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Saturday, 14 October 2006

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North Island Data
Northland									Saturday, 14 October 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Pouto	L	E	L	82	5	30	4.4	7	3.9	18.5	73	224	22	0.0	50	Aut
Aupouri Peninsula	H	E	L	84	59	289	6.2	78	20.0	17.0	66	233	24	0.0	50	Aut
Waitangi Forest	M	E	L	82	19	53	4.9	20	7.9	15.7	85	242	24	0.0	50	Aut
Opouteke	L	V	L	79	5	40	2.1	8	1.4	14.9	86	234	15	0.0	50	Aut
Hokianga	L	E	L	83	9	43	5.1	12	6.1	16.8	70	234	22	0.0	50	Aut
Dargaville	M	E	L	84	9	44	5.9	12	7.0	19.1	66	265	24	0.0	50	Aut
Kaikohe	M	E	L	85	10	46	5.3	13	6.5	17.0	71	220	19	0.0	50	Aut
Whangarei Aero	M	E	L	85	11	39	9.3	13	10.7	18.0	62	240	30	0.0	50	Aut
Auckland									Saturday, 14 October 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Woodhill	L	E	L	79	4	29	2.7	6	1.8	18.3	78	254	18	0.0	50	Aut
Clevedon Coast	M	E	L	86	12	48	6.3	15	8.2	19.0	55	206	20	0.0	50	Aut
Great Barrier Island	M	E	L	83	22	100	6.1	29	11.5	19.2	59	238	27	0.0	50	Aut
Hunua East	L	E	L	86	9	24	6.2	9	6.4	19.6	53	144	18	0.0	50	Aut
Cornwallis Depot	L	E	L	85	7	32	4.4	9	4.4	21.9	61	252	15	0.0	50	Aut
Waikato									Saturday, 14 October 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Bodley Road	M	E	M	85	13	62	4.2	17	6.2	17.4	64	248	15	0.0	70	Aut
Waihi Gold	M	E	L	86	11	33	23.8	12	21.4	17.8	58	304	47	0.0	50	Aut
Whangamata	M	E	L	85	9	31	14.3	10	13.7	18.4	62	232	39	0.0	50	Aut
Hamilton Aero	M	E	L	84	10	38	7.6	12	8.8	18.0	66	250	28	0.0	40	Aut
Ngapaenga	L	E	M	79	3	16	3.4	4	2.0	14.0	80	0	24	0.0	70	Aut
Waikawau Bay	H	E	L	86	59	184	8.0	65	21.7	18.2	58	225	25	0.0	50	Aut
Athol	L	E	M	85	11	33	4.4	12	5.3	17.3	60	197	15	0.0	70	Aut
Whitianga Aero	M	E	L	88	16	43	24.0	17	24.5	20.0	51		39	0.0	50	Aut
Port Taharoa	M	E	M	82	9	73	4.6	13	5.9	18.0	78	280	24	0.0	65	Aut
Paeroa	M	E	L	85	12	52	6.1	15	8.1	18.0	61	250	20	0.0	50	Aut
Central North Island									Saturday, 14 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	87	15	43	12.6	16	15.1	17.0	61	230	30	0.0	40	Aut
Taupo Aero	M	E	L	84	10	42	8.7	13	10.1	15.0	76	270	32	0.0	40	Aut
Tauranga Aero	M	E	L	87	20	44	12.9	19	16.8	20.0	60	250	30	0.0	45	Aut
Matea	M	E	L	86	17	49	10.2	18	13.5	15.2	68	226	29	0.0	40	Aut
Rotoehu	M	E	L	88	19	78	13.5	24	19.1	19.3	58	240	30	0.0	40	Aut
Goudies	M	E	L	87	11	42	16.5	13	16.9	15.6	66	282	37	0.0	40	Aut
Galatea	M	E	L	88	18	50	12.6	19	16.2	20.0	56	215	27	0.0	40	Aut
Kawerau	H	E	L	89	29	76	18.6	30	26.7	20.6	50	175	31	0.0	40	Aut
Rotoaira	L	E	L	80	4	14	4.6	5	3.3	12.5	81	262	28	0.4	40	Aut
Tahorakuri	M	E	L	87	20	97	5.5	26	9.9	16.7	64	245	15	0.0	40	Aut
Te Puke	M	E	L	88	26	77	4.1	28	8.1	20.4	58	220	4	0.0	40	Aut
Waihau Bay	M	E	L	86	19	65	7.2	22	11.3	17.9	68	289	23	0.0	40	Aut
Opotiki	M	E	L	87	16	38	20.0	16	21.0	20.9	50	203	38	0.0	40	Aut
Whakatane Aero	M	E	L	87	22	59	12.0	22	17.0	21.0	52	240	28	0.0	40	Aut
Mission Bay	L	E	L	85	13	46	2.7	15	3.6	17.6	57	279	5	0.0	40	Aut
Eastern North Island									Saturday, 14 October 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Tuai	M	E	L	91	17	33	16.0	17	18.7	21.4	39	309	22	0.0	40	Aut
Hicks Bay	M	E	L	88	15	38	18.5	15	19.5	20.0	59	270	35	0.0	40	Aut
Ruatoria	M	E	L	92	15	32	7.5	15	9.8	24.7	33	143	6	0.0	40	Aut
Crownthorpe	H	E	L	89	17	98	13.6	24	19.4	18.5	55	309	27	0.0	40	Aut
Waipukurau	M	E	L	88	13	71	12.3	18	15.7	18.4	59	270	27	0.0	40	Aut
Gwavas	M	E	L	90	12	44	10.2	15	12.2	21.5	47	271	17	0.0	40	Aut
Te Haroto	V	E	L	92	26	100	28.8	32	36.7	20.3	37	289	32	0.0	40	Aut
Cricklewood	M	E	L	92	16	57	12.4	19	16.0	21.9	37	314	16	0.0	40	Aut
Bridge Pa	H	E	L	90	36	165	9.2	47	20.2	21.7	50	313	15	0.0	50	Aut
Waihau	H	E	L	87	13	86	39.9	19	36.6	17.2	62	277	53	0.0	40	Aut
Te Pohue	M	E	L	93	17	76	11.4	22	16.2	23.1	35	7	11	0.0	40	Aut
Ongaonga	M	E	L	88	12	86	16.1	18	19.0	20.1	59	258	33	0.0	40	Aut
Gisborne Aero	M	E	L	91	18	48	7.2	18	10.4	26.0	41	340	9	0.0	40	Aut
Mahia	M	E	L	89	12	31	12.8	12	13.6	21.0	44	270	26	0.0	40	Aut
Napier Aero	H	E	L	90	19	83	16.9	24	22.5	21.0	47	280	26	0.0	50	Aut
Taranaki									Saturday, 14 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	5	45	3.2	7	2.7	15.0	90	280	22	0.0	35	Aut
Eltham	L	E	L	82	5	33	13.1	7	10.7	16.6	81	254	45	0.0	35	Aut
Waverly	L	E	L	81	5	51	9.8	7	8.7	16.7	82	290	40	0.0	45	Aut
Okato	L	E	L	81	6	35	2.4	8	1.9	15.0	85	282	14	0.0	50	Aut
Marco	L	E	L	83	6	22	2.4	7	1.8	16.3	74	298	8	0.0	35	Aut
Hawera	L	E	L	79	4	41	3.9	6	3.1	16.0	91	290	26	0.0	35	Aut
Wanganui-Manawatu									Saturday, 14 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	15	4.1	5	3.1	16.7	74	320	21	0.0	45	Aut
Three Kings	L	E	L	81	3	10	9.7	3	6.2	9.7	83	242	39	0.0	40	Aut
Webb	L	E	M	84	4	12	11.0	4	7.7	10.7	75	0	36	0.0	55	Aut
Westlawn	L	E	L	84	3	13	6.8	4	4.8	12.6	73	229	27	0.0	45	Aut
Desert Road Summit	L	E	M	85	5	27	8.0	7	7.1	13.5	68	203	26	0.0	55	Aut
Waitarere Forest	L	E	L	82	11	54	2.9	15	3.8	15.0	82	300	13	0.0	45	Aut
Ngamatea	L	E	L	82	4	17	10.9	5	8.1	10.6	83	233	40	0.0	45	Aut
Lismore	L	E	L	82	7	75	2.2	12	2.3	15.1	84	343	9	0.0	45	Aut
Waione	L	E	L	86	7	20	9.9	8	8.9	19.2	59	277	29	0.0	35	Aut
Waimarino Forest	L	H	L	78	3	15	1.2	4	0.5	13.7	80	297	6	0.0	45	Aut
National Park	L	V	L	78	3	12	1.9	4	0.7	11.5	83	297	14	0.0	40	Aut
Raumai	L	E	L	82	10	77	3.6	16	5.0	15.6	84	342	19	0.0	45	Aut
Tapuae	L	E	L	80	3	23	3.6	5	2.3	10.6	88	270	22	0.0	35	Aut
Spriggins Park	L	E	L	84	9	58	4.1	13	5.1	17.0	76	319	16	0.0	45	Aut
Waiouru Aero	L	E	M	82	4	14	2.7	5	1.4	13.0	74	270	13	0.0	55	Aut
Wanganui Aero	M	E	L	83	9	48	8.8	12	9.9	17.0	79	290	33	0.0	45	Aut
Palmerston North Aero	L	E	L	82	6	31	5.0	8	4.7	16.0	85	290	26	0.0	35	Aut
Levin	L	E	L	79	6	30	3.5	8	3.1	15.0	91	310	24	0.4	45	Aut
Wairarapa									Saturday, 14 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	6	28	377.4	8	106.4	17.0	68	310	102	0.0	45	Aut
Ngawihi	M	E	L	88	12	48	26.4	15	25.2	19.0	62	0	43	0.0	45	Aut
East Taratahi	M	E	L	87	8	23	19.7	9	16.3	20.0	63	310	39	0.0	45	Aut
Stony Creek	M	E	L	88	12	27	9.1	12	10.3	18.9	65	33	22	0.0	45	Aut
Haurangi	M	E	L	84	9	22	14.1	9	12.6	14.9	77	309	40	0.0	45	Aut
Ngaumu	L	E	L	85	6	57	5.2	10	5.6	20.7	63	296	18	0.0	45	Aut
Holdsworth Station	L	E	L	89	8	17	7.2	8	7.0	20.9	53	285	14	0.0	45	Aut
Wellington									Saturday, 14 October 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Rimutaka Forest Park	L	E	L	82	8	33	5.9	10	6.3	15.0	85	18	29	0.2	50	Aut
Titahi Bay	M	E	L	79	7	66	7.9	11	8.6	14.1	91	331	40	0.0	45	Aut
Chatham Island	L	E	L	82	3	59	14.2	5	10.6	14.0	66	230	46	0.0	40	Aut
Wellington Aero	M	E	L	82	7	49	18.1	11	16.7	16.0	83	0	50	0.0	45	Aut
Lower Hutt	L	E	L	83	9	22	4.2	9	4.3	15.0	82	0	19	0.0	45	Aut
Paraparaumu	M	E	L	81	10	67	4.6	14	6.0	15.0	87	10	26	0.0	45	Aut

South Island Data
Nelson-Marlborough									Saturday, 14 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	87	14	59	4.0	18	6.0	19.1	67	285	6	0.0	40	Aut
Keneperu Head	M	E	L	89	16	36	5.5	16	7.7	21.4	57	5	7	0.0	40	Aut
Totaranui	M	E	L	87	15	48	7.0	17	9.7	20.2	65	309	19	0.0	40	Aut
Awatere Valley	V	E	L	91	28	281	20.4	45	34.5	23.1	46	333	29	0.0	40	Aut
Hira	M	E	L	89	19	87	6.9	24	11.6	21.1	51	277	12	0.0	50	Aut
Dovedale	M	E	L	89	20	78	6.1	25	10.5	22.8	47	23	10	0.0	40	Aut
Rai Valley	M	E	L	90	18	45	7.4	18	10.5	22.1	51	326	11	0.0	40	Aut
Molesworth	H	E	L	93	20	220	18.5	33	27.9	21.7	32	248	21	0.0	50	Aut
Murchison	L	E	L	87	11	29	4.3	11	4.9	22.6	52		9	0.0	40	Aut
Ngaruru	M	E	L	88	11	49	7.0	14	8.7	18.9	53	0	17	0.0	40	Aut
Western Boundary	L	E	L	85	7	17	3.6	7	3.2	18.6	61	20	11	0.0	40	Aut
Kaikoura	M	E	L	84	13	65	4.6	17	6.7	12.0	82	200	19	0.0	40	Aut
Nelson Aero	M	E	L	84	16	86	7.2	22	11.4	19.0	78	20	26	0.0	50	Aut
Woodbourne Aero	V	E	L	91	30	227	19.2	45	33.1	23.0	47	320	28	0.0	40	Aut
Big Pokororo	L	E	L	86	12	40	3.4	14	4.5	19.8	61	42	7	0.0	40	Aut
St Arnaud	L	E	L	85	8	18	3.1	8	2.8	15.8	69	252	7	0.0	40	Aut
West Coast									Saturday, 14 October 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Nelson Creek	L	V	L	79	6	18	1.3	7	0.7	16.0	81	111	5	0.8	50	Aut
Westport	L	L	L	41	0	14	0.1	1	0.0	14.0	99	330	19	2.0	50	Aut
Reefton	L	V	L	81	7	18	2.1	7	1.1	16.6	80	52	9	0.0	50	Aut
Hokitika Aero	L	L	L	36	1	14	0.0	2	0.0	14.0	99	10	13	3.2	40	Aut
Canterbury									Saturday, 14 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	93	15	21	9.7	15	11.8	13.0	29	120	9	0.0	40	Aut
Oamaru Aero	H	E	L	86	35	127	12.1	41	23.2	13.0	68	40	32	0.0	50	Aut
Tara Hills	H	E	V	91	17	179	33.5	27	38.1	23.0	31	280	37	0.0	60	Aut
Timaru Aero	V	E	L	93	25	173	19.7	37	30.5	16.0	26	80	22	0.0	50	Aut
Christchurch Aero	M	E	L	90	22	37	13.7	21	18.4	16.0	48	50	24	0.0	50	Aut
Hanmer	M	E	L	92	16	22	10.6	16	13.0	23.5	38	248	13	0.0	50	Aut
Cannington	H	E	L	86	26	313	10.5	43	21.3	12.1	70	45	29	0.0	50	Aut
Snowdon	M	E	L	89	14	19	6.1	14	7.7	16.4	55	218	12	0.0	40	Aut
Darfield	M	E	L	89	22	26	9.5	22	14.0	17.7	53	49	18	0.0	50	Aut
Bottle Lake	M	E	L	90	32	86	5.9	33	12.0	16.5	56	17	8	0.0	50	Aut
Ashley	V	E	L	92	61	136	11.6	61	27.3	15.6	34	75	14	0.0	50	Aut
Balmoral	H	E	L	91	19	90	13.1	25	19.1	24.0	40	301	18	0.0	50	Aut
Ashburton Plains	M	E	L	93	25	64	9.7	25	15.3	17.6	30	42	7	0.0	50	Aut
Waihaorunga	H	E	L	86	32	271	9.6	49	21.3	14.7	68	34	26	0.0	50	Aut
Lees Valley	M	E	L	89	14	20	19.1	13	19.0	22.2	41	315	33	0.8	40	Aut
Burnham	M	E	L	90	24	38	9.2	24	14.3	17.4	45	356	14	0.0	50	Aut
Tekapo	H	E	V	92	17	31	47.1	17	38.6	19.9	31	289	41	0.0	60	Aut
Mount Cook	M	E	L	88	9	17	8.8	9	8.5	17.1	46	10	19	0.2	50	Aut
Motukarara	M	E	L	86	13	23	5.6	13	6.8	16.6	57	331	18	0.8	50	Aut
Mount Somers	M	E	L	88	16	28	9.8	16	12.3	13.3	58	67	22	0.0	40	Aut
Pukaki Aero	H	E	H	91	22	179	12.4	34	21.3	23.6	31	297	17	0.0	60	Aut
Hakatere	M	E	H	89	17	67	8.4	20	12.3	16.8	54	89	18	0.0	85	Aut
Leeston	H	E	L	92	23	53	18.5	23	23.6	17.9	33	124	23	0.0	50	Aut
Oamaru	M	E	L	87	45	133	6.2	48	15.4	15.0	66	20	15	0.0	50	Aut
Otago									Saturday, 14 October 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
McRaes	M	E	M	87	22	148	8.1	33	15.2	13.8	64	77	21	0.0	60	Aut
Clyde	V	E	H	92	28	605	15.5	50	30.2	23.0	30	271	20	0.0	60	Aut
Lauder	H	E	M	91	42	335	8.4	64	22.2	20.5	41	108	11	0.0	55	Aut
Northburn	H	E	H	92	38	449	8.0	62	21.2	22.2	30	227	8	0.0	65	Aut
Herbert	H	E	L	84	54	113	8.0	54	19.7	9.3	78	28	29	0.0	50	Aut
Nugget Point	L	E	L	85	6	72	5.0	11	5.5	14.0	69	190	17	0.0	50	Aut
Glendhu	L	E	M	78	9	16	3.8	9	3.8	21.3	51	259	28	3.6	65	Aut
Bendigo	M	E	M	89	19	418	3.8	35	8.6	24.4	45	54	2	0.0	65	Aut
Dansey Pass	M	E	M	88	25	157	6.7	35	13.8	18.0	57	4	14	0.0	60	Aut
Tapanui	L	E	L	82	11	82	2.4	17	3.3	16.7	55	224	10	1.2	50	Aut
Glenledi	M	E	L	88	13	129	9.0	20	13.1	15.9	58	268	22	0.0	50	Aut
Rock and Pillar	H	E	M	89	38	232	6.9	54	17.8	18.1	56	169	13	0.0	60	Aut
Dunedin Aero	H	E	L	89	24	200	8.2	37	16.5	18.0	57	180	17	0.2	50	Aut
Traquair	M	E	H	88	23	90	8.4	28	14.5	15.1	55	219	19	0.6	60	Aut
Mount Benger	M	E	H	82	10	41	13.5	12	14.1	12.6	44	251	45	1.8	65	Aut
Wanaka	H	E	H	89	13	141	16.3	22	21.0	21.0	43	310	30	0.0	60	Aut
Queenstown Aero	M	E	L	90	14	80	13.3	19	17.1	20.0	36	210	22	0.0	50	Aut
Southland									Saturday, 14 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	89	8	18	9.3	8	8.7	18.0	33	280	17	0.0	50	Aut
Invercargill Aero	L	E	L	85	5	15	11.1	6	8.6	15.0	67	250	32	0.0	50	Aut
Barn Hill	M	E	V	89	14	49	22.6	17	23.5	17.8	36	316	35	0.0	65	Aut
Blackmount	M	E	H	90	9	18	17.7	9	15.1	17.6	34	352	30	0.0	60	Aut
Wreys Bush	M	E	L	91	14	68	13.5	19	17.0	19.0	29	223	20	0.0	50	Aut
Tuatapere	M	E	L	90	10	19	17.3	10	15.8	18.6	34	276	29	0.0	50	Aut
Slopedown	L	E	L	72	4	13	2.1	5	0.9	15.8	53	297	23	3.4	50	Aut
Gore	L	E	L	90	7	16	12.2	7	10.4	19.0	29	223	20	0.0	50	Sub
Garston	M	E	L	90	19	58	12.6	21	17.1	19.0	33	266	21	0.0	50	Aut
Secretary Island	L	L	L	31	0	3	0.0	1	0.0	13.0	88	30	28	11.6	40	Aut
South West Cape	L	E	H	75	1	23	16.7	2	8.8	12.0	78	310	61	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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