	54	173	21	18.0	50	Aut
Marco	L	L	L	51	11	84	0.3	16	0.2	18.7	63	224	11	30.8	55	Aut
Hawera	L	L	L	47	9	150	0.3	15	0.2	15.0	81	190	19	8.6	55	Aut
Wanganui-Manawatu									Thursday, 19 January 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Three Kings	L	L	L	20	7	93	0.0	12	0.0	9.6	98	243	14	12.2	40	Aut
Webb	L	L	L	15	7	77	0.0	11	0.0	9.1	99	187	13	17.4	40	Aut
Westlawn	L	L	L	16	8	114	0.0	13	0.0	10.3	98	227	10	22.0	65	Aut
Desert Road Summit	L	L	L	22	11	167	0.0	19	0.0	9.5	97	196	11	11.6	65	Aut
Waitarere Forest	L	H	M	69	36	397	1.1	59	3.5	17.2	65	102	12	3.0	60	Aut
Ngamatea	L	L	L	34	12	125	0.0	19	0.0	10.0	93	224	17	7.6	65	Aut
Lismore	L	L	L	34	10	95	0.0	16	0.0	16.3	83	259	8	24.0	65	Aut
Waione	M	V	M	71	29	326	1.5	48	4.3	17.6	67	169	17	2.8	55	Aut
Waimarino Forest	L	L	L	38	8	46	0.0	11	0.0	15.5	77	208	9	28.4	50	Aut
National Park	L	L	L	12	6	32	0.0	8	0.0	12.7	99	211	14	32.4	55	Aut
Tapuae	L	L	L	33	6	82	0.0	11	0.0	10.7	79	270	8	21.3	55	Aut
Raumai	M	E	M	83	39	369	4.9	62	14.7	16.8	80	314	21	0.0	70	Aut
Palmerston North Aero	M	V	M	79	32	282	1.4	50	4.2	18.0	58	350	6	1.4	55	Aut
Waiouru Aero	L	L	L	28	9	90	0.0	14	0.0	13.0	81	260	2	25.0	65	Aut
Wanganui Aero	L	L	M	57	15	175	0.8	25	0.9	17.0	74	240	19	6.8	65	Aut
Spriggins Park	L	L	L	52	15	163	0.4	24	0.5	16.9	73	238	16	11.2	60	Aut
Wairarapa									Thursday, 19 January 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Castle Point	L	V	M	72	19	380	1.7	34	3.9	15.0	63	180	19	2.5	65	Aut
East Taratahi	L	L	L	55	32	357	0.3	53	0.5	15.0	78	220	2	3.4	65	Aut
Ngawihi	M	E	M	80	19	288	2.8	33	6.3	17.0	55	180	17	0.0	65	Aut
Stony Creek	L	L	L	53	24	329	0.3	40	0.5	15.3	63	178	7	7.2	65	Aut
Haurangi	L	L	L	52	25	349	0.3	43	0.4	15.9	61	48	7	9.0	55	Aut
Ngaumu	M	E	M	78	37	372	2.1	60	7.1	13.6	76	192	15	1.0	65	Aut
Holdsworth Station	L	L	L	36	15	216	0.0	25	0.0	13.3	85	150	5	8.8	55	Aut
Wellington									Thursday, 19 January 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Rimutaka Forest Park	L	H	L	61	28	359	0.6	47	1.0	19.9	47	160	6	8.4	60	Aut
Chatham Island	L	L	M	59	2	203	1.1	3	0.4	15.0	69	190	22	4.2	60	Aut
Belmont	L	L	L	42	7	255	0.1	13	0.1	15.0	70	166	12	13.2	55	Aut
Titahi Bay	L	L	L	53	21	411	0.3	38	0.4	17.8	56	120	4	8.9	70	Aut
Lower Hutt	L	L	L	52	15	273	0.3	27	0.3	17.0	55	230	7	13.0	55	Aut
Paraparaumu	L	L	L	36	13	368	0.0	23	0.0	16.0	73	0	2	15.8	70	Aut
Wellington Aero	M	V	M	66	22	376	1.8	38	4.5	17.0	60	170	24	5.6	70	Aut

South Island Data
Nelson-Marlborough									Thursday, 19 January 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Opua Bay	L	L	L	49	12	191	0.2	21	0.2	17.8	67	120	6	10.0	40	Aut
Keneperu Head	L	L	L	47	10	155	0.2	17	0.2	17.0	61	57	10	27.8	40	Aut
Totaranui	L	L	L	58	8	121	0.6	14	0.4	19.9	39	14	11	22.0	50	Aut
Awatere Valley	L	H	M	65	34	524	1.0	58	3.3	17.1	57	77	13	5.2	100	Aut
Hira	L	H	M	62	22	304	1.1	37	2.5	18.2	50	13	17	11.2	65	Aut
Dovedale	L	L	L	54	19	394	0.3	35	0.4	15.9	48	237	7	12.8	65	Sub
Rai Valley	L	L	L	44	10	166	0.1	17	0.1	16.3	63	55	7	35.8	60	Aut
Molesworth	M	V	M	77	37	529	1.5	63	5.3	15.6	19	200	11	3.6	90	Aut
Murchison	L	L	L	55	5	60	0.5	9	0.3	18.6	31	131	11	31.6	45	Aut
Ngaruru	L	L	L	49	13	324	0.2	24	0.2	15.8	58	358	4	10.8	100	Aut
Western Boundary	L	L	L	51	11	333	0.3	21	0.3	15.1	44	248	10	15.4	60	Aut
Kaikoura	L	V	L	72	22	383	1.3	38	3.1	16.0	58	140	13	2.6	50	Aut
Nelson Aero	M	V	M	72	40	436	1.6	65	5.8	18.2	50	13	17	3.6	75	Man
Woodbourne Aero	H	E	H	88	67	569	6.5	103	23.8	17.0	49	50	15	0.0	100	Aut
Big Pokororo	L	L	L	47	8	216	0.2	15	0.1	15.9	48	237	7	12.8	60	Aut
West Coast									Thursday, 19 January 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Westport	L	L	L	56	2	7	1.5	3	0.5	17.0	55	230	33	16.4	40	Aut
Reefton	L	L	L	49	5	33	0.2	7	0.1	16.0	51	170	10	6.0	40	Aut
Nelson Creek	L	L	L	57	4	8	1.1	4	0.4	15.4	49	256	25	4.8	50	Aut
Haast	L	E	L	69	3	13	3.6	4	2.1	14.0	67	260	35	0.0	20	Aut
Hokitika Aero	L	L	L	54	2	13	1.0	3	0.3	15.0	60	250	28	2.2	30	Aut
Canterbury									Thursday, 19 January 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Le Bons Bay	L	H	L	64	10	366	0.7	20	0.7	12.0	70	60	7	2.2	55	Aut
Oamaru Aero	L	L	L	47	10	269	0.1	18	0.1	14.0	50	110	2	11.0	55	Aut
Tara Hills	H	E	H	88	44	511	6.4	72	19.4	14.0	28	210	15	1.0	80	Aut
Timaru Aero	L	H	L	60	13	278	0.8	24	0.8	15.0	46	120	13	8.6	50	Aut
Christchurch Aero	M	E	M	83	28	458	2.7	48	7.7	17.0	48	60	11	1.0	70	Aut
Hanmer	M	V	M	78	27	235	1.9	42	5.0	17.7	33	222	14	3.0	75	Aut
Cannington	L	L	L	58	14	244	0.6	24	0.6	15.5	45	158	10	10.4	55	Aut
Snowdon	M	E	M	86	23	198	3.3	36	7.7	14.0	47	156	8	0.0	65	Aut
Darfield	M	V	M	79	29	363	1.5	48	4.5	17.6	39	154	8	1.8	65	Aut
Bottle Lake	L	L	M	60	20	447	0.5	36	0.7	18.3	50	83	5	6.8	70	Aut
Ashley	L	H	M	66	20	279	0.9	34	1.4	17.1	54	182	9	3.8	60	Aut
Ashburton Plains	L	H	M	71	31	425	0.9	52	2.5	19.4	32	223	6	4.8	60	Aut
Mount Cook	L	E	M	83	8	14	2.5	8	2.0	13.9	33	70	9	0.2	70	Aut
Hakatere	H	E	V	86	31	459	9.6	53	22.2	13.1	50	114	28	0.0	85	Aut
Leeston	L	H	M	70	29	482	1.0	50	2.8	16.7	46	90	9	3.4	65	Aut
Oamaru	L	H	L	62	11	265	0.7	21	0.6	16.0	37	240	7	5.6	50	Aut
Waihaorunga	L	L	L	59	13	324	0.9	23	0.9	12.9	42	173	17	6.2	55	Aut
Lees Valley	M	E	L	75	23	145	2.4	33	5.4	14.7	51	180	22	2.5	40	Aut
Burnham	M	V	M	80	31	407	1.5	52	4.5	16.9	39	96	6	1.6	65	Aut
Tekapo	H	E	H	91	35	507	9.6	60	23.7	11.7	38	220	14	0.0	80	Aut
Motukarara	L	V	M	76	17	384	1.3	31	2.6	15.4	47	159	10	2.0	70	Aut
Mount Somers	L	L	L	50	6	40	0.4	9	0.2	12.8	57	180	15	13.4	40	Aut
Pukaki Aero	H	E	H	91	36	431	9.4	59	23.1	15.4	30	190	13	0.2	80	Aut
Otago									Thursday, 19 January 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Nugget Point	L	L	L	51	1	109	2.2	2	0.6	9.0	86	220	48	3.6	50	Aut
Windsor	L	V	M	69	16	308	1.7	28	3.3	15.1	43	260	21	4.8	55	Aut
Ranfurly	L	V	M	67	18	311	1.8	32	4.0	12.5	40	230	23	5.2	70	Aut
Bendigo	H	E	H	90	45	626	5.0	77	16.9	17.7	28	283	3	0.0	80	Aut
Northburn	H	E	H	91	47	683	5.5	80	18.4	17.6	26	241	3	0.0	80	Aut
Herbert	L	V	L	64	8	126	2.1	14	2.4	11.2	45	235	28	6.0	50	Aut
McRaes	M	E	H	75	9	177	7.0	16	9.4	10.1	55	243	44	0.5	75	Aut
Glendhu	L	V	M	62	3	15	1.8	4	0.7	6.6	63	268	28	0.8	70	Aut
Clyde	H	E	H	89	34	603	6.0	59	16.7	16.1	36	233	11	0.2	80	Aut
Lauder	M	E	M	82	23	390	3.3	41	8.3	12.6	40	227	17	1.4	70	Aut
Dansey Pass	L	V	M	61	13	225	1.4	23	2.3	12.3	45	238	23	7.6	75	Aut
Tapanui	L	E	M	72	5	82	2.6	9	2.3	11.0	67	256	27	0.6	60	Aut
Glenledi	L	E	L	72	4	190	4.4	8	4.3	11.2	68	276	37	0.0	50	Aut
Rock and Pillar	M	E	M	72	12	240	3.1	22	5.3	13.1	44	216	30	1.0	75	Aut
Dunedin Aero	M	E	L	75	7	295	4.8	14	6.2	12.0	70	240	37	0.0	50	Aut
Traquair	M	E	M	75	7	246	5.6	14	7.0	8.8	64	257	39	0.2	60	Aut
Mount Benger	L	E	H	72	3	69	6.5	6	5.4	4.2	71	255	45	0.2	65	Aut
Wanaka	M	E	M	86	32	433	4.3	54	12.2	16.0	28	320	11	0.8	75	Aut
Queenstown Aero	H	E	H	87	20	259	9.2	34	17.2	14.0	36	240	24	0.0	65	Aut
Southland									Thursday, 19 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	78	6	27	3.6	7	3.2	14.0	52	290	26	0.0	50	Aut
Invercargill Aero	L	L	L	52	1	6	1.4	2	0.4	13.0	73	260	39	10.6	50	Aut
Barn Hill	L	E	M	74	5	106	2.6	9	2.4	11.4	66	202	25	0.0	75	Aut
Blackmount	L	V	M	77	6	63	1.6	9	0.9	12.9	50	198	12	0.0	55	Aut
Wreys Bush	M	E	M	80	7	124	5.8	13	7.0	12.9	61	251	32	0.0	65	Aut
Tuatapere	L	L	L	56	3	84	0.7	6	0.3	9.1	83	233	18	2.6	50	Aut
Slopedown	L	L	L	47	2	7	0.3	2	0.1	10.7	71	236	23	9.6	50	Aut
Garston	L	V	M	73	11	102	1.9	17	2.6	11.6	48	239	20	0.0	75	Aut
Gore	L	V	L	68	4	21	1.6	5	0.7	11.0	73	230	20	1.2	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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