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Tuesday, 17 October 2006

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North Island Data
Northland									Tuesday, 17 October 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Pouto	L	L	L	51	2	19	0.5	4	0.2	15.5	58	176	20	11.6	50	Aut
Aupouri Peninsula	V	E	L	79	62	301	8.4	82	25.3	14.0	64	188	41	1.4	50	Aut
Waitangi Forest	L	V	L	64	16	60	1.3	19	1.4	13.4	63	184	18	4.0	50	Aut
Opouteke	L	L	L	52	4	38	0.4	6	0.2	14.6	63	209	11	8.4	50	Aut
Hokianga	L	V	L	69	9	51	1.3	12	0.9	15.2	55	189	15	3.4	50	Aut
Dargaville	L	L	L	58	6	31	1.5	8	0.8	15.6	57	165	29	14.8	50	Aut
Kaikohe	L	V	L	64	8	52	1.5	11	1.0	13.0	62	190	22	4.2	50	Aut
Whangarei Aero	L	E	L	72	10	43	3.0	12	3.5	15.0	36	190	30	6.0	50	Aut
Auckland									Tuesday, 17 October 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Woodhill	L	L	L	49	2	14	0.5	3	0.2	15.1	60	194	24	10.8	50	Aut
Clevedon Coast	L	L	L	53	5	38	0.5	7	0.3	15.5	48	190	17	7.2	50	Aut
Great Barrier Island	L	H	L	62	13	90	1.0	19	0.9	16.4	40	221	15	12.0	50	Aut
Hunua East	L	L	L	57	4	17	0.8	5	0.4	15.1	47	176	18	8.2	50	Aut
Cornwallis Depot	L	L	L	46	2	6	0.2	2	0.1	15.9	56	183	15	12.2	50	Aut
Waikato									Tuesday, 17 October 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Bodley Road	L	H	M	65	8	67	1.2	12	0.8	13.8	51	171	17	2.4	70	Aut
Waihi Gold	L	H	L	64	7	36	1.1	9	0.6	14.2	49	245	16	2.8	50	Aut
Whangamata	L	L	L	43	4	28	0.1	6	0.0	14.1	61	273	5	7.2	50	Aut
Hamilton Aero	L	E	L	69	7	33	2.7	9	2.6	14.0	49	190	30	1.4	40	Aut
Ngapaenga	L	L	L	48	1	3	0.3	1	0.1	11.1	58	0	16	3.0	70	Aut
Waikawau Bay	M	E	L	85	61	194	4.4	69	14.2	14.7	48	180	15	0.0	50	Aut
Athol	L	H	M	63	7	22	1.0	8	0.5	12.6	46	137	14	0.0	70	Aut
Whitianga Aero	L	L	L	56	9	43	0.4	12	0.3	15.0	39		5	5.4	50	Aut
Port Taharoa	L	E	M	67	5	60	2.8	8	2.4	15.0	54	210	32	2.0	65	Aut
Paeroa	L	L	L	59	6	51	0.7	9	0.4	14.0	51	200	13	2.8	50	Aut
Central North Island									Tuesday, 17 October 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Rotorua Aero	L	E	L	80	14	53	3.3	17	4.8	12.0	48	190	22	0.2	40	Aut
Taupo Aero	L	E	L	78	12	52	3.4	15	4.7	11.0	53	220	26	1.0	50	Aut
Tauranga Aero	M	E	H	87	24	56	11.8	24	17.2	16.0	37	210	30	0.2	60	Aut
Matea	L	V	L	68	12	51	1.8	15	2.2	8.3	52	137	23	0.5	40	Aut
Rotoehu	M	E	L	84	20	89	5.6	26	10.1	14.9	39	199	22	0.0	40	Aut
Goudies	L	E	L	72	7	41	2.9	10	2.9	9.5	48	231	29	0.5	40	Aut
Galatea	M	E	L	86	21	62	8.2	23	12.8	15.0	42	201	23	0.2	40	Aut
Kawerau	H	E	L	89	35	88	18.3	35	28.4	15.4	31	116	31	0.0	40	Aut
Rotoaira	L	L	L	49	1	2	0.7	1	0.2	8.1	54	221	31	6.4	40	Aut
Tahorakuri	M	E	L	80	22	107	2.3	29	4.9	10.0	52	207	15	0.2	40	Aut
Te Puke	L	V	L	82	28	89	1.8	32	3.9	15.5	44	174	6	0.0	50	Aut
Waihau Bay	L	V	M	75	17	73	1.8	21	2.9	16.1	36	216	18	1.0	60	Aut
Opotiki	M	E	L	85	18	49	6.1	19	9.2	13.6	46	169	22	0.4	40	Aut
Whakatane Aero	M	E	H	88	25	71	8.7	27	14.5	15.0	37	170	20	0.0	60	Aut
Mission Bay	L	H	L	70	13	56	0.8	16	0.6	12.0	41	211	5	1.8	40	Aut
Eastern North Island									Tuesday, 17 October 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Tuai	L	V	L	79	21	43	1.7	21	2.5	7.0	73	183	10	1.0	40	Aut
Hicks Bay	M	E	L	78	17	49	6.5	18	9.5	12.0	61	150	39	1.4	50	Aut
Ruatoria	L	L	L	58	11	34	1.0	12	0.6	9.7	60	73	20	0.6	40	Aut
Crownthorpe	M	E	L	84	22	109	8.4	29	14.9	11.6	55	201	30	0.8	40	Aut
Waipukurau	L	E	M	65	13	78	2.8	18	4.3	9.9	68	194	33	3.6	65	Aut
Gwavas	M	E	L	80	16	55	3.5	19	5.5	10.4	65	212	22	1.0	50	Aut
Te Haroto	M	E	L	64	21	105	2.2	28	4.4	7.3	61	183	29	3.6	40	Aut
Cricklewood	M	E	L	85	19	67	7.0	22	11.3	8.1	68	183	24	0.4	50	Aut
Bridge Pa	H	E	H	85	41	177	8.7	52	20.6	9.4	70	195	28	0.0	60	Aut
Waihau	M	E	M	83	18	98	5.7	25	9.9	9.5	61	195	26	0.8	60	Aut
Te Pohue	M	E	L	86	22	88	7.4	27	12.8	10.4	57	214	21	0.6	40	Aut
Ongaonga	L	E	M	68	13	98	2.3	19	3.6	11.4	73	221	27	2.6	70	Aut
Gisborne Aero	M	E	M	68	17	57	3.1	20	4.9	11.0	68	210	33	3.2	60	Aut
Mahia	L	L	M	52	8	28	1.7	9	1.0	9.0	72	220	41	9.6	60	Aut
Napier Aero	H	E	H	86	24	96	10.8	30	18.1	11.0	63	200	30	0.4	65	Aut
Taranaki									Tuesday, 17 October 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
New Plymouth Aero	L	V	L	75	4	44	2.0	7	1.0	14.0	58	160	19	0.2	35	Aut
Eltham	L	L	L	51	2	28	0.4	3	0.2	10.6	66	188	18	5.0	35	Aut
Waverly	L	L	L	50	2	42	0.4	3	0.2	12.0	64	153	20	7.0	45	Aut
Okato	L	V	L	72	4	29	1.7	6	0.8	14.3	54	177	18	0.8	50	Aut
Marco	L	H	L	64	3	12	1.2	4	0.5	13.1	49	225	17	2.8	35	Aut
Hawera	L	L	L	57	2	38	0.8	3	0.3	11.0	65	150	17	2.6	35	Aut
Wanganui-Manawatu									Tuesday, 17 October 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Alfredton	L	L	L	45	2	18	0.3	3	0.1	7.9	85	218	25	5.6	45	Aut
Three Kings	L	L	L	21	1	6	0.0	2	0.0	-0.5	99	213	40	7.2	40	Aut
Webb	L	L	L	27	1	12	0.0	2	0.0	-1.4	99	7	48	4.6	55	Aut
Westlawn	L	L	L	34	1	11	0.1	2	0.0	1.6	87	182	36	6.2	45	Aut
Desert Road Summit	L	L	L	40	3	26	0.2	5	0.1	2.0	88	212	37	6.2	55	Aut
Waitarere Forest	L	E	L	84	12	64	2.7	16	3.9	13.0	49	214	8	0.2	45	Aut
Ngamatea	L	L	L	55	4	24	1.4	6	0.6	2.3	93	224	33	2.4	45	Aut
Lismore	L	L	L	53	3	61	0.8	6	0.4	13.0	62	155	24	6.4	45	Aut
Waione	L	H	L	69	9	32	1.0	11	0.6	10.9	69	238	11	2.2	35	Aut
Waimarino Forest	L	L	L	35	1	2	0.0	1	0.0	7.9	64	213	16	9.6	45	Aut
National Park	L	L	L	42	1	2	0.2	1	0.1	5.6	59	188	31	8.2	40	Aut
Raumai	M	E	L	84	13	88	5.3	19	8.2	12.0	56	253	22	0.6	45	Aut
Tapuae	L	V	L	64	2	23	1.7	4	0.6	4.4	74	180	24	1.0	35	Aut
Spriggins Park	L	V	L	64	6	61	1.4	9	0.8	12.4	56	186	21	3.8	45	Aut
Waiouru Aero	L	L	L	32	1	9	0.0	1	0.0	4.0	77	210	13	5.4	55	Aut
Wanganui Aero	L	E	L	75	8	59	3.4	12	4.1	12.0	52	180	30	2.0	45	Aut
Palmerston North Aero	L	V	L	77	8	42	1.4	11	0.9	11.0	66	210	9	1.0	35	Aut
Levin	L	E	L	79	5	35	4.0	7	3.6	11.0	56	210	26	0.0	45	Aut
Wairarapa									Tuesday, 17 October 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Castle Point	L	L	L	55	5	22	3.7	6	3.0	9.0	71	210	52	10.8	45	Aut
Ngawihi	L	L	L	42	7	38	0.2	10	0.1	9.0	81	190	28	12.8	45	Aut
East Taratahi	L	L	L	45	6	19	0.3	6	0.2	9.0	80	230	28	10.2	45	Aut
Stony Creek	L	L	L	35	7	6	0.0	6	0.0	7.7	77	207	13	20.2	45	Aut
Haurangi	L	L	L	16	4	2	0.0	4	0.0	5.2	96	231	8	22.0	45	Aut
Ngaumu	L	L	L	37	5	52	0.0	7	0.0	7.8	85	208	16	9.6	45	Aut
Holdsworth Station	L	L	L	43	6	6	0.2	5	0.1	7.8	76	243	26	14.2	45	Aut
Wellington									Tuesday, 17 October 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Rimutaka Forest Park	L	L	L	50	5	15	0.3	6	0.2	12.2	57	220	15	17.8	50	Aut
Titahi Bay	L	V	L	72	7	76	1.7	12	1.5	11.7	53	170	18	2.2	45	Aut
Chatham Island	L	E	L	70	3	68	4.4	6	3.6	7.0	75	220	39	1.4	40	Aut
Wellington Aero	L	E	L	60	6	49	2.4	9	2.1	11.0	62	180	35	7.0	45	Aut
Lower Hutt	L	H	L	60	7	19	1.1	7	0.6	11.0	40	200	20	9.0	45	Aut
Paraparaumu	M	E	L	77	11	77	4.1	16	5.8	12.0	52	210	30	1.8	45	Aut

South Island Data
Nelson-Marlborough									Tuesday, 17 October 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Opua Bay	L	L	L	58	11	61	0.6	15	0.4	13.8	55	134	10	6.8	40	Aut
Keneperu Head	L	E	L	84	21	48	2.7	21	4.5	14.4	36	129	8	1.2	40	Aut
Totaranui	M	E	L	87	20	60	4.5	22	7.5	15.7	44	42	8	0.0	40	Aut
Awatere Valley	L	H	L	73	29	293	1.0	46	2.7	12.9	41	312	7	2.6	40	Aut
Hira	M	E	L	87	22	97	3.9	28	7.8	13.7	34	4	7	0.0	50	Aut
Dovedale	M	E	L	86	21	88	3.9	27	7.5	15.1	28	179	11	0.6	40	Aut
Rai Valley	L	L	L	56	13	44	0.3	15	0.2	15.4	36	329	2	8.8	40	Aut
Molesworth	M	E	L	84	22	229	3.7	35	8.4	7.5	43	168	14	0.0	50	Aut
Murchison	L	L	L	52	3	17	0.4	5	0.1	15.3	50	26	11	6.2	40	Aut
Ngaruru	L	V	L	80	9	51	1.8	13	1.8	13.4	33	228	9	0.6	40	Aut
Western Boundary	L	L	L	56	4	17	0.4	5	0.2	11.2	44	3	8	4.6	40	Aut
Kaikoura	L	L	L	58	8	52	2.2	11	2.3	10.0	51	210	37	13.6	40	Aut
Nelson Aero	M	E	L	87	20	97	6.3	27	11.2	16.0	46	20	17	0.0	50	Aut
Woodbourne Aero	L	H	L	69	27	233	0.7	42	1.4	14.0	35	330	4	3.6	40	Aut
Big Pokororo	L	E	L	86	16	50	2.9	18	4.4	13.7	51	49	5	0.0	40	Aut
St Arnaud	L	L	L	53	4	5	0.4	3	0.1	12.0	40	302	10	1.4	40	Aut
West Coast									Tuesday, 17 October 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Nelson Creek	L	H	L	69	3	7	0.8	3	0.3	14.5	46	312	6	0.8	50	Aut
Westport	L	L	L	49	1	12	0.3	1	0.1	13.0	77	320	13	2.6	50	Aut
Reefton	L	L	L	39	2	5	0.0	2	0.0	12.5	56	308	1	1.2	50	Aut
Hokitika Aero	L	H	L	61	2	6	0.9	2	0.3	13.0	65	330	15	0.0	40	Aut
Canterbury									Tuesday, 17 October 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Le Bons Bay	L	L	L	44	10	22	0.4	10	0.2	7.0	85	210	35	6.2	40	Aut
Oamaru Aero	M	E	L	82	31	134	3.9	39	9.4	12.0	48	250	19	0.0	50	Aut
Tara Hills	L	V	M	78	13	177	1.3	22	1.7	11.0	40	210	6	0.0	60	Aut
Timaru Aero	M	E	L	86	30	184	5.9	42	13.7	13.0	37	110	17	0.0	50	Aut
Christchurch Aero	M	E	L	86	26	47	8.3	26	13.8	12.0	44	190	24	0.4	50	Aut
Hanmer	L	L	L	55	12	22	0.3	12	0.2	10.7	41	277	4	7.0	50	Aut
Cannington	M	E	L	88	31	323	5.6	50	14.4	12.3	34	98	10	0.0	50	Aut
Snowdon	L	L	L	39	3	3	0.0	3	0.0	10.9	41	107	5	10.0	40	Aut
Darfield	L	V	L	79	22	35	1.8	22	3.0	12.9	40	209	12	0.8	50	Aut
Bottle Lake	M	E	L	77	33	97	2.3	35	5.4	12.7	41	225	19	2.2	50	Aut
Ashley	L	L	L	53	32	125	0.4	39	0.6	11.0	42	195	12	10.4	50	Aut
Balmoral	L	H	L	71	18	96	1.2	24	1.7	13.1	35	189	12	3.8	50	Aut
Ashburton Plains	M	E	L	86	29	75	3.9	29	8.0	13.5	34	165	9	0.0	50	Aut
Waihaorunga	M	E	L	85	36	280	3.1	54	9.3	10.8	39	188	7	0.0	50	Aut
Lees Valley	L	L	L	51	4	3	0.4	3	0.1	10.0	40	180	14	10.9	40	Aut
Burnham	L	E	L	80	21	44	2.5	21	4.0	12.2	41	194	16	0.0	50	Aut
Tekapo	L	H	M	73	10	24	0.9	10	0.5	7.7	49	93	5	0.4	60	Aut
Mount Cook	L	L	L	41	2	4	0.1	2	0.0	9.4	51	162	4	1.4	50	Aut
Motukarara	L	V	L	64	6	22	1.9	7	0.9	10.0	48	206	27	4.0	50	Aut
Mount Somers	L	L	L	54	5	22	0.4	7	0.2	10.1	51	98	11	3.4	40	Aut
Pukaki Aero	L	V	M	81	15	172	1.9	24	3.4	10.8	44	221	7	0.0	60	Aut
Hakatere	L	H	M	64	8	60	0.7	12	0.5	10.8	34	61	6	2.6	85	Aut
Leeston	M	E	L	79	25	63	4.2	25	7.8	13.0	39	201	27	1.8	50	Aut
Oamaru	M	E	L	86	48	144	3.2	53	9.5	13.0	43	220	7	0.2	50	Aut
Otago									Tuesday, 17 October 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
McRaes	M	E	M	71	17	154	5.4	27	10.1	6.9	64	259	42	0.5	60	Aut
Clyde	M	E	M	88	33	615	4.6	57	13.5	13.6	49	121	7	0.0	60	Aut
Lauder	M	E	M	84	44	344	3.2	66	10.9	10.8	41	289	10	0.0	55	Aut
Northburn	M	E	M	86	42	459	2.7	68	9.7	12.3	41	353	3	0.0	65	Aut
Herbert	H	E	L	86	57	121	6.6	57	17.5	8.7	51	228	20	0.0	50	Aut
Nugget Point	L	L	L	50	1	62	1.1	3	0.4	9.0	71	200	37	6.4	50	Aut
Glendhu	L	L	L	32	1	3	0.0	1	0.0	9.5	88	263	29	6.6	65	Aut
Bendigo	L	H	M	69	16	419	0.6	30	0.7	12.0	61	338	1	0.0	65	Aut
Dansey Pass	L	V	M	73	16	153	1.9	26	3.7	8.3	52	222	20	0.0	60	Aut
Tapanui	L	E	L	63	4	83	2.7	8	2.3	8.7	69	272	35	2.2	50	Aut
Glenledi	L	L	L	43	4	112	0.2	7	0.1	9.2	77	267	28	6.8	50	Aut
Rock and Pillar	H	E	M	86	41	241	7.4	58	19.2	11.4	46	226	23	0.2	60	Aut
Dunedin Aero	M	E	L	78	21	208	4.3	34	9.5	11.0	63	240	30	0.8	50	Aut
Traquair	L	L	M	59	14	93	2.2	21	3.5	6.8	72	264	35	3.2	60	Aut
Mount Benger	L	E	M	71	10	44	3.7	13	4.6	0.2	97	259	35	0.0	65	Aut
Wanaka	L	V	M	79	9	130	1.3	16	1.0	10.0	49	310	4	0.0	60	Aut
Queenstown Aero	L	V	L	71	7	76	1.5	11	1.0	10.0	49	270	17	0.4	50	Aut
Southland									Tuesday, 17 October 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Manapouri Aero	L	H	L	66	4	8	0.8	4	0.3	13.0	51	340	7	0.0	50	Aut
Invercargill Aero	L	L	L	52	1	5	0.9	1	0.3	9.0	83	260	30	2.4	50	Aut
Barn Hill	L	H	M	65	9	40	1.0	11	0.6	9.7	58	238	13	1.2	65	Aut
Blackmount	L	H	M	66	4	8	1.0	4	0.4	10.0	57	47	11	0.4	60	Aut
Wreys Bush	L	L	L	59	8	68	1.1	12	0.8	10.7	67	198	22	3.2	50	Aut
Tuatapere	L	L	L	50	3	3	0.5	2	0.2	10.3	70	221	24	5.0	50	Aut
Slopedown	L	L	L	33	0	3	0.0	1	0.0	8.4	75	251	11	9.2	50	Aut
Gore	L	L	L	59	4	17	1.1	5	0.5	10.7	67	198	22	3.2	50	Sub
Garston	L	H	L	61	13	59	0.6	16	0.5	10.2	51	346	5	1.8	50	Aut
Secretary Island	L	E	L	70	2	6	2.3	2	0.7	12.0	62	270	26	0.8	40	Aut
South West Cape	L	E	M	65	1	28	2.8	1	0.8	10.0	72	280	33	1.6	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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