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Friday, 13 October 2006

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North Island Data
Northland									Friday, 13 October 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Pouto	L	E	L	80	4	25	3.2	6	2.4	18.0	76	220	21	0.0	50	Aut
Aupouri Peninsula	H	E	L	84	58	285	8.0	77	23.7	16.6	76	212	30	0.0	50	Aut
Waitangi Forest	M	E	L	87	19	49	12.1	19	16.0	21.2	50	222	28	0.0	50	Aut
Opouteke	L	V	L	78	5	36	1.8	7	0.9	18.6	71	247	13	0.0	50	Aut
Hokianga	M	E	L	83	8	39	9.5	11	10.1	17.5	69	231	36	0.0	50	Aut
Dargaville	L	E	L	82	8	39	5.5	10	6.0	17.9	74	241	27	0.0	50	Aut
Kaikohe	L	E	L	85	9	42	5.3	11	6.1	19.0	56	230	19	0.0	50	Aut
Whangarei Aero	M	E	L	84	10	35	6.7	11	7.6	19.0	65	230	26	0.0	50	Aut
Auckland									Friday, 13 October 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Woodhill	L	E	L	75	3	25	2.6	5	1.5	17.2	85	217	25	0.0	50	Aut
Clevedon Coast	L	E	L	84	10	44	4.5	13	5.6	19.1	61	212	18	0.0	50	Aut
Great Barrier Island	M	E	L	73	21	95	7.4	27	12.9	18.3	64	229	47	4.3	50	Aut
Hunua East	L	E	L	84	7	20	5.4	7	5.0	20.5	58	192	20	0.0	50	Aut
Cornwallis Depot	L	E	L	81	5	27	3.9	7	3.3	19.7	74	250	23	0.0	50	Aut
Waikato									Friday, 13 October 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Bodley Road	L	E	M	84	12	58	3.4	16	4.7	19.7	65	304	12	0.0	70	Aut
Waihi Gold	M	E	L	85	10	29	21.3	11	18.7	18.6	60	309	46	0.0	50	Aut
Whangamata	M	E	L	83	7	27	8.4	9	8.2	19.1	66	227	32	0.0	50	Aut
Hamilton Aero	M	E	L	83	9	34	7.4	11	8.1	18.0	70	260	30	0.0	40	Aut
Ngapaenga	L	E	M	76	2	12	2.7	3	1.0	14.6	74	0	24	0.0	70	Aut
Waikawau Bay	H	E	L	85	57	180	8.6	64	22.7	17.9	66	270	28	0.0	50	Aut
Athol	L	E	M	84	10	29	4.4	11	4.9	19.4	60	279	17	0.0	70	Aut
Whitianga Aero	M	E	L	88	14	38	16.8	15	18.0	21.0	42		32	0.0	50	Aut
Port Taharoa	L	E	M	81	8	69	3.4	12	4.1	17.0	75	230	19	0.0	65	Aut
Paeroa	M	E	L	85	10	47	5.7	13	7.2	20.0	58	220	19	0.0	50	Aut
Central North Island									Friday, 13 October 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Rotorua Aero	M	E	L	89	14	39	11.4	15	13.4	21.0	37	240	22	0.0	40	Aut
Taupo Aero	M	E	L	84	9	39	5.7	12	6.6	18.0	57	260	22	0.0	40	Aut
Tauranga Aero	M	E	L	87	18	40	12.8	18	16.1	22.0	52	230	30	0.0	45	Aut
Matea	M	E	L	89	16	46	12.9	17	15.7	20.5	29	214	24	0.0	40	Aut
Rotoehu	M	E	L	89	17	74	14.1	22	19.0	22.7	43	224	28	0.0	40	Aut
Goudies	M	E	L	92	10	38	53.3	12	36.8	21.7	22	281	44	0.0	40	Aut
Galatea	M	E	L	89	16	46	7.6	17	10.4	23.3	43	191	15	0.0	40	Aut
Kawerau	H	E	L	92	27	71	13.8	28	21.0	25.1	30	171	19	0.0	40	Aut
Rotoaira	L	E	L	79	4	11	4.0	4	2.6	14.3	72	253	26	0.0	40	Aut
Tahorakuri	M	E	L	88	18	93	5.2	25	9.1	21.0	39	233	9	0.0	40	Aut
Te Puke	M	E	L	90	25	72	5.9	27	10.6	24.6	34	213	6	0.0	40	Aut
Waihau Bay	M	E	L	86	18	60	5.4	20	8.5	17.6	67	283	17	0.0	40	Aut
Opotiki	L	E	L	86	14	33	4.2	14	5.4	19.2	66	301	11	0.0	40	Aut
Whakatane Aero	M	E	L	87	20	54	5.6	21	8.8	20.0	60	0	13	0.0	40	Aut
Mission Bay	L	V	L	83	11	41	2.0	13	2.2	18.9	53	356	3	0.0	40	Aut
Eastern North Island									Friday, 13 October 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Tuai	M	E	L	93	15	28	18.0	15	19.0	25.3	25	318	21	0.0	40	Aut
Hicks Bay	M	E	L	91	13	33	14.8	13	15.6	24.4	29	139	21	0.0	40	Sub
Ruatoria	M	E	L	92	12	26	15.3	12	15.4	24.4	29	139	21	0.0	40	Aut
Crownthorpe	H	E	L	93	16	93	25.0	22	28.6	24.1	21	272	26	0.0	40	Aut
Waipukurau	M	E	L	91	12	67	25.7	16	25.5	22.4	29	249	32	0.0	40	Aut
Gwavas	M	E	L	92	10	39	9.3	12	10.5	25.1	23	295	10	0.0	40	Aut
Te Haroto	V	E	L	96	24	96	33.9	29	39.4	25.6	12	253	26	0.0	40	Aut
Cricklewood	M	E	L	93	13	52	13.8	16	16.1	26.9	24	327	15	0.0	40	Aut
Bridge Pa	E	E	L	94	34	160	32.2	44	45.9	27.1	19	292	28	0.0	50	Aut
Waihau	M	E	L	92	12	82	26.6	17	26.9	23.4	24	269	31	0.0	40	Aut
Te Pohue	H	E	L	95	14	71	31.1	19	30.8	26.1	13	276	25	0.0	40	Aut
Ongaonga	M	E	L	89	10	82	19.0	16	20.3	22.7	39	236	32	0.0	40	Aut
Gisborne Aero	M	E	L	90	15	42	10.7	16	13.2	27.0	39	330	17	0.0	40	Aut
Mahia	L	E	L	88	10	27	4.8	10	5.3	22.0	54	0	9	0.0	40	Aut
Napier Aero	H	E	L	95	17	78	75.5	22	57.8	27.0	18	270	44	0.0	50	Aut
Taranaki									Friday, 13 October 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
New Plymouth Aero	L	E	L	79	4	41	3.9	7	3.4	16.0	86	270	26	0.0	35	Aut
Eltham	L	E	L	82	4	29	11.4	6	8.9	15.7	74	247	42	0.0	35	Aut
Waverly	L	E	L	81	4	47	6.8	7	5.9	15.8	79	294	33	0.0	45	Aut
Okato	L	E	L	81	5	31	3.7	7	3.3	16.0	79	218	22	0.0	50	Aut
Marco	L	E	L	83	5	19	2.7	6	1.9	17.5	65	297	10	0.0	35	Aut
Hawera	L	E	L	80	4	37	5.7	6	4.6	16.0	81	270	32	0.0	35	Aut
Wanganui-Manawatu									Friday, 13 October 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Alfredton	L	E	L	82	4	11	4.8	4	3.2	15.9	69	318	25	0.0	45	Aut
Three Kings	L	E	L	84	2	7	44.1	2	20.0	13.5	36	251	64	0.0	40	Aut
Webb	L	E	H	88	3	9	16.2	3	9.9	15.4	26	0	34	0.0	55	Aut
Westlawn	L	E	L	84	3	10	10.1	3	6.4	14.9	43	258	35	0.0	45	Aut
Desert Road Summit	L	E	H	88	4	24	17.2	6	12.6	16.4	34	253	35	0.0	55	Aut
Waitarere Forest	L	E	L	84	11	50	3.3	14	4.3	15.6	73	301	12	0.0	45	Aut
Ngamatea	L	E	L	88	3	14	85.6	4	36.2	16.9	31	256	66	0.2	45	Aut
Lismore	L	E	L	84	7	71	5.1	11	5.9	18.2	62	322	20	0.0	45	Aut
Waione	L	E	L	85	6	16	7.6	6	6.3	18.7	53	278	25	0.0	35	Aut
Waimarino Forest	L	H	L	75	3	12	1.1	3	0.4	16.9	59	287	6	0.0	45	Aut
National Park	L	V	L	77	2	9	1.7	3	0.6	14.9	59	255	14	0.2	40	Aut
Raumai	M	E	L	83	10	73	7.0	15	9.0	16.5	72	352	28	0.0	45	Aut
Tapuae	L	E	L	84	3	20	10.7	4	7.5	15.9	59	270	36	0.0	35	Aut
Spriggins Park	M	E	L	84	8	54	8.1	12	9.0	17.6	62	312	28	0.0	45	Aut
Waiouru Aero	L	E	M	82	3	11	3.7	4	2.2	15.0	52	290	20	0.0	55	Aut
Wanganui Aero	M	E	L	84	8	44	23.7	11	20.5	18.0	65	300	50	0.0	45	Aut
Palmerston North Aero	L	E	L	83	5	27	8.7	7	7.7	17.0	69	290	33	0.0	35	Aut
Levin	L	E	L	80	5	27	2.4	7	1.8	15.0	82	320	15	0.0	45	Aut
Wairarapa									Friday, 13 October 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Castle Point	M	E	L	85	5	24	266.8	7	82.7	17.0	58	310	95	0.0	45	Aut
Ngawihi	M	E	L	94	11	44	50.0	13	37.0	25.0	18	10	37	0.0	45	Aut
East Taratahi	L	E	L	88	7	19	11.5	7	9.8	21.0	40	300	24	0.0	45	Aut
Stony Creek	M	E	L	95	11	23	28.3	11	23.2	25.5	16	322	25	0.0	45	Aut
Haurangi	M	E	L	90	8	18	14.8	8	12.7	20.8	34	67	25	0.0	45	Aut
Ngaumu	L	E	L	85	5	52	4.1	8	3.8	20.4	57	320	14	0.0	45	Aut
Holdsworth Station	L	E	L	90	6	13	11.8	6	9.6	21.3	33	327	22	0.0	45	Aut
Wellington									Friday, 13 October 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Rimutaka Forest Park	M	E	L	86	7	29	10.6	9	10.1	19.0	57	15	30	0.0	50	Aut
Titahi Bay	M	E	L	83	7	62	11.1	10	11.3	16.1	74	338	38	0.0	45	Aut
Chatham Island	L	E	L	76	2	56	11.1	4	7.5	15.0	78	280	52	0.2	40	Aut
Wellington Aero	M	E	L	84	7	45	23.9	10	19.8	17.0	69	20	50	0.0	45	Aut
Lower Hutt	L	E	L	87	9	18	7.1	9	7.1	19.0	51	40	19	0.0	45	Aut
Paraparaumu	M	E	L	82	9	63	8.4	13	10.0	15.0	78	30	35	0.0	45	Aut

South Island Data
Nelson-Marlborough									Friday, 13 October 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Opua Bay	M	E	L	92	13	55	13.0	16	15.6	25.5	29	305	17	0.0	40	Aut
Keneperu Head	M	E	L	94	14	31	26.0	14	24.4	25.5	20	270	25	0.0	40	Aut
Totaranui	M	E	L	89	14	43	6.4	15	8.5	21.3	42	40	12	0.0	40	Aut
Awatere Valley	E	E	L	95	26	276	62.7	42	67.5	26.2	18	299	40	0.0	40	Aut
Hira	H	E	L	90	17	82	32.9	22	34.2	20.6	35	286	41	0.0	50	Aut
Dovedale	M	E	L	89	18	73	8.0	22	12.5	20.6	40	160	15	0.0	40	Aut
Rai Valley	M	E	L	93	16	41	24.2	16	24.4	24.8	23	283	26	0.0	40	Aut
Molesworth	H	E	L	95	17	215	22.0	29	29.6	22.4	14	236	19	0.0	50	Aut
Murchison	L	E	L	86	8	24	5.6	9	5.8	18.9	50	293	18	0.0	40	Aut
Ngaruru	M	E	L	87	9	44	5.5	12	6.5	18.5	40	315	12	0.0	40	Aut
Western Boundary	L	E	L	83	6	12	3.0	6	2.2	16.1	53	285	12	0.0	40	Aut
Kaikoura	M	E	L	91	12	62	15.5	16	17.9	21.0	32	30	22	0.0	40	Aut
Nelson Aero	H	E	L	90	16	82	18.0	21	22.3	22.0	37	230	30	0.0	50	Aut
Woodbourne Aero	E	E	L	95	27	222	108.2	42	93.3	27.0	17	270	50	0.0	40	Aut
Big Pokororo	M	E	L	86	11	36	17.8	12	17.5	16.3	54	45	40	0.0	40	Aut
St Arnaud	L	E	L	86	7	14	7.3	7	6.5	16.5	47	305	22	0.0	40	Aut
West Coast									Friday, 13 October 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Nelson Creek	L	E	L	84	6	14	4.8	6	3.9	18.1	56	288	18	0.2	50	Aut
Westport	L	L	L	58	1	11	0.6	2	0.2	15.0	94	310	9	0.0	50	Aut
Reefton	L	V	L	81	6	14	1.6	6	0.7	19.6	50	333	4	0.0	50	Aut
Hokitika Aero	L	V	L	69	2	14	1.6	3	0.6	16.0	85	340	19	0.0	40	Aut
Canterbury									Friday, 13 October 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Le Bons Bay	M	E	L	94	13	18	130.0	13	66.2	26.0	20	300	57	0.0	40	Aut
Oamaru Aero	E	E	L	91	34	124	33.4	40	45.1	24.0	29	320	37	0.0	50	Aut
Tara Hills	H	E	V	90	14	174	49.6	23	45.6	20.0	35	290	48	0.0	60	Aut
Timaru Aero	V	E	L	93	22	170	54.4	34	56.6	26.0	22	290	41	0.0	50	Aut
Christchurch Aero	H	E	L	93	20	33	63.9	20	50.3	25.0	23	300	44	0.0	50	Aut
Hanmer	M	E	L	93	13	16	19.7	13	19.0	23.3	23	291	22	0.0	50	Aut
Cannington	E	E	L	94	25	310	41.5	42	52.5	24.5	22	319	35	0.0	50	Aut
Snowdon	M	E	L	91	12	15	90.8	12	51.9	16.5	39	340	57	0.0	40	Aut
Darfield	H	E	L	93	20	22	70.3	20	53.4	24.5	23	291	46	0.0	50	Aut
Bottle Lake	H	E	L	95	31	82	15.2	32	23.8	28.9	18	24	11	0.0	50	Aut
Ashley	E	E	L	94	59	132	23.7	59	43.0	24.2	20	299	23	0.0	50	Aut
Balmoral	M	E	L	91	16	84	13.6	22	18.5	23.3	30	319	19	0.0	50	Aut
Ashburton Plains	H	E	L	95	22	60	21.0	23	25.8	27.5	16	278	18	0.0	50	Aut
Waihaorunga	E	E	L	92	31	267	94.8	48	91.0	23.3	25	293	55	0.0	50	Aut
Lees Valley	M	E	L	90	11	15	56.7	11	36.8	18.1	37	315	50	0.0	40	Aut
Burnham	H	E	L	93	22	34	24.6	22	28.1	25.0	25	340	26	0.0	50	Aut
Tekapo	M	E	E	92	14	27	105.7	14	60.1	20.5	25	273	58	0.0	60	Aut
Mount Cook	L	E	L	88	7	13	9.9	7	8.5	16.4	42	342	22	0.0	50	Aut
Motukarara	M	E	L	93	11	19	55.5	11	37.0	24.9	24	319	43	0.0	50	Aut
Mount Somers	M	E	L	94	15	24	76.6	15	50.1	23.2	20	293	47	0.4	40	Aut
Pukaki Aero	H	E	H	91	19	174	18.9	30	26.9	21.6	34	263	28	0.0	60	Aut
Hakatere	H	E	E	91	15	63	56.8	19	45.8	19.7	29	353	48	0.0	85	Aut
Leeston	H	E	L	94	21	48	28.9	21	30.5	27.1	21	295	27	0.0	50	Aut
Oamaru	E	E	L	94	43	129	33.0	47	48.0	28.0	21	300	30	0.0	50	Aut
Otago									Friday, 13 October 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
McRaes	V	E	E	92	21	145	380.6	31	168.2	22.3	29	297	85	0.0	60	Aut
Clyde	E	E	V	92	25	599	37.3	45	50.8	24.6	29	295	37	0.0	60	Aut
Lauder	V	E	H	91	39	331	13.8	61	30.5	22.1	32	275	19	0.0	55	Aut
Northburn	H	E	H	91	35	444	6.4	58	17.2	24.9	32	8	4	0.0	65	Aut
Herbert	E	E	L	90	53	110	49.0	53	64.6	21.2	29	288	47	0.0	50	Aut
Nugget Point	M	E	L	86	6	69	19.5	9	16.5	23.0	41	290	41	0.0	50	Aut
Glendhu	M	E	E	93	11	15	330.4	10	106.3	27.8	25	282	77	0.0	65	Aut
Bendigo	M	E	M	87	17	412	3.4	30	7.1	23.0	51	10	3	0.0	65	Aut
Dansey Pass	V	E	V	91	23	152	29.4	33	38.2	22.6	30	276	34	0.0	60	Aut
Tapanui	M	E	L	91	10	78	98.7	15	58.9	23.2	30	292	60	0.0	50	Aut
Glenledi	H	E	L	90	11	125	60.9	18	47.4	24.4	31	271	52	0.0	50	Aut
Rock and Pillar	E	E	E	93	37	228	372.0	53	201.8	24.7	26	277	81	0.0	60	Aut
Dunedin Aero	E	E	L	93	23	196	60.4	35	61.4	28.0	23	280	44	0.0	50	Aut
Traquair	V	E	E	92	21	86	305.3	26	140.2	24.2	25	291	78	0.0	60	Aut
Mount Benger	M	E	E	90	10	38	320.1	12	109.0	17.3	34	281	87	0.0	65	Aut
Wanaka	M	E	H	89	11	136	22.3	18	24.3	19.0	46	320	37	0.0	60	Aut
Queenstown Aero	M	E	L	90	11	76	25.5	16	25.3	21.0	35	310	35	0.0	50	Aut
Southland									Friday, 13 October 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Manapouri Aero	L	E	L	86	6	14	12.2	6	9.5	19.0	51	340	32	0.0	50	Aut
Invercargill Aero	L	E	L	86	4	11	32.9	4	18.7	21.0	50	310	52	0.0	50	Aut
Barn Hill	M	E	E	87	12	45	97.0	14	57.7	18.3	52	330	71	0.0	65	Aut
Blackmount	M	E	E	87	7	14	74.3	6	37.1	19.1	50	3	66	0.0	60	Aut
Wreys Bush	H	E	L	90	11	64	89.5	16	56.9	22.5	35	266	60	0.0	50	Aut
Tuatapere	M	E	L	87	8	15	19.3	8	15.4	19.0	53	331	40	0.0	50	Aut
Slopedown	L	E	L	88	5	12	23.5	5	15.4	22.6	40	298	41	0.0	50	Aut
Gore	L	E	L	86	5	12	151.7	5	53.4	19.0	50	300	82	0.0	50	Aut
Garston	H	E	L	90	16	54	28.5	19	29.0	20.4	35	8	37	0.0	50	Aut
Secretary Island	L	L	L	43	0	10	0.5	1	0.1	13.0	95	50	41	0.2	40	Aut
South West Cape	L	E	V	62	1	20	111.7	1	32.4	12.0	90	320	109	0.0	55	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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