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Sunday, 15 October 2006

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North Island Data
Northland									Sunday, 15 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	6	33	4.1	8	4.0	15.9	83	253	21	0.0	50	Aut
Aupouri Peninsula	H	E	L	84	60	293	5.4	79	18.2	15.8	73	272	21	0.0	50	Aut
Waitangi Forest	M	E	L	84	21	57	10.6	22	15.3	17.6	62	253	34	0.0	50	Aut
Opouteke	L	V	L	80	6	43	1.8	9	1.1	15.9	82	236	11	0.0	50	Aut
Hokianga	M	E	L	84	11	47	6.2	13	7.7	17.1	68	290	25	0.0	50	Aut
Dargaville	L	E	L	84	10	48	4.5	13	5.7	18.2	71	292	18	0.0	50	Aut
Kaikohe	M	E	L	84	10	49	5.0	14	6.3	15.0	75	270	20	0.0	50	Aut
Whangarei Aero	M	E	L	85	12	43	5.6	14	7.3	18.0	65	260	20	0.0	50	Aut
Auckland									Sunday, 15 October 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Woodhill	L	E	L	80	5	33	3.2	7	2.6	17.5	84	277	21	0.0	50	Aut
Clevedon Coast	M	E	L	85	13	52	4.4	16	6.2	16.7	72	264	15	0.0	50	Aut
Great Barrier Island	M	E	L	84	24	104	4.4	30	8.9	18.5	64	249	16	0.0	50	Aut
Hunua East	L	E	L	86	10	28	4.4	11	4.9	17.6	68	88	13	0.0	50	Aut
Cornwallis Depot	L	E	L	84	7	36	3.1	10	3.2	17.9	79	277	12	0.0	50	Aut
Waikato									Sunday, 15 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	83	14	66	3.2	18	4.9	15.4	81	271	14	0.0	70	Aut
Waihi Gold	M	E	L	86	13	37	9.2	14	10.9	17.1	61	302	28	0.0	50	Aut
Whangamata	M	E	L	85	10	35	5.8	12	6.8	17.7	69	220	21	0.0	50	Aut
Hamilton Aero	M	E	L	84	11	42	8.4	13	10.1	17.0	72	280	30	0.0	40	Aut
Ngapaenga	L	E	M	71	3	19	2.7	5	1.4	12.8	87	0	28	1.3	70	Aut
Waikawau Bay	H	E	L	84	60	188	8.2	66	22.4	15.4	77	270	31	0.0	50	Aut
Athol	L	E	M	82	12	36	3.3	13	4.0	13.7	85	246	17	0.2	70	Aut
Whitianga Aero	M	E	L	87	17	47	7.6	18	10.7	18.0	64		21	0.0	50	Aut
Port Taharoa	M	E	H	81	9	77	6.3	14	8.2	17.0	81	290	33	0.6	65	Aut
Paeroa	M	E	L	85	13	56	8.7	16	11.4	17.0	70	290	28	0.0	50	Aut
Central North Island									Sunday, 15 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	86	16	46	14.5	17	17.4	16.0	68	260	37	0.0	40	Aut
Taupo Aero	M	E	L	84	11	46	5.9	14	7.4	16.0	75	280	24	0.0	40	Aut
Tauranga Aero	M	E	L	86	21	48	8.5	21	12.5	18.0	69	270	26	0.0	45	Aut
Matea	M	E	L	84	17	53	8.1	19	11.6	14.3	73	228	29	0.0	40	Aut
Rotoehu	M	E	L	87	20	82	12.3	25	18.4	18.2	64	274	31	0.0	40	Aut
Goudies	M	E	L	84	11	45	8.8	14	10.7	14.9	78	318	32	0.0	40	Aut
Galatea	M	E	L	87	19	55	7.3	20	11.0	18.6	64	276	20	0.0	40	Aut
Kawerau	H	E	L	89	31	80	13.9	32	22.4	20.4	53	233	27	0.0	40	Aut
Rotoaira	L	V	L	66	3	18	1.6	5	0.7	12.5	83	278	22	2.0	40	Aut
Tahorakuri	M	E	L	85	20	101	3.5	27	6.9	15.8	70	288	10	0.0	40	Aut
Te Puke	M	E	L	87	28	81	3.4	30	7.1	19.8	64	224	4	0.0	40	Aut
Waihau Bay	M	E	L	83	19	69	3.6	23	6.3	16.9	80	268	15	0.0	40	Aut
Opotiki	M	E	L	84	16	42	6.2	17	8.6	17.7	80	275	25	0.0	40	Aut
Whakatane Aero	M	E	L	86	23	63	8.9	24	14.0	19.0	68	320	26	0.0	40	Aut
Mission Bay	L	E	L	85	14	49	2.6	16	3.7	16.5	64	256	5	0.0	40	Aut
Eastern North Island									Sunday, 15 October 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Tuai	H	E	L	88	19	37	73.7	19	54.0	17.6	54	310	61	0.0	40	Aut
Hicks Bay	M	E	L	86	16	42	21.1	16	22.2	18.0	69	280	44	0.0	40	Aut
Ruatoria	M	E	L	86	17	35	32.4	16	30.0	15.8	66	103	51	0.0	40	Aut
Crownthorpe	H	E	L	89	20	103	16.9	27	23.8	22.2	45	271	31	0.0	40	Aut
Waipukurau	M	E	L	88	15	76	5.9	20	9.2	20.0	52	281	13	0.0	40	Aut
Gwavas	M	E	L	89	14	48	14.5	17	17.0	20.6	51	306	27	0.0	40	Aut
Te Haroto	V	E	L	87	27	104	26.8	33	35.8	16.2	60	340	44	0.0	40	Aut
Cricklewood	M	E	L	89	17	61	14.7	20	19.0	18.7	51	290	27	0.0	40	Aut
Bridge Pa	E	E	L	90	39	171	24.0	50	40.0	24.0	40	289	34	0.0	50	Aut
Waihau	H	E	L	89	16	91	22.4	22	26.4	21.9	40	292	35	0.0	40	Aut
Te Pohue	H	E	L	90	19	81	24.0	24	28.8	19.9	48	349	35	0.0	40	Aut
Ongaonga	M	E	L	88	14	91	17.2	20	21.0	21.0	57	298	34	0.0	40	Aut
Gisborne Aero	H	E	L	90	20	53	47.2	21	42.2	22.0	47	310	48	0.0	40	Aut
Mahia	M	E	L	89	14	36	30.3	14	27.2	21.0	52	290	43	0.0	40	Aut
Napier Aero	H	E	L	91	22	89	30.1	27	35.4	25.0	33	330	35	0.0	50	Aut
Taranaki									Sunday, 15 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	48	5.6	8	5.4	16.0	86	310	33	0.4	35	Aut
Eltham	M	E	L	83	5	37	20.4	8	16.1	16.8	72	283	51	0.0	35	Aut
Waverly	M	E	L	82	5	55	12.4	9	11.3	16.8	78	308	44	0.0	45	Aut
Okato	L	V	L	65	4	39	1.9	7	0.9	15.5	81	312	26	2.6	50	Aut
Marco	L	V	L	70	6	26	1.3	7	0.7	14.4	80	284	15	1.8	35	Aut
Hawera	L	E	L	81	5	45	10.9	7	9.5	17.0	79	310	43	0.0	35	Aut
Wanganui-Manawatu									Sunday, 15 October 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Alfredton	L	E	L	66	3	19	2.4	5	1.1	15.8	79	293	29	2.8	45	Aut
Three Kings	L	E	L	83	3	13	18.8	4	12.0	11.4	63	282	48	0.0	40	Aut
Webb	L	E	H	81	4	14	50.2	5	25.8	7.4	84	3	73	0.0	55	Aut
Westlawn	L	E	L	84	4	16	32.8	5	19.6	11.1	69	252	58	0.0	45	Aut
Desert Road Summit	M	E	H	85	6	30	35.1	8	24.1	12.9	63	21	55	0.0	55	Aut
Waitarere Forest	L	V	L	65	9	57	1.6	13	1.6	14.6	86	298	23	2.2	45	Aut
Ngamatea	M	E	L	86	5	21	28.2	7	19.1	15.2	51	302	49	0.0	45	Aut
Lismore	M	E	L	84	9	79	5.0	14	6.4	19.3	69	320	21	0.0	45	Aut
Waione	L	E	L	86	9	25	6.4	9	6.6	18.9	56	277	19	0.0	35	Aut
Waimarino Forest	L	L	L	51	2	18	0.3	3	0.1	11.2	95	287	12	2.4	45	Aut
National Park	L	L	L	54	2	15	1.2	3	0.4	10.3	93	285	31	2.6	40	Aut
Raumai	M	E	L	82	11	81	9.0	17	11.8	16.8	79	331	37	0.0	45	Aut
Tapuae	L	E	L	82	4	26	27.6	6	17.8	13.5	73	270	59	0.0	35	Aut
Spriggins Park	M	E	L	85	10	62	10.1	15	12.1	18.8	60	269	31	0.0	45	Aut
Waiouru Aero	L	E	M	82	4	17	5.2	5	4.1	12.0	75	310	26	0.0	55	Aut
Wanganui Aero	M	E	L	84	10	52	18.7	13	18.7	18.0	67	300	46	0.0	45	Aut
Palmerston North Aero	M	E	L	82	6	35	9.7	9	9.3	18.0	76	290	39	0.6	35	Aut
Levin	L	L	L	42	3	29	0.2	5	0.1	14.0	95	300	32	4.4	45	Aut
Wairarapa									Sunday, 15 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	7	32	47.0	9	30.8	17.0	73	310	63	0.0	45	Aut
Ngawihi	H	E	L	85	13	52	42.6	16	35.9	17.0	70	10	59	0.0	45	Aut
East Taratahi	M	E	L	86	9	27	10.0	10	10.1	18.0	66	300	28	0.0	45	Aut
Stony Creek	M	E	L	86	14	31	10.7	14	12.3	18.4	66	307	29	0.0	45	Aut
Haurangi	L	E	L	76	9	25	3.9	9	4.0	11.7	98	308	31	0.2	45	Aut
Ngaumu	M	E	L	85	8	61	5.8	12	6.7	20.0	64	315	20	0.0	45	Aut
Holdsworth Station	M	E	L	88	10	22	12.4	10	12.2	19.7	53	329	26	0.0	45	Aut
Wellington									Sunday, 15 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	79	8	36	3.5	10	3.9	14.4	90	29	24	0.6	50	Aut
Titahi Bay	M	E	L	69	7	69	6.3	11	7.2	13.9	93	327	46	1.2	45	Aut
Chatham Island	L	E	L	80	3	63	5.3	6	4.4	14.0	88	290	30	0.0	40	Aut
Wellington Aero	M	E	L	82	8	53	13.0	12	13.3	16.0	83	340	44	0.0	45	Aut
Lower Hutt	L	E	L	81	10	25	3.1	10	3.3	14.0	88	340	19	0.0	45	Aut
Paraparaumu	M	E	L	79	10	70	9.0	15	11.2	16.0	86	340	43	0.6	45	Aut

South Island Data
Nelson-Marlborough									Sunday, 15 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	86	15	63	13.0	19	16.8	18.6	69	306	34	0.0	40	Aut
Keneperu Head	M	E	L	86	17	40	17.3	17	19.8	17.5	70	248	40	0.0	40	Aut
Totaranui	M	E	L	86	17	52	5.5	19	8.2	19.8	66	318	15	0.0	40	Aut
Awatere Valley	V	E	L	90	31	286	13.7	48	27.2	23.7	47	298	23	0.0	40	Aut
Hira	M	E	L	81	19	90	4.4	25	7.9	13.4	91	307	26	0.2	50	Aut
Dovedale	M	E	L	84	21	81	3.8	25	7.1	12.8	81	167	15	0.0	40	Aut
Rai Valley	M	E	L	84	19	49	4.4	19	7.0	16.4	80	291	17	0.0	40	Aut
Molesworth	H	E	L	88	21	224	8.9	34	16.9	12.6	61	248	22	0.0	50	Aut
Murchison	L	L	L	60	8	32	0.7	10	0.4	12.0	89	23	11	2.4	40	Aut
Ngaruru	L	E	L	84	11	51	3.9	14	5.2	10.5	77	0	16	0.4	40	Aut
Western Boundary	L	V	L	80	8	19	1.8	8	1.0	8.9	91	316	10	0.0	40	Aut
Kaikoura	L	E	L	84	14	69	2.5	18	3.8	17.0	71	300	7	0.0	40	Aut
Nelson Aero	M	E	L	84	17	90	9.2	23	14.2	15.0	74	230	32	0.2	50	Aut
Woodbourne Aero	E	E	L	89	32	231	34.7	47	49.7	21.0	51	270	44	0.0	40	Aut
Big Pokororo	M	E	L	86	14	44	7.3	15	9.5	16.0	64	46	22	0.0	40	Aut
St Arnaud	L	L	L	42	5	17	0.1	6	0.0	9.1	94	3	7	4.0	40	Aut
West Coast									Sunday, 15 October 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Nelson Creek	L	L	L	33	3	6	0.0	3	0.0	10.1	91	5	27	10.0	50	Aut
Westport	L	L	L	19	0	12	0.0	0	0.0	13.0	98	330	9	4.8	50	Aut
Reefton	L	L	L	40	4	14	0.1	4	0.0	11.7	90	25	8	5.2	50	Aut
Hokitika Aero	L	L	L	10	0	3	0.0	0	0.0	12.0	97	310	28	22.4	40	Aut
Canterbury									Sunday, 15 October 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Le Bons Bay	H	E	L	91	17	25	71.4	17	50.8	19.0	41	300	54	0.0	40	Aut
Oamaru Aero	V	E	L	88	37	132	13.9	44	26.2	19.0	41	300	28	0.2	50	Aut
Tara Hills	L	L	L	54	11	172	0.3	19	0.3	13.0	67	100	7	5.8	60	Aut
Timaru Aero	V	E	L	91	27	178	27.1	39	39.0	19.0	38	290	33	0.0	50	Aut
Christchurch Aero	H	E	L	90	24	41	15.3	24	20.9	20.0	40	280	26	0.0	50	Aut
Hanmer	M	E	L	89	17	25	10.7	17	13.7	15.3	53	344	22	0.0	50	Aut
Cannington	V	E	L	89	28	317	14.3	46	27.4	17.5	38	312	28	0.0	50	Aut
Snowdon	L	L	L	46	8	15	0.5	8	0.3	8.4	88	336	31	5.6	40	Aut
Darfield	H	E	L	88	24	30	21.2	23	26.1	16.3	51	307	37	0.0	50	Aut
Bottle Lake	M	E	L	90	35	90	6.9	35	14.1	21.5	38	23	10	0.0	50	Aut
Ashley	V	E	L	91	64	140	9.8	63	24.8	19.1	41	265	14	0.0	50	Aut
Balmoral	H	E	L	90	21	94	24.7	27	31.0	17.9	45	306	35	0.0	50	Aut
Ashburton Plains	H	E	L	91	27	69	13.5	27	20.3	19.1	42	308	20	0.2	50	Aut
Waihaorunga	V	E	L	87	33	274	12.9	51	26.8	15.6	45	257	31	0.6	50	Aut
Lees Valley	L	E	L	61	8	14	3.2	8	2.8	11.6	66	0	40	7.1	40	Aut
Burnham	H	E	L	89	26	42	24.6	26	30.1	17.5	47	330	37	0.0	50	Aut
Tekapo	L	L	M	52	9	20	1.2	9	0.7	9.7	74	274	35	9.6	60	Aut
Mount Cook	L	L	L	17	4	2	0.0	3	0.0	7.7	87	230	2	136.2	50	Aut
Motukarara	M	E	L	79	11	24	9.5	11	10.1	17.5	45	324	44	3.2	50	Aut
Mount Somers	L	E	L	65	11	26	3.5	11	3.9	11.6	70	310	38	4.2	40	Aut
Pukaki Aero	L	E	M	66	13	167	2.4	22	4.2	14.5	52	317	30	7.8	60	Aut
Hakatere	L	L	M	45	9	55	0.4	13	0.3	8.6	82	347	32	9.0	85	Aut
Leeston	H	E	L	90	25	57	19.2	25	25.2	19.5	44	330	29	0.0	50	Aut
Oamaru	H	E	L	90	47	138	8.0	51	19.0	20.0	34	290	13	0.0	50	Aut
Otago									Sunday, 15 October 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
McRaes	L	V	M	65	20	150	2.0	30	4.2	7.3	87	212	26	2.0	60	Aut
Clyde	H	E	H	90	30	608	8.6	53	20.6	16.5	43	256	13	0.0	60	Aut
Lauder	E	E	H	89	43	339	26.1	66	48.1	13.8	48	295	39	0.0	55	Aut
Northburn	M	E	M	85	39	453	2.8	64	9.5	14.4	52	267	5	0.8	65	Aut
Herbert	H	E	L	87	55	116	9.8	55	23.1	13.2	42	249	25	0.0	50	Aut
Nugget Point	L	E	L	65	5	74	3.3	8	3.1	8.0	83	230	37	2.4	50	Aut
Glendhu	L	L	M	53	6	16	0.6	6	0.3	10.1	89	214	19	3.0	65	Aut
Bendigo	L	H	M	76	20	421	0.9	35	1.5	13.7	79	247	2	1.2	65	Aut
Dansey Pass	V	E	H	88	26	160	20.7	37	31.9	15.3	42	286	36	0.0	60	Aut
Tapanui	L	L	L	51	8	84	0.5	13	0.4	6.4	93	196	20	2.8	50	Aut
Glenledi	M	E	L	82	13	131	5.2	21	8.3	7.4	80	283	25	0.6	50	Aut
Rock and Pillar	M	E	M	84	39	235	4.3	55	12.5	10.4	74	204	17	0.6	60	Aut
Dunedin Aero	H	E	L	82	24	203	10.8	38	20.3	10.0	86	220	41	0.2	50	Aut
Traquair	M	E	H	83	23	92	8.3	28	14.5	7.5	82	245	34	0.0	60	Aut
Mount Benger	M	E	H	80	10	43	11.4	13	12.5	3.7	86	269	46	0.0	65	Aut
Wanaka	L	L	M	59	8	125	1.4	13	1.0	13.0	58	310	26	9.8	60	Aut
Queenstown Aero	L	L	L	56	9	77	0.8	14	0.6	10.0	75	240	19	4.8	50	Aut
Southland									Sunday, 15 October 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Manapouri Aero	L	L	L	43	5	13	0.1	5	0.1	9.0	87	320	15	6.0	50	Aut
Invercargill Aero	L	L	L	55	3	6	1.6	3	0.5	11.0	71	250	35	8.6	50	Aut
Barn Hill	L	V	M	81	15	51	1.6	17	2.0	7.5	83	178	5	0.8	65	Aut
Blackmount	L	L	L	49	5	15	0.2	6	0.1	9.2	76	26	6	4.8	60	Aut
Wreys Bush	L	E	L	80	15	71	2.9	20	4.7	11.4	69	213	20	1.2	50	Aut
Tuatapere	L	H	L	60	7	19	0.8	7	0.4	12.1	72	224	13	3.8	50	Aut
Slopedown	L	L	L	42	2	8	0.1	3	0.0	8.5	83	346	17	6.0	50	Aut
Gore	L	E	L	79	8	19	2.9	8	2.5	11.4	69	213	20	1.2	50	Sub
Garston	M	E	L	87	20	61	6.6	22	10.6	9.7	63	255	18	0.0	50	Aut
Secretary Island	L	L	L	37	1	3	0.1	1	0.0	11.0	76	260	22	8.2	40	Aut
South West Cape	L	E	M	69	1	26	9.3	1	4.7	11.0	71	290	54	2.6	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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