New Zealand Fire Weather

FIRE WEATHER

Saturday, 18 November 2006

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North Island Data
Northland									Saturday, 18 November 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Pouto	L	L	L	19	5	66	0.0	8	0.0	14.7	98	309	8	12.8	50	Aut
Aupouri Peninsula	L	L	L	51	54	455	0.4	83	1.0	16.0	93	292	15	2.8	75	Aut
Waitangi Forest	L	L	L	39	4	94	0.0	7	0.0	14.9	90	16	9	5.4	50	Aut
Opouteke	L	L	L	11	1	19	0.0	2	0.0	14.8	100	331	2	10.0	50	Aut
Hokianga	L	L	L	29	4	87	0.0	8	0.0	15.8	92	352	6	9.2	50	Aut
Dargaville	L	L	L	32	7	109	0.0	12	0.0	15.9	94	358	9	7.8	50	Aut
Kaikohe	L	L	L	28	3	98	0.0	6	0.0	14.0	97	330	9	5.4	50	Aut
Whangarei Aero	L	H	L	63	18	149	0.8	28	0.9	16.0	89	300	9	2.0	50	Aut
Auckland									Saturday, 18 November 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Woodhill	L	L	L	14	1	18	0.0	2	0.0	12.6	99	344	13	16.8	50	Aut
Clevedon Coast	L	L	L	32	3	60	0.0	6	0.0	14.7	95	330	9	5.8	50	Aut
Great Barrier Island	L	L	L	51	8	183	0.3	14	0.2	15.9	91	269	11	3.1	50	Aut
Hunua East	L	L	L	33	2	10	0.0	2	0.0	15.9	90	352	7	5.8	50	Aut
Cornwallis Depot	L	L	L	21	3	52	0.0	5	0.0	16.6	98	322	7	9.6	50	Aut
Waikato									Saturday, 18 November 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Whangamata	L	L	L	37	4	58	0.0	8	0.0	17.2	92	175	5	5.8	50	Aut
Waihi Gold										15.7	87	271	30	3.0		Aut
Hamilton Aero	L	L	L	29	4	73	0.0	7	0.0	14.0	95	350	13	5.2	40	Aut
Bodley Road	L	L	L	12	0	5	0.0	1	0.0	15.0	93	324	7	19.2	70	Aut
Athol	L	L	L	13	0	5	0.0	0	0.0	13.0	95	277	18	17.8	70	Aut
Ngapaenga	L	L	L	13	0	5	0.0	0	0.0	15.0	93	324	7	19.2	70	Sub
Waikawau Bay	L	L	L	37	4	24	0.0	6	0.0	17.2	92	175	5	5.8	50	Sub
Whitianga Aero										16.0	87			4.4	50	Aut
Port Taharoa	L	L	L	20	1	5	0.0	1	0.0	15.0	94	10	17	15.2	65	Aut
Paeroa	L	L	L	28	3	44	0.0	5	0.0	16.0	96	330	13	7.0	50	Aut
Central North Island									Saturday, 18 November 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Rotorua Aero	L	L	L	30	2	69	0.0	3	0.0	16.0	95	0	43	4.8	40	Aut
Taupo Aero	L	L	L	23	1	17	0.0	2	0.0	16.0	96	340	17	6.2	50	Aut
Tauranga Aero	L	E	M	73	9	102	2.8	15	3.8	18.0	92	0	28	0.0	60	Aut
Matea	L	L	L	13	0	5	0.0	0	0.0	14.2	97	255	31	10.7	40	Aut
Rotoehu	L	L	L	57	11	84	1.3	16	1.3	16.1	96	356	28	1.5	40	Aut
Goudies	L	L	L	39	1	43	0.1	3	0.0	15.2	93	38	16	3.3	40	Aut
Galatea	L	L	L	28	4	84	0.0	7	0.0	16.8	94	24	29	10.1	40	Aut
Kawerau	L	E	L	63	13	106	2.6	19	4.2	18.0	89	299	34	2.4	40	Aut
Rotoaira	L	L	L	13	0	5	0.0	1	0.0	14.7	92	320	5	11.4	40	Sub
Tahorakuri	L	L	L	22	7	158	0.0	12	0.0	15.5	96	340	16	8.4	40	Aut
Te Puke	L	H	L	66	10	95	0.8	15	0.6	17.2	92	352	8	0.2	50	Aut
Waihau Bay	L	L	L	39	3	119	0.1	6	0.0	17.1	94	15	18	0.0	60	Aut
Opotiki	L	E	L	61	6	49	5.0	10	5.3	17.2	93	357	48	0.0	40	Aut
Whakatane Aero	M	E	M	76	11	99	4.2	17	6.2	18.0	90	10	33	0.0	60	Aut
Mission Bay	L	L	L	14	1	10	0.0	2	0.0	14.7	92	320	5	11.4	40	Aut
Eastern North Island									Saturday, 18 November 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Tuai	M	E	L	76	10	92	5.5	15	7.4	17.9	75	344	38	0.2	40	Aut
Hicks Bay	L	E	L	65	5	83	3.1	9	3.0	18.0	91	310	35	0.0	50	Aut
Ruatoria	L	L	L	10	0	10	0.0	0	0.0	13.6	97	271	59	2.0	40	Aut
Crownthorpe	V	E	L	88	30	181	20.6	42	33.6	21.9	61	11	38	0.0	40	Aut
Waipukurau	L	E	M	77	14	102	2.5	21	4.2	22.4	59	14	21	2.8	65	Aut
Gwavas	M	E	L	88	23	112	7.8	30	14.3	23.2	62	332	19	0.0	50	Aut
Te Haroto	L	L	L	48	3	88	0.8	5	0.3	15.8	88	349	37	3.6	40	Aut
Cricklewood	E	E	L	86	28	197	26.5	42	39.5	20.1	62	325	48	0.0	50	Aut
Porapora	L	V	L	77	9	42	1.8	12	1.6	17.8	76	16	14	0.0	40	Aut
Bridge Pa	E	E	H	89	34	266	18.9	51	34.7	24.3	54	352	33	0.0	60	Aut
Waihau	M	E	M	81	20	181	6.1	31	11.9	18.3	87	335	30	0.0	60	Aut
Te Pohue	M	E	L	82	16	110	10.8	24	16.1	17.7	85	22	41	0.0	40	Aut
Ongaonga	L	H	M	68	10	125	1.2	17	1.0	22.5	69	30	14	3.8	70	Aut
Gisborne Aero	V	E	H	87	40	211	16.3	54	32.4	23.0	55	340	35	0.0	60	Aut
Mahia	H	E	H	86	22	144	13.2	32	21.8	21.0	65	0	35	0.0	60	Aut
Napier Aero	V	E	V	89	31	172	22.4	42	35.6	25.0	48	0	35	0.0	65	Aut
Taranaki									Saturday, 18 November 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	20	0	5	0.0	1	0.0	16.0	92	320	32	23.8	35	Aut
Eltham	L	L	L	0	0	5	0.0	0	0.0	14.1	100	335	28	28.4	35	Aut
Waverly	L	L	L	49	1	6	0.8	1	0.2	18.1	77	330	33	15.2	45	Aut
Okato	L	L	L	36	1	5	0.1	1	0.0	16.2	79	334	25	47.6	50	Aut
Marco	L	L	L	16	0	5	0.0	1	0.0	14.6	87	332	6	38.8	35	Aut
Hawera	L	L	L	40	1	6	0.1	1	0.0	17.0	78	330	28	23.0	35	Aut
Wanganui-Manawatu									Saturday, 18 November 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Alfredton	L	L	L	51	2	8	0.6	3	0.2	18.9	77	347	23	11.0	45	Aut
Three Kings	L	L	L	37	1	38	0.3	1	0.1	9.2	94	288	53	5.4	40	Aut
Webb	L	L	L	3	0	4	0.0	0	0.0	8.3	99	0	56	28.2	55	Aut
Westlawn	L	L	L	49	2	37	2.0	4	0.7	10.7	89	306	51	5.0	45	Aut
Desert Road Summit	L	L	L	23	0	4	0.0	0	0.0	10.6	90	338	41	16.4	55	Aut
Waitarere Forest	L	L	L	25	2	6	0.0	2	0.0	17.2	86	300	13	32.8	45	Aut
Ngamatea	M	E	L	75	11	87	7.8	17	10.7	14.1	86	337	47	1.2	45	Aut
Lismore	L	L	L	30	1	27	0.0	1	0.0	15.2	89	328	21	7.2	45	Aut
Waione	L	H	L	61	8	46	0.5	11	0.3	20.1	76	305	4	2.8	35	Aut
Waimarino Forest	L	L	L	2	0	4	0.0	0	0.0	10.2	99	334	20	19.6	45	Sub
National Park	L	L	L	2	0	4	0.0	0	0.0	10.2	99	334	20	19.6	40	Aut
Raumai	L	L	L	16	0	5	0.0	1	0.0	16.5	92	0	10	18.4	45	Aut
Spriggins Park	L	L	L	34	1	10	0.0	2	0.0	17.0	79	340	13	15.4	45	Sub
Waiouru Aero	L	L	L	45	2	31	0.3	4	0.1	12.0	86	300	22	5.8	55	Aut
Wanganui Aero	L	L	L	33	1	6	0.0	1	0.0	17.0	79	340	13	15.4	45	Aut
Palmerston North Aero	L	L	L	23	1	6	0.0	1	0.0	18.0	90	330	17	18.2	35	Aut
Levin	L	L	L	18	0	6	0.0	1	0.0	17.0	92	320	22	38.2	45	Aut
Wairarapa									Saturday, 18 November 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Castle Point	L	V	L	67	7	65	1.9	11	1.7	18.0	85	30	24	2.2	45	Aut
Ngawihi	L	L	L	58	6	64	1.6	9	0.9	18.0	73	0	30	8.0	45	Aut
East Taratahi	L	L	L	45	4	76	0.3	7	0.1	18.0	86	20	24	6.6	45	Aut
Stony Creek	L	L	L	45	3	33	0.2	5	0.1	16.7	79	337	18	11.4	45	Aut
Haurangi	L	L	L	0	0	5	0.0	0	0.0	13.7	100	298	34	13.4	45	Aut
Ngaumu	L	L	L	50	6	74	0.6	10	0.3	19.5	85	353	25	7.8	45	Aut
Holdsworth Station	L	L	L	49	4	18	0.4	5	0.2	17.5	75	5	20	15.4	45	Aut
Wellington									Saturday, 18 November 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	23	0	5	0.0	1	0.0	15.4	89	14	24	39.6	50	Aut
Chatham Island	L	E	L	75	4	135	6.1	8	5.8	16.0	90	320	41	0.0	40	Aut
Titahi Bay	L	L	L	22	0	5	0.0	1	0.0	15.6	92	330	40	40.9	45	Aut
Wellington Aero	L	L	L	40	1	6	0.3	1	0.1	17.0	84	340	44	53.0	45	Aut
Lower Hutt	L	L	L	23	1	6	0.0	1	0.0	17.0	88	330	17	53.0	45	Aut
Paraparaumu	L	L	L	35	1	6	0.0	1	0.0	17.0	82	350	28	57.0	45	Aut

South Island Data
Nelson-Marlborough									Saturday, 18 November 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Opua Bay	L	L	L	27	3	5	0.0	3	0.0	15.9	87	304	16	65.0	40	Aut
Keneperu Head	L	L	L	36	1	6	0.0	2	0.0	17.1	71	271	12	177.0	40	Aut
Totaranui	L	L	L	30	1	5	0.0	2	0.0	15.6	80	323	17	48.2	40	Aut
Awatere Valley	L	E	L	63	13	226	2.4	23	4.2	19.8	61	324	32	32.4	40	Aut
Hira	L	L	L	18	2	5	0.0	2	0.0	12.0	92	39	35	54.4	50	Aut
Dovedale	L	L	L	31	2	5	0.0	2	0.0	15.2	80	43	20	31.2	40	Sub
Molesworth	L	L	L	51	7	151	0.4	13	0.3	17.3	49	12	15	37.2	50	Aut
Murchison	L	L	L	36	1	6	0.0	2	0.0	20.1	78	274	15	54.4	40	Aut
Ngaruru	L	L	L	43	4	6	0.1	3	0.0	19.3	62	284	8	49.8	40	Aut
Western Boundary	L	L	L	6	0	4	0.0	0	0.0	10.9	97	56	22	32.4	40	Aut
Kaikoura	L	L	L	35	9	99	0.0	14	0.0	12.0	93	180	24	7.6	40	Aut
Nelson Aero	L	L	L	45	4	68	0.7	7	0.3	17.0	81	50	43	27.0	50	Aut
Woodbourne Aero	L	L	L	56	8	137	2.0	14	2.4	19.0	69	330	37	43.2	40	Aut
Big Pokororo	L	L	L	31	1	21	0.0	2	0.0	15.2	80	43	20	31.2	40	Aut
St Arnaud	L	L	L	45	2	6	0.2	2	0.1	18.8	60	2	14	34.2	40	Aut
West Coast									Saturday, 18 November 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Westport	L	L	L	7	0	5	0.0	0	0.0	15.0	98	20	33	17.4	50	Aut
Reefton	L	L	L	47	1	6	0.5	2	0.1	17.6	70	0	30	66.6	50	Aut
Nelson Creek	L	L	L	40	1	6	0.1	2	0.0	18.1	66	298	11	44.8	50	Aut
Hokitika Aero	L	L	L	28	0	5	0.0	1	0.0	15.0	88	20	32	13.6	40	Aut
Canterbury									Saturday, 18 November 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	42	4	29	0.2	6	0.1	12.0	85	240	28	10.4	40	Aut
Oamaru Aero	L	L	L	8	1	110	0.0	2	0.0	9.0	98	200	7	16.4	50	Aut
Tara Hills	L	L	L	16	5	173	0.0	9	0.0	9.0	88	230	6	16.2	60	Aut
Timaru Aero	L	L	L	33	3	185	0.0	7	0.0	12.0	81	190	22	13.6	50	Aut
Christchurch Aero	L	L	L	45	9	84	0.4	14	0.3	13.0	79	220	32	21.4	50	Aut
Hanmer	L	L	L	18	4	10	0.0	4	0.0	12.5	84	68	4	39.0	50	Aut
Cannington	L	L	L	15	4	323	0.0	8	0.0	8.8	94	165	14	15.2	50	Aut
Snowdon	L	L	L	16	1	4	0.0	1	0.0	8.9	87	190	11	36.6	40	Aut
Darfield	L	L	L	38	5	42	0.1	8	0.0	12.6	82	189	21	23.0	50	Aut
Bottle Lake	L	L	L	48	13	152	0.3	21	0.3	14.1	74	19	19	13.8	50	Aut
Ashley	L	L	L	34	8	113	0.0	13	0.0	11.9	82	241	14	22.8	50	Aut
Balmoral	L	L	L	31	8	109	0.0	14	0.0	13.8	79	77	11	31.6	50	Aut
Ashburton Plains	L	L	L	37	10	129	0.0	16	0.0	12.5	79	186	9	15.4	50	Aut
Waihaorunga	L	L	L	15	2	198	0.0	4	0.0	7.6	92	183	21	15.4	50	Aut
Burnham	L	L	L	43	7	47	0.2	10	0.1	12.5	79	209	27	19.2	50	Aut
Tekapo	L	L	L	18	2	18	0.0	3	0.0	6.9	85	235	9	18.0	60	Aut
Mount Cook	L	L	L	8	0	4	0.0	1	0.0	6.1	87	50	1	47.4	50	Aut
Motukarara	L	L	L	43	7	44	0.2	10	0.1	11.9	80	222	27	16.4	50	Aut
Mount Somers	L	L	L	16	1	4	0.0	1	0.0	8.3	91	176	23	28.4	40	Aut
Pukaki Aero	L	L	L	21	5	182	0.0	9	0.0	9.6	85	207	16	18.4	60	Aut
Oamaru	L	L	L	12	1	119	0.0	2	0.0	8.0	95	180	15	15.6	50	Aut
Hakatere	L	L	L	28	2	10	0.0	3	0.0	10.4	81	109	17	23.0	85	Aut
Leeston	L	L	L	41	8	75	0.1	13	0.1	12.4	82	218	25	17.2	50	Aut
Otago									Saturday, 18 November 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
McRaes	L	L	L	9	1	157	0.0	3	0.0	5.4	100	137	11	8.1	60	Aut
Northburn	L	L	L	22	11	432	0.0	21	0.0	11.9	84	229	3	11.4	65	Aut
Herbert	L	L	L	4	1	96	0.0	2	0.0	5.8	99	193	14	20.0	50	Aut
Nugget Point	L	L	L	17	2	105	0.0	4	0.0	7.0	96	60	6	5.8	50	Aut
Bendigo										11.3		235	2	13.6	65	Aut
Glendhu	L	L	L	12	1	4	0.0	1	0.0	10.6	92	74	6	18.0	65	Aut
Clyde	L	L	L	13	8	533	0.0	16	0.0	10.2	94	226	3	11.0	60	Aut
Lauder	L	L	L	26	3	285	0.0	5	0.0	9.7	85	80	14	11.4	55	Aut
Dansey Pass	L	L	L	24	3	139	0.0	6	0.0	9.7	85	80	14	11.4	60	Sub
Tapanui	L	L	L	44	3	101	0.1	6	0.1	10.2	80	202	9	2.2	50	Aut
Glenledi	L	L	L	22	3	157	0.0	5	0.0	7.4	95	115	16	7.0	50	Aut
Rock and Pillar	L	L	L	16	2	170	0.0	4	0.0	7.8	92	225	7	8.8	60	Aut
Dunedin Aero	L	L	L	46	10	276	0.2	19	0.1	9.0	92	140	13	2.8	50	Aut
Traquair	L	L	L	35	8	126	0.0	14	0.0	5.5	95	122	15	4.4	60	Aut
Mount Benger	L	L	L	4	0	24	0.0	0	0.0	4.1	99	85	11	13.4	65	Aut
Wanaka	L	L	L	15	3	115	0.0	5	0.0	10.0	93	110	9	20.0	60	Aut
Queenstown Aero	L	L	L	25	2	58	0.0	3	0.0	11.0	85	160	13	13.0	50	Aut
Southland									Saturday, 18 November 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Manapouri Aero	L	L	L	40	2	9	0.0	2	0.0	11.0	75	290	6	0.2	50	Aut
Invercargill Aero	L	L	L	46	1	9	0.3	2	0.1	11.0	87	130	20	0.6	50	Aut
Barn Hill	L	L	L	38	3	27	0.1	5	0.0	8.1	91	129	18	1.2	65	Aut
Blackmount	L	L	L	15	0	4	0.0	0	0.0	8.5	97	173	22	3.8	60	Aut
Wreys Bush	L	L	L	46	4	93	0.2	6	0.1	10.8	80	90	12	1.0	50	Aut
Tuatapere	L	L	L	40	1	9	0.1	2	0.0	10.4	85	99	19	1.4	50	Aut
Slopedown	L	L	L	45	2	15	0.2	3	0.1	9.2	82	90	14	2.6	50	Aut
Gore	L	L	L	40	2	50	0.1	3	0.0	10.0	84	110	17	3.0	50	Aut
Garston	L	L	L	29	2	70	0.0	3	0.0	8.9	93	250	12	2.6	50	Aut
South West Cape	L	E	M	69	3	13	2.2	4	0.8	11.0	78	130	26	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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