New Zealand Fire Weather

FIRE WEATHER

Monday, 16 October 2006

FIRE WEATHER REPORTS ARE UPDATED AT 2:00PM EACH DAY. HOW DO WE DO IT...?

16/10

Fire Weather Report

FIRE DANGER CLASS

FIRE WEATHER INDICES

WEATHER OBSERVATIONS

North Island Data
Northland									Monday, 16 October 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Pouto	L	L	L	39	3	33	0.1	5	0.0	12.8	98	224	12	3.8	50	Aut
Aupouri Peninsula	E	E	L	84	61	297	14.9	81	37.0	18.3	72	286	41	0.0	50	Aut
Waitangi Forest	M	E	L	85	22	61	5.9	23	9.9	18.1	69	285	22	0.0	50	Aut
Opouteke	L	V	L	80	6	47	1.6	9	0.9	16.6	88	303	7	0.0	50	Aut
Hokianga	M	E	L	83	11	51	4.8	15	6.4	17.3	78	310	21	0.0	50	Aut
Dargaville	L	H	L	65	10	51	0.8	13	0.6	13.9	94	192	9	1.6	50	Aut
Kaikohe	M	E	L	82	11	53	4.9	14	6.5	16.0	83	300	24	0.0	50	Aut
Whangarei Aero	M	E	L	85	14	48	5.4	16	7.4	19.0	67	290	19	0.0	50	Aut
Auckland									Monday, 16 October 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Woodhill	L	L	L	26	2	27	0.0	3	0.0	11.0	98	251	8	7.0	50	Aut
Clevedon Coast	L	L	L	29	7	44	0.0	10	0.0	13.4	96	223	13	7.8	50	Aut
Great Barrier Island	M	E	L	84	24	108	6.2	31	12.1	16.5	75	246	24	0.5	50	Aut
Hunua East	L	L	L	48	6	24	0.2	8	0.1	14.9	77	132	6	5.8	50	Aut
Cornwallis Depot	L	L	L	18	3	20	0.0	5	0.0	15.7	99	255	5	13.0	50	Aut
Waikato									Monday, 16 October 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Bodley Road	L	L	L	51	9	63	0.3	13	0.2	13.7	80	244	10	4.8	70	Aut
Waihi Gold	L	L	L	51	8	32	0.6	10	0.3	13.6	83	288	24	6.0	50	Aut
Whangamata	L	L	L	46	6	35	0.4	9	0.2	12.6	95	252	29	3.8	50	Aut
Hamilton Aero	L	L	L	38	6	29	0.1	8	0.0	14.0	88	260	19	10.6	40	Aut
Ngapaenga	L	L	L	25	1	3	0.0	1	0.0	11.1	90	0	19	33.3	70	Aut
Waikawau Bay	M	V	L	79	60	191	2.0	67	7.3	12.1	92	270	12	0.0	50	Aut
Athol	L	L	L	29	6	18	0.0	6	0.0	11.6	90	263	12	13.5	70	Aut
Whitianga Aero	L	L	L	55	12	46	1.2	15	0.9	14.0	88		29	3.8	50	Aut
Port Taharoa	L	L	L	36	5	56	0.0	8	0.0	14.0	86	260	17	14.2	65	Aut
Paeroa	L	L	L	40	7	48	0.1	10	0.0	14.0	88	310	13	7.6	50	Aut
Central North Island									Monday, 16 October 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Rotorua Aero	L	V	L	64	13	50	1.3	16	1.1	14.0	80	250	19	2.8	40	Aut
Taupo Aero	L	V	L	70	11	49	1.3	14	1.0	11.0	87	240	15	1.4	50	Aut
Tauranga Aero	L	V	M	75	21	52	1.4	21	1.9	15.0	73	260	11	1.4	60	Aut
Matea	L	L	L	43	11	49	0.1	14	0.1	9.4	90	238	18	5.1	40	Aut
Rotoehu	L	H	L	70	19	86	1.2	24	1.8	14.1	76	268	14	2.0	40	Aut
Goudies	L	L	L	46	6	38	0.4	9	0.2	10.4	85	312	31	7.1	40	Aut
Galatea	M	E	L	81	20	58	2.8	21	4.7	14.4	77	239	15	0.8	40	Aut
Kawerau	M	E	L	86	32	84	3.9	33	8.4	16.5	70	211	10	0.0	40	Aut
Rotoaira	L	L	L	32	1	3	0.0	1	0.0	9.2	86	261	22	13.2	40	Aut
Tahorakuri	L	H	L	71	21	104	0.8	28	0.9	11.7	84	312	5	1.4	40	Aut
Te Puke	L	H	L	70	27	85	0.7	30	0.8	16.6	73	252	2	1.8	50	Aut
Waihau Bay	L	L	L	45	14	69	0.2	19	0.2	13.9	98	315	21	3.2	60	Aut
Opotiki	L	V	L	78	17	46	1.8	17	2.5	14.8	95	283	13	0.4	40	Aut
Whakatane Aero	M	E	M	84	24	67	4.9	25	8.9	16.0	75	280	19	0.2	60	Aut
Mission Bay	L	H	L	66	13	52	0.6	16	0.5	11.2	81	236	2	1.8	40	Aut
Eastern North Island									Monday, 16 October 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Tuai	M	E	L	88	20	41	16.8	20	20.9	15.2	54	322	34	0.2	40	Aut
Hicks Bay	M	E	L	79	16	46	9.1	17	12.0	15.0	93	280	44	0.6	50	Aut
Ruatoria	L	L	L	29	10	31	0.0	11	0.0	12.3	100	87	55	5.6	40	Aut
Crownthorpe	H	E	L	88	21	106	12.5	28	19.7	14.7	55	241	28	0.0	40	Aut
Waipukurau	M	E	H	88	17	80	11.5	22	16.5	16.9	41	257	24	0.0	65	Aut
Gwavas	M	E	L	87	16	52	4.8	18	7.2	15.9	62	263	11	0.0	50	Aut
Te Haroto	H	E	L	87	29	108	14.7	34	24.2	13.8	57	325	33	0.0	40	Aut
Cricklewood	M	E	L	87	19	64	7.3	22	11.4	14.3	58	321	18	0.0	50	Aut
Bridge Pa	H	E	H	89	41	175	10.2	52	22.8	18.0	47	275	19	0.0	60	Aut
Waihau	M	E	M	87	17	95	6.7	24	11.2	16.1	59	256	17	0.0	60	Aut
Te Pohue	M	E	L	89	21	85	8.6	26	14.2	17.4	46	336	16	0.0	40	Aut
Ongaonga	H	E	V	88	16	95	18.6	22	23.3	17.8	52	268	36	0.0	70	Aut
Gisborne Aero	M	E	H	89	22	57	14.1	22	19.3	21.0	55	300	28	0.0	60	Aut
Mahia	L	E	M	83	15	40	3.6	15	5.0	15.0	82	170	15	0.0	60	Aut
Napier Aero	M	E	H	88	24	93	6.6	29	12.2	19.0	61	40	15	0.0	65	Aut
Taranaki									Monday, 16 October 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	56	3	41	1.6	5	0.7	14.0	73	260	32	7.6	35	Aut
Eltham	L	L	L	54	3	31	1.4	5	0.6	11.4	78	263	34	6.2	35	Aut
Waverly	L	L	L	50	3	49	0.6	5	0.3	12.8	82	277	26	6.4	45	Aut
Okato	L	L	L	51	2	26	0.6	4	0.3	14.3	70	227	25	10.8	50	Aut
Marco	L	L	L	52	4	9	0.4	4	0.2	14.1	54	259	15	13.6	35	Aut
Hawera	L	L	L	50	2	35	0.6	4	0.2	13.0	77	270	26	8.8	35	Aut
Wanganui-Manawatu									Monday, 16 October 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Alfredton	L	E	L	80	5	23	3.0	6	2.2	14.8	58	284	20	0.2	45	Aut
Three Kings	L	E	L	69	3	14	6.2	4	4.4	3.2	98	253	46	1.2	40	Aut
Webb	L	H	L	65	3	16	1.0	4	0.4	6.7	83	0	13	1.8	55	Aut
Westlawn	L	L	L	55	3	18	0.7	4	0.3	4.3	97	240	20	2.2	45	Aut
Desert Road Summit	L	E	M	81	6	33	6.3	8	6.3	8.0	85	249	31	0.4	55	Aut
Waitarere Forest	L	E	L	80	11	61	3.1	15	4.1	16.1	58	295	21	0.0	45	Aut
Ngamatea	L	E	L	82	6	23	10.4	7	9.0	6.8	82	256	40	0.2	45	Aut
Lismore	L	L	L	50	5	67	0.3	8	0.2	14.6	67	315	11	9.8	45	Aut
Waione	M	E	L	87	10	29	7.4	11	8.1	16.2	50	279	20	0.0	35	Aut
Waimarino Forest	L	L	L	21	1	3	0.0	1	0.0	10.5	86	279	7	21.2	45	Aut
National Park	L	L	L	31	0	3	0.0	1	0.0	9.3	82	285	18	16.0	40	Aut
Raumai	M	E	L	83	12	85	9.4	18	12.7	14.2	67	322	35	0.2	45	Aut
Tapuae	L	L	L	56	2	22	1.8	3	0.7	8.5	73	225	36	5.6	35	Aut
Spriggins Park	L	E	L	70	8	62	2.8	12	3.2	14.6	64	263	30	3.4	45	Aut
Waiouru Aero	L	L	L	37	2	14	0.0	3	0.0	7.0	96	280	15	4.6	55	Aut
Wanganui Aero	M	E	L	75	9	56	6.0	12	7.2	15.0	65	260	41	2.4	45	Aut
Palmerston North Aero	L	E	L	80	7	39	4.7	10	5.1	14.0	65	280	28	1.0	35	Aut
Levin	L	E	L	68	4	32	2.4	6	1.4	14.0	70	280	28	0.0	45	Aut
Wairarapa									Monday, 16 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	87	9	36	43.5	11	31.3	16.0	45	310	54	0.0	45	Aut
Ngawihi	M	E	L	84	15	56	4.9	18	7.3	16.0	56	350	20	0.8	45	Aut
East Taratahi	M	E	L	86	11	31	15.8	12	15.5	15.0	54	300	37	0.0	45	Aut
Stony Creek	M	E	L	87	15	35	4.8	15	6.6	16.5	46	308	11	0.2	45	Aut
Haurangi	L	E	L	82	10	28	3.8	11	4.2	14.2	56	312	19	0.6	45	Aut
Ngaumu	M	E	L	86	9	65	6.0	13	7.5	15.4	55	301	19	0.0	45	Aut
Holdsworth Station	M	E	L	89	12	26	12.8	12	13.3	14.7	46	285	26	0.0	45	Aut
Wellington									Monday, 16 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	84	10	40	3.8	12	4.5	15.9	54	26	14	0.0	50	Aut
Titahi Bay	M	E	L	81	8	73	5.1	13	6.3	14.9	60	321	28	0.0	45	Aut
Chatham Island	L	V	L	70	3	66	2.1	5	0.9	11.0	73	250	24	2.0	40	Aut
Wellington Aero	M	E	L	86	10	56	12.0	14	13.5	16.0	49	330	32	0.0	45	Aut
Lower Hutt	M	E	L	86	11	29	6.3	12	7.2	16.0	45	340	19	0.0	45	Aut
Paraparaumu	M	E	L	83	11	74	4.2	16	5.9	15.0	65	310	20	0.0	45	Aut

South Island Data
Nelson-Marlborough									Monday, 16 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	88	18	68	7.7	21	11.9	18.5	39	312	16	0.0	40	Aut
Keneperu Head	M	E	L	89	20	44	8.4	20	12.1	17.5	37	285	17	0.0	40	Aut
Totaranui	M	E	L	86	18	56	5.4	20	8.4	15.7	52	85	15	0.0	40	Aut
Awatere Valley	E	E	L	91	33	290	18.3	52	34.2	18.0	28	299	26	0.0	40	Aut
Hira	M	E	L	81	20	93	3.3	26	6.3	13.4	58	308	18	0.8	50	Aut
Dovedale	L	V	L	74	19	84	1.3	25	2.1	13.4	51	215	12	2.2	40	Aut
Rai Valley	M	E	L	87	21	53	5.5	21	8.8	16.6	44	271	14	0.0	40	Aut
Molesworth	M	E	L	79	21	226	3.0	34	6.7	10.2	37	253	20	1.8	50	Aut
Murchison	L	L	L	40	4	22	0.1	6	0.0	11.4	77	201	15	9.4	40	Aut
Ngaruru	L	V	L	64	8	48	1.3	11	0.8	12.2	49	0	19	5.2	40	Aut
Western Boundary	L	L	L	60	6	20	0.5	7	0.3	10.1	64	3	6	3.0	40	Aut
Kaikoura	M	E	L	82	15	72	14.1	20	18.1	13.0	49	210	46	1.4	40	Aut
Nelson Aero	M	E	L	84	18	93	4.5	25	8.1	14.0	62	240	17	0.4	50	Aut
Woodbourne Aero	E	E	L	91	34	236	19.5	50	35.3	18.0	29	260	28	0.0	40	Aut
Big Pokororo	M	E	L	84	14	47	7.3	16	9.8	9.5	71	50	27	0.0	40	Aut
St Arnaud	L	L	L	18	2	2	0.0	2	0.0	5.0	90	243	11	12.2	40	Aut
West Coast									Monday, 16 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	46	2	3	0.3	2	0.1	11.9	60	256	24	12.8	50	Aut
Westport	L	L	L	42	1	8	0.2	1	0.0	12.0	68	210	22	5.6	50	Aut
Reefton	L	L	L	17	1	2	0.0	1	0.0	7.1	88	106	9	20.0	50	Aut
Hokitika Aero	L	L	L	33	1	3	0.0	1	0.0	11.0	69	280	15	9.4	40	Aut
Canterbury									Monday, 16 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	74	17	28	5.1	16	7.2	7.0	80	190	39	1.6	40	Aut
Oamaru Aero	M	E	L	73	29	131	2.9	38	7.0	13.0	46	230	28	3.4	50	Aut
Tara Hills	L	H	M	64	12	174	0.8	20	0.7	8.0	53	210	9	1.4	60	Aut
Timaru Aero	M	E	L	80	28	181	2.6	40	6.7	10.0	65	130	17	1.2	50	Aut
Christchurch Aero	M	E	L	84	24	44	12.3	24	18.0	9.0	79	190	39	0.0	50	Aut
Hanmer	M	E	L	89	19	29	10.2	19	13.9	13.8	38	220	21	0.4	50	Aut
Cannington	M	E	L	87	29	320	4.6	47	12.1	9.8	57	53	10	0.0	50	Aut
Snowdon	L	L	L	22	4	8	0.0	4	0.0	1.1	93	206	13	6.0	40	Aut
Darfield	L	E	L	65	20	32	2.6	20	4.2	6.4	84	200	31	2.2	50	Aut
Bottle Lake	M	E	L	87	36	93	5.8	36	12.6	10.8	63	298	16	0.0	50	Aut
Ashley	M	V	L	72	61	142	1.4	61	4.8	7.6	83	175	15	1.6	50	Aut
Balmoral	H	E	L	90	23	98	16.9	29	24.5	15.1	41	203	28	0.2	50	Aut
Ashburton Plains	L	V	L	80	27	71	2.1	28	4.1	8.8	76	166	12	1.0	50	Aut
Waihaorunga	H	E	L	81	34	277	6.3	52	16.2	8.8	46	216	33	1.4	50	Aut
Lees Valley	L	L	L	59	6	13	2.0	6	0.9	7.6	66	180	33	3.3	40	Aut
Burnham	M	E	L	63	19	41	3.4	19	5.4	7.8	76	194	39	3.4	50	Aut
Tekapo	L	L	M	60	9	21	2.4	9	2.1	1.8	89	214	35	0.0	60	Aut
Mount Cook	L	L	L	16	1	2	0.0	1	0.0	2.9	87	138	22	30.2	50	Aut
Motukarara	L	E	L	65	8	24	5.1	9	5.1	8.7	68	182	45	3.4	50	Aut
Mount Somers	L	L	L	46	7	23	0.3	8	0.1	5.0	78	172	21	4.4	40	Aut
Pukaki Aero	L	H	M	72	14	169	1.1	23	1.3	6.5	74	231	9	0.0	60	Aut
Hakatere	L	L	M	59	9	57	1.5	13	1.3	5.0	77	108	27	0.8	85	Aut
Leeston	M	E	L	79	26	60	6.7	26	11.5	9.1	71	197	37	1.2	50	Aut
Oamaru	M	E	L	82	47	141	3.7	51	10.6	12.0	38	210	20	1.6	50	Aut
Otago									Monday, 16 October 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
McRaes	L	L	M	51	17	152	1.0	26	1.4	2.0	90	227	34	2.3	60	Aut
Clyde	H	E	M	88	31	611	6.6	55	17.3	10.4	52	188	14	0.0	60	Aut
Lauder	H	E	M	78	42	341	6.7	65	19.0	7.9	54	283	38	1.6	55	Aut
Northburn	M	E	M	83	40	455	2.2	66	8.0	10.2	44	192	5	0.8	65	Aut
Herbert	V	E	L	86	56	118	10.8	56	24.8	5.5	58	209	30	0.0	50	Aut
Nugget Point	L	L	L	53	3	69	1.4	5	0.6	7.0	67	230	35	5.4	50	Aut
Glendhu	L	L	L	39	3	3	0.2	2	0.1	9.2	77	247	36	20.6	65	Aut
Bendigo	L	L	L	58	15	416	0.5	28	0.6	10.4	64	236	7	3.2	65	Aut
Dansey Pass	L	L	M	55	16	150	1.4	25	2.3	4.9	64	221	32	6.4	60	Aut
Tapanui	L	L	L	56	5	80	1.6	9	0.9	7.8	54	238	32	4.6	50	Aut
Glenledi	L	L	L	50	7	121	0.6	13	0.4	6.7	68	247	24	7.2	50	Aut
Rock and Pillar	H	E	H	83	40	238	9.8	56	23.3	7.9	54	199	37	0.8	60	Aut
Dunedin Aero	M	E	L	73	20	205	4.4	33	9.4	10.0	50	230	37	2.8	50	Aut
Traquair	M	E	M	68	19	94	4.4	25	8.2	5.1	63	246	40	2.6	60	Aut
Mount Benger	M	E	V	71	10	43	27.4	13	24.0	-2.7	94	236	75	1.0	65	Aut
Wanaka	L	V	M	71	8	128	1.8	14	1.9	9.0	40	230	20	1.6	60	Aut
Queenstown Aero	L	L	L	49	6	73	0.7	9	0.4	6.0	76	190	32	4.2	50	Aut
Southland									Monday, 16 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	42	3	5	0.1	3	0.0	10.0	62	290	13	8.0	50	Aut
Invercargill Aero	L	L	L	51	2	3	1.0	1	0.3	10.0	59	260	35	13.6	50	Aut
Barn Hill	L	L	L	50	8	38	0.5	10	0.3	6.8	58	253	24	10.2	65	Aut
Blackmount	L	L	L	45	3	5	0.2	3	0.1	8.0	51	194	15	9.0	60	Aut
Wreys Bush	L	V	L	63	10	68	2.0	15	2.4	8.6	55	196	28	4.4	50	Aut
Tuatapere	L	L	L	51	4	4	0.6	4	0.2	10.0	53	257	24	12.0	50	Aut
Slopedown	L	L	L	45	1	2	0.3	1	0.1	8.1	52	244	26	14.0	50	Aut
Gore	L	V	L	63	5	17	2.0	6	0.9	8.6	55	196	28	4.4	50	Sub
Garston	L	L	L	53	13	56	0.4	16	0.4	5.3	67	196	13	4.8	50	Aut
Secretary Island	L	L	L	48	1	3	1.1	1	0.3	9.0	59	260	43	14.8	40	Aut
South West Cape	L	L	M	56	0	25	2.2	1	0.5	8.0	80	260	39	3.4	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


Copyright c 2002 National Rural Fire Authority \| site optimised for Microsoft's IE 5 & above. Created on Wednesday, 8 November 2006 at 6:15 pm	Understanding the FWI System