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FIRE WEATHER

Saturday, 21 January 2006

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North Island Data
Northland									Saturday, 21 January 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Pouto	M	E	M	85	22	331	6.0	38	13.2	24.0	52	62	20	0.0	60	Aut
Aupouri Peninsula	E	E	V	85	45	303	14.7	65	33.0	21.4	59	87	37	0.0	70	Aut
Waitangi Forest	E	E	V	87	57	367	12.9	82	33.9	21.2	64	56	31	0.0	75	Aut
Opouteke	M	V	L	80	22	213	1.8	35	4.3	23.8	54	30	9	0.2	50	Aut
Hokianga	V	E	H	87	41	414	10.0	66	25.7	31.1	53	94	25	0.8	65	Aut
Dargaville	M	E	M	85	19	300	5.0	33	10.5	24.7	48	45	17	0.0	70	Aut
Kaikohe	M	V	M	72	25	246	1.7	39	4.4	20.0	65	50	19	2.0	55	Aut
Whangarei Aero	M	E	M	80	36	381	3.7	58	11.4	23.0	57	50	24	1.6	75	Aut
Mangakahia	M	E	M	85	34	293	5.7	52	15.0	24.7	52	33	19	0.2	60	Aut
Auckland									Saturday, 21 January 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Woodhill	L	V	M	80	16	246	2.0	28	4.0	24.7	57	62	11	0.0	55	Aut
Clevedon Coast	M	E	M	85	37	351	3.5	58	10.9	24.6	45	63	9	0.0	65	Aut
Great Barrier Island	M	E	M	84	31	201	4.4	45	11.2	23.0	47	58	18	0.1	55	Aut
Hunua East	M	E	M	84	30	256	3.9	46	10.4	25.2	49	349	15	0.0	55	Aut
Cornwallis Depot	M	E	M	83	22	285	3.3	37	7.7	24.7	56	52	15	0.0	60	Aut
Waikato									Saturday, 21 January 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Whangamata	M	E	L	78	21	173	3.5	32	7.5	21.0	63	49	26	0.0	40	Aut
Waihi Gold	M	E	L	81	22	151	2.3	32	5.0	21.9	56	343	12	0.4	40	Aut
Athol	L	H	L	71	14	104	1.1	21	1.1	19.5	63	268	11	1.8	40	Aut
Ngapaenga	M	E	L	83	38	234	2.2	54	7.1	16.6	80	0	5	0.0	50	Aut
Waikawau Bay	L	V	L	76	20	165	1.6	30	3.3	22.1	62	45	13	0.0	40	Aut
Whitianga Aero	M	E	M	81	32	182	4.6	44	11.5	22.0	55		26	0.0	60	Aut
Port Taharoa	M	E	M	82	14	213	4.1	24	7.4	22.0	62	310	20	0.0	55	Aut
Hamilton Aero	M	E	L	81	19	158	2.3	30	4.8	23.0	56	60	11	0.6	40	Aut
Paeroa	M	E	L	84	32	216	3.0	47	8.4	23.0	48	10	11	0.0	40	Aut
Central North Island									Saturday, 21 January 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Rotorua Aero	L	V	M	73	25	208	1.3	38	3.1	17.0	72	20	13	0.0	70	Aut
Taupo Aero	L	H	M	75	21	197	1.0	33	1.9	19.0	62	20	6	1.4	70	Aut
Tauranga Aero	M	E	M	83	37	218	3.1	52	9.3	21.0	56	30	13	0.0	75	Aut
Minginui	L	H	L	67	13	110	0.7	20	0.6	18.7	69	45	4	1.2	40	Aut
Rotoehu	M	V	M	77	34	215	1.5	48	4.4	17.0	71	13	10	0.0	60	Aut
Goudies	L	L	L	46	6	173	0.1	11	0.1	15.6	80	88	7	3.0	50	Aut
Galatea	L	H	M	76	23	193	1.2	36	2.7	18.2	68	329	8	0.0	70	Aut
Kawerau	M	E	M	81	44	298	2.6	64	9.1	18.5	63	324	14	0.0	75	Aut
Rotoaira	L	V	L	75	10	51	1.7	13	1.7	16.6	71	39	16	0.8	50	Aut
Opotiki	M	E	M	81	25	311	2.6	42	6.7	20.8	54	269	13	0.0	75	Aut
Whakatane Aero	M	E	M	84	36	266	3.5	54	10.3	21.0	56	40	13	0.0	70	Aut
Te Puke	L	H	M	75	39	216	0.9	54	2.4	17.9	68	10	2	0.0	65	Aut
Waihau Bay	M	E	M	82	24	371	3.0	41	7.7	19.9	57	22	14	0.0	75	Aut
Eastern North Island									Saturday, 21 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	84	28	301	3.9	45	10.2	20.0	60	50	15	0.0	70	Aut
Tuai	L	V	M	67	13	178	1.6	22	2.7	15.1	74	333	21	0.0	70	Aut
Gwavas	M	V	M	81	34	296	2.0	53	6.2	23.0	54	88	9	0.0	60	Aut
Ruatoria	L	H	L	63	12	121	0.7	19	0.6	15.6	67	310	6	0.0	60	Aut
Crownthorpe	M	E	M	81	30	299	2.4	48	7.0	22.5	51	84	12	0.0	80	Aut
Waipukurau	H	E	H	90	61	463	5.6	91	20.2	25.9	34	18	7	0.0	85	Aut
Te Haroto	M	E	M	75	28	224	2.4	43	6.5	18.0	63	3	23	0.0	70	Aut
Cricklewood	L	V	M	77	15	218	1.5	25	2.5	21.4	52	309	11	0.0	60	Aut
Porapora	M	E	L	87	77	263	3.7	89	14.4	22.0	54	289	6	0.0	40	Aut
Mangatu Forest	L	H	M	64	29	212	0.6	43	0.9	20.4	61	8	3	0.0	75	Aut
Bridge Pa	H	E	H	87	52	459	6.6	81	21.1	24.2	42	52	17	0.0	95	Aut
Waihau	L	H	M	66	17	206	0.8	28	0.9	19.7	62	344	6	0.0	60	Aut
Te Pohue	L	V	M	71	14	204	1.8	24	3.2	20.0	61	22	20	0.0	60	Aut
Gisborne Aero	M	V	M	80	24	222	1.7	37	4.1	22.0	46	310	7	0.0	85	Aut
Ongaonga	M	E	H	88	48	415	4.5	75	15.3	25.5	42	100	6	0.0	85	Aut
Napier Aero	M	E	M	77	29	362	2.1	49	6.3	20.0	63	70	17	0.0	95	Aut
Taranaki									Saturday, 21 January 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
New Plymouth Aero	L	L	L	51	8	266	0.4	15	0.3	19.0	82	30	15	6.2	55	Aut
Eltham	M	E	M	78	15	162	3.5	24	6.4	16.7	84	6	26	0.4	55	Aut
Waverly	M	E	M	82	13	154	4.0	22	6.8	19.8	71	340	20	0.0	55	Aut
Okato	L	E	L	80	11	144	2.3	18	3.3	18.0	79	20	13	0.0	50	Aut
Marco	M	E	M	83	16	98	2.7	22	4.7	19.3	61	307	9	0.0	55	Aut
Hawera	M	E	M	80	11	164	4.5	19	6.9	18.0	77	10	28	0.0	55	Aut
Wanganui-Manawatu									Saturday, 21 January 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Three Kings	L	V	L	68	9	104	1.7	15	1.9	13.2	65	240	21	0.0	40	Aut
Webb	L	H	L	62	8	89	1.2	14	0.8	12.0	75	17	18	0.2	40	Aut
Westlawn	L	V	M	74	10	127	1.5	17	1.8	16.0	57	213	15	0.0	65	Aut
Desert Road Summit	M	E	M	76	14	179	2.9	23	5.1	15.7	66	11	25	0.0	65	Aut
Waitarere Forest	M	E	M	85	40	412	3.1	65	10.6	20.8	58	289	9	0.0	60	Aut
Ngamatea	L	V	M	75	11	138	1.3	19	1.5	17.9	55	239	11	0.2	65	Aut
Lismore	L	V	M	79	13	109	1.9	20	2.9	18.2	75	312	12	0.0	65	Aut
Waione	M	E	M	87	33	341	4.1	53	11.7	25.1	44	321	8	0.2	55	Aut
Waimarino Forest	L	H	L	75	11	60	1.0	15	0.8	15.2	83	303	5	0.0	50	Aut
National Park	L	L	L	55	6	45	0.5	9	0.3	14.8	74	331	12	2.8	55	Aut
Tapuae	L	E	M	80	10	95	2.6	16	3.6	19.4	53	270	16	0.0	55	Aut
Raumai	H	E	H	86	43	384	5.9	67	17.8	18.8	70	298	19	0.0	70	Aut
Palmerston North Aero	M	E	M	85	27	288	5.6	44	13.4	23.0	51	270	19	0.0	55	Aut
Waiouru Aero	L	V	M	77	12	104	1.6	19	2.2	18.0	59	250	13	0.0	65	Aut
Wanganui Aero	M	E	M	81	19	190	2.5	30	5.3	19.0	82	260	13	0.0	65	Aut
Spriggins Park	M	E	M	82	19	177	2.2	30	4.5	18.7	79	309	9	0.0	60	Aut
Wairarapa									Saturday, 21 January 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Castle Point	H	E	H	87	21	395	14.0	37	24.2	22.0	39	300	32	0.8	65	Aut
East Taratahi	H	E	H	90	39	372	9.1	62	23.1	24.0	31	290	15	0.0	65	Aut
Ngawihi	H	E	H	88	24	302	7.9	40	16.7	21.0	47	330	19	0.0	65	Aut
Stony Creek	M	E	M	88	29	344	5.9	48	14.8	23.2	35	350	12	0.0	65	Aut
Haurangi	H	E	M	89	31	364	9.6	52	22.0	22.4	31	310	18	0.0	55	Aut
Ngaumu	H	E	H	89	43	387	7.7	67	21.4	24.1	42	281	15	0.0	65	Aut
Holdsworth Station	M	E	M	85	20	231	3.5	33	7.7	22.5	41	281	11	0.0	55	Aut
Wellington									Saturday, 21 January 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Rimutaka Forest Park	V	E	H	88	34	375	12.7	55	27.7	21.9	44	357	27	0.0	60	Aut
Chatham Island	L	E	M	82	4	217	6.5	8	6.2	17.0	69	250	30	0.0	60	Aut
Belmont	M	E	M	83	10	269	8.8	19	12.4	17.4	59	352	33	0.0	55	Aut
Titahi Bay	H	E	H	85	26	426	7.4	45	17.0	21.3	59	338	26	0.0	70	Aut
Lower Hutt	M	E	M	88	21	288	5.8	36	12.4	23.0	44	340	13	0.0	55	Aut
Paraparaumu	M	E	M	81	16	382	3.4	30	7.1	19.0	66	10	20	0.0	70	Aut
Wellington Aero	V	E	V	88	27	391	17.2	46	30.9	22.0	43	0	33	0.0	70	Aut

South Island Data
Nelson-Marlborough									Saturday, 21 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	88	17	206	9.1	29	15.6	22.6	38	304	21	0.0	40	Aut
Keneperu Head	M	E	L	88	16	170	6.2	25	10.8	21.7	33	192	13	0.0	40	Aut
Totaranui	M	E	L	88	13	135	6.4	21	10.2	21.2	36	343	14	0.0	50	Aut
Awatere Valley	E	E	E	92	40	540	18.8	68	39.5	24.5	23	357	23	0.0	100	Aut
Hira	H	E	H	89	28	319	9.3	46	20.1	20.8	37	357	19	0.0	65	Aut
Dovedale	M	E	M	87	25	409	5.3	44	12.9	21.1	44	20	13	0.0	65	Aut
Rai Valley	M	E	M	88	16	181	7.6	26	12.8	20.4	35	72	18	0.0	60	Aut
Molesworth	V	E	V	92	44	544	8.8	73	24.7	22.8	21	55	8	0.0	90	Aut
Murchison	M	E	L	89	12	75	6.7	18	9.5	24.3	37	70	11	0.0	45	Aut
Ngaruru	M	E	H	89	20	339	6.2	34	12.8	22.9	31	250	10	0.0	100	Aut
Western Boundary	M	E	M	86	16	346	3.5	29	7.1	20.8	37	18	7	0.0	60	Aut
Kaikoura	M	E	L	82	24	396	2.3	42	6.1	18.0	70	80	9	0.0	50	Aut
Nelson Aero	M	E	M	83	36	451	4.5	60	13.5	19.0	61	20	20	0.0	75	Aut
Woodbourne Aero	E	E	E	93	74	584	23.2	113	56.8	24.0	25	320	26	0.0	100	Aut
Big Pokororo	L	E	M	82	12	230	2.7	21	4.4	18.5	65	59	13	0.0	60	Aut
West Coast									Saturday, 21 January 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Westport	L	V	L	77	4	20	1.9	6	0.8	17.0	80	300	15	0.0	40	Aut
Reefton	M	E	L	88	11	48	6.4	14	8.2	21.6	37	325	15	0.0	40	Aut
Nelson Creek	L	E	L	85	9	22	6.3	9	6.4	20.0	52	229	21	0.0	50	Aut
Haast	L	H	L	80	5	26	1.2	7	0.6	17.0	66	0	0	0.0	20	Aut
Hokitika Aero	L	V	L	77	4	26	1.7	5	0.7	16.0	75	290	13	0.0	30	Aut
Canterbury									Saturday, 21 January 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Le Bons Bay	L	V	M	77	12	378	1.5	22	2.2	15.0	82	20	11	0.0	55	Aut
Oamaru Aero	L	H	M	70	9	277	1.1	16	0.9	17.0	77	80	11	0.0	55	Aut
Tara Hills	E	E	E	93	50	526	32.5	81	60.6	23.0	22	290	32	0.0	80	Aut
Timaru Aero	M	E	L	82	17	291	2.4	29	4.9	19.0	64	140	9	0.0	50	Aut
Christchurch Aero	M	E	M	86	31	471	4.9	53	13.5	20.0	59	80	15	0.0	70	Aut
Hanmer	H	E	H	91	33	250	7.7	50	18.4	24.4	30	230	10	0.0	75	Aut
Cannington	L	V	M	81	17	258	1.7	29	3.4	18.8	65	186	7	0.0	55	Aut
Snowdon	V	E	H	91	28	212	14.9	42	27.1	21.3	29	330	22	0.0	65	Aut
Darfield	H	E	H	89	34	378	7.5	55	19.0	22.2	41	58	15	0.0	65	Aut
Bottle Lake	M	V	M	81	23	461	1.9	41	4.9	19.0	67	90	7	0.0	70	Aut
Ashley	M	E	M	86	24	294	3.1	40	7.8	22.3	49	139	6	0.0	60	Aut
Ashburton Plains	M	E	M	89	36	440	4.7	60	14.0	23.3	38	58	6	0.0	60	Aut
Mount Cook	M	E	H	90	13	27	9.0	13	10.5	17.1	32	320	16	0.0	70	Aut
Hakatere	H	E	V	91	36	473	9.6	61	23.8	21.7	30	183	14	0.0	85	Aut
Leeston	M	E	M	84	32	496	4.4	55	12.6	19.1	66	114	17	0.0	65	Aut
Oamaru	M	E	L	81	14	278	3.0	25	5.6	17.0	73	60	17	0.0	50	Aut
Waihaorunga	M	E	M	82	16	338	2.7	28	5.6	18.4	63	162	13	0.0	55	Aut
Lees Valley	V	E	L	90	29	160	21.4	40	33.7	21.1	30	315	33	0.0	40	Aut
Burnham	M	E	M	87	35	421	5.0	58	14.5	21.2	48	70	11	0.0	65	Aut
Tekapo	E	E	E	93	41	521	28.5	69	51.9	20.9	23	276	30	0.0	80	Aut
Motukarara	M	E	M	84	20	398	3.7	36	8.6	17.6	66	167	14	0.0	70	Aut
Mount Somers	L	H	L	77	9	53	0.8	13	0.6	19.4	64	90	0	0.0	40	Aut
Pukaki Aero	H	E	H	91	41	445	5.8	67	17.5	21.2	31	250	3	0.0	80	Aut
Otago									Saturday, 21 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	73	2	117	1.8	3	0.7	16.0	75	40	19	0.0	50	Aut
Windsor	M	E	M	81	18	322	2.2	32	4.8	18.7	67	126	10	0.0	55	Aut
Ranfurly	M	E	M	85	22	325	3.5	38	8.5	19.9	51	152	10	0.0	70	Aut
Bendigo	H	E	H	91	51	641	5.6	85	19.3	21.3	31	28	3	0.0	80	Aut
Northburn	H	E	H	90	52	698	5.0	88	18.0	20.3	38	312	2	0.0	80	Aut
Herbert	L	V	L	78	10	138	1.6	16	1.8	14.5	82	105	10	0.0	50	Aut
McRaes	M	E	M	84	12	190	3.4	21	5.7	16.7	63	68	12	0.0	75	Aut
Glendhu	L	H	M	75	4	26	1.0	6	0.5	12.2	66	179	6	0.2	70	Aut
Clyde	M	E	M	88	38	617	3.7	65	12.3	18.7	54	161	2	0.0	80	Aut
Lauder	H	E	H	90	28	404	9.8	48	21.6	20.9	30	327	16	0.0	70	Aut
Dansey Pass	M	E	M	85	17	238	3.2	29	6.6	20.2	49	140	9	0.0	75	Aut
Tapanui	L	E	M	85	9	96	3.1	14	4.0	18.0	54	153	7	0.0	60	Aut
Glenledi	L	E	L	78	5	198	2.3	9	2.0	17.1	64	91	18	0.0	50	Aut
Rock and Pillar	M	E	M	84	16	254	2.9	27	5.7	18.3	63	221	9	0.0	75	Aut
Dunedin Aero	M	E	L	83	10	308	4.0	19	6.2	17.0	74	130	17	0.0	50	Aut
Traquair	M	E	M	82	10	258	4.7	18	7.0	15.2	69	141	24	0.0	60	Aut
Mount Benger	L	V	M	78	5	80	2.1	8	1.5	11.0	83	89	17	0.2	65	Aut
Wanaka	E	E	E	91	38	447	24.6	63	45.3	21.0	30	300	32	0.0	75	Aut
Queenstown Aero	V	E	V	91	25	273	19.1	41	31.7	21.0	31	220	28	0.0	65	Aut
Southland									Saturday, 21 January 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Manapouri Aero	M	E	L	86	10	41	6.1	12	7.2	17.0	51	350	17	0.0	50	Aut
Invercargill Aero	L	E	L	79	3	15	2.2	4	0.9	18.0	48	350	15	0.0	50	Aut
Barn Hill	M	E	E	86	9	119	24.2	15	23.5	16.6	53	325	46	0.0	75	Aut
Blackmount	M	E	H	87	10	76	19.1	15	19.9	16.3	48	355	39	0.0	55	Aut
Wreys Bush	M	E	M	88	12	138	3.8	19	6.0	21.4	40	91	4	0.0	65	Aut
Tuatapere	L	E	L	80	4	92	5.9	8	5.6	17.3	48	329	32	0.0	50	Aut
Slopedown	L	H	L	71	3	13	1.3	4	0.5	18.4	51	340	13	0.0	50	Aut
Garston	L	H	M	78	11	115	1.1	18	1.0	17.0	54	139	3	0.0	75	Aut
Gore	M	E	L	84	7	34	12.3	9	11.5	18.0	52	320	37	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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