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Monday, 20 November 2006

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North Island Data
Northland									Monday, 20 November 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Pouto	L	V	L	72	7	77	1.4	11	0.9	17.2	74	229	15	0.0	50	Aut
Aupouri Peninsula	M	E	M	81	56	466	3.1	87	12.4	16.2	68	231	19	0.0	75	Aut
Waitangi Forest	L	E	L	82	6	105	3.3	11	3.6	19.5	57	263	18	0.0	50	Aut
Opouteke	L	H	L	68	4	30	1.0	6	0.5	17.0	70	231	11	0.2	50	Aut
Hokianga	L	E	L	79	7	98	3.2	12	3.9	17.8	64	224	23	0.0	50	Aut
Dargaville	L	E	L	79	8	121	2.6	14	3.4	18.5	61		19	0.0	50	Aut
Kaikohe	L	V	L	75	5	109	1.6	9	0.9	17.0	65	230	15	0.0	50	Aut
Whangarei Aero	M	E	L	83	18	158	4.0	28	7.8	19.0	57	250	19	0.0	50	Aut
Auckland									Monday, 20 November 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Woodhill	L	H	L	64	3	29	1.0	4	0.4	17.3	83	252	13	0.0	50	Aut
Clevedon Coast	L	V	L	75	4	65	1.8	7	0.9	17.4	70	198	18	0.0	50	Aut
Great Barrier Island	L	E	L	80	8	178	2.8	14	3.6	19.3	53	240	17	0.0	50	Aut
Hunua East	L	H	L	72	3	11	1.3	4	0.5	17.6	67	237	13	0.0	50	Aut
Cornwallis Depot	L	H	L	61	3	63	0.9	6	0.4	16.1	91	249	15	0.0	50	Aut
Waikato									Monday, 20 November 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Whangamata	L	E	L	74	5	66	3.5	8	3.1	18.6	70	236	31	0.0	50	Aut
Waihi Gold	L	E	L	78	6	49	2.5	10	2.3	18.4	63	241	19	0.0	50	Aut
Hamilton Aero	L	E	L	69	4	81	2.5	6	1.6	17.0	75	270	28	0.0	40	Aut
Bodley Road	L	H	M	61	2	11	0.8	3	0.3	18.5	71	238	12	0.0	70	Aut
Athol	L	V	M	67	2	10	1.7	3	0.6	15.0	64	277	21	0.5	70	Aut
Ngapaenga	L	L	L	34	1	10	0.0	1	0.0	11.9	86	0	18	0.8	70	Aut
Waikawau Bay	L	E	L	78	4	21	3.8	6	2.9	17.7	65	270	28	0.0	50	Aut
Whitianga Aero										19.0	56			0.0	50	Aut
Port Taharoa	L	V	M	63	2	12	1.6	2	0.5	16.0	74	220	24	1.2	65	Aut
Paeroa	L	V	L	69	3	43	1.3	5	0.6	18.0	66	250	15	0.2	50	Aut
Central North Island									Monday, 20 November 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Whakatane Aero	L	E	M	82	9	96	3.8	15	5.1	20.0	57	270	20	0.0	60	Aut
Rotorua Aero	L	V	L	71	3	59	2.0	5	0.8	17.0	67	260	22	0.0	40	Aut
Taupo Aero	L	L	L	60	2	16	0.8	2	0.3	14.0	79	260	13	0.0	50	Aut
Tauranga Aero	L	V	M	76	7	102	1.9	12	2.0	18.0	66	270	17	0.0	60	Aut
Matea	L	L	L	60	2	10	1.0	2	0.3	13.5	74	221	18	0.2	40	Aut
Kawerau	L	E	L	80	10	102	2.2	16	3.0	19.6	54	181	13	0.0	40	Aut
Rotoaira	L	L	L	59	3	11	0.5	3	0.2	15.9	61	254	4	0.0	40	Sub
Tahorakuri	L	L	L	59	5	148	0.6	9	0.4	15.1	70	218	9	0.0	40	Aut
Rotoehu	L	E	L	79	8	74	4.2	13	5.2	18.8	57	250	29	0.0	40	Aut
Goudies	L	L	L	58	1	35	0.7	2	0.2	13.1	77	294	14	0.2	40	Aut
Galatea	L	H	L	69	5	72	1.0	8	0.5	18.6	61	229	9	0.0	40	Aut
Te Puke	L	H	L	73	9	98	0.8	14	0.6	18.8	57	209	4	0.0	50	Aut
Waihau Bay	L	E	M	72	3	108	2.6	6	1.7	17.3	70	275	27	0.0	60	Aut
Opotiki	L	H	L	72	5	24	1.1	7	0.5	18.3	69	300	11	0.0	40	Aut
Mission Bay	L	L	L	58	3	11	0.4	3	0.2	15.9	61	254	4	0.0	40	Aut
Eastern North Island									Monday, 20 November 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Tuai	M	E	L	82	8	84	7.1	13	8.6	17.8	51	319	32	0.0	40	Aut
Ruatoria	L	E	L	75	3	10	5.5	3	3.4	17.1	53	124	39	0.0	40	Aut
Crownthorpe	H	E	L	89	35	193	10.1	48	21.8	19.6	39	261	20	0.0	40	Aut
Waipukurau	M	E	M	85	18	113	2.5	26	4.8	19.1	49	139	3	0.0	65	Aut
Gwavas	M	E	L	87	26	124	4.1	35	9.1	18.5	50	314	6	0.0	50	Aut
Te Haroto	L	E	L	78	4	82	3.1	6	2.3	17.1	58	3	24	0.0	40	Aut
Cricklewood	M	E	L	86	27	205	5.7	40	12.9	20.3	44	313	17	0.0	50	Aut
Porapora	L	E	L	87	12	52	3.2	15	4.5	26.1	33	314	4	0.0	40	Aut
Bridge Pa	H	E	H	90	39	279	8.3	58	21.1	22.4	39	184	14	0.0	60	Aut
Waihau	M	E	M	85	23	193	4.5	35	9.9	19.8	55	220	15	0.0	60	Aut
Te Pohue	L	V	L	80	13	114	1.4	21	2.0	19.3	51	258	4	0.0	40	Aut
Mahia	M	E	M	85	26	155	5.7	36	12.3	17.0	70	170	19	0.0	60	Aut
Napier Aero	V	E	H	91	37	185	12.3	49	25.5	23.0	34	250	19	0.0	65	Aut
Hicks Bay	L	E	L	75	4	73	5.4	7	5.0	17.0	75	300	39	0.0	50	Aut
Ongaonga	M	E	M	86	15	137	3.8	23	6.8	19.6	54	179	10	0.0	70	Aut
Gisborne Aero	H	E	M	86	44	223	5.9	59	16.6	19.0	64	140	17	0.0	60	Aut
Taranaki									Monday, 20 November 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Eltham	L	L	L	29	0	15	0.0	1	0.0	13.5	87	267	40	0.2	35	Aut
New Plymouth Aero	L	E	L	70	2	15	2.8	3	1.0	15.0	64	260	30	1.0	35	Aut
Waverly	L	E	L	73	2	13	3.1	2	1.2	14.0	68	285	30	0.0	45	Aut
Okato	L	V	L	65	2	15	1.7	3	0.6	14.7	64	200	24	1.4	50	Aut
Marco	L	V	L	68	2	11	1.3	3	0.5	16.1	60	267	16	0.0	35	Aut
Hawera	L	E	L	71	2	13	3.2	2	1.2	13.0	65	280	32	0.0	35	Aut
Wanganui-Manawatu									Monday, 20 November 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Alfredton	L	V	L	69	3	14	1.5	4	0.6	14.0	61	320	19	0.8	45	Aut
Three Kings	L	E	L	67	1	43	3.4	2	1.0	9.1	77	234	36	0.0	40	Aut
Webb	L	L	L	48	1	8	0.4	1	0.1	9.5	76	0	24	0.0	55	Aut
Westlawn	L	E	L	75	3	46	4.0	6	3.1	11.3	70	219	33	0.2	45	Aut
Desert Road Summit	L	E	M	77	2	14	7.6	3	4.9	13.2	58	241	43	0.0	55	Aut
Spriggins Park	L	E	L	80	4	25	8.7	5	6.8	15.1	57	313	40	0.0	45	Aut
Waitarere Forest	L	V	L	74	3	14	1.8	4	0.7	15.4	55	294	17	0.0	45	Aut
Ngamatea	M	E	L	77	10	93	4.2	15	5.8	12.6	70	235	31	0.0	45	Aut
Lismore	L	H	L	66	3	37	0.9	4	0.3	17.8	62	290	9	0.6	45	Aut
Waione	L	V	L	76	7	47	2.0	10	1.8	17.1	55	278	18	0.0	35	Aut
Waimarino Forest	L	L	L	28	0	6	0.0	1	0.0	11.0	84	293	19	3.2	45	Sub
National Park	L	L	L	28	0	6	0.0	1	0.0	11.0	84	293	19	3.2	40	Aut
Waiouru Aero	L	V	M	69	4	40	1.3	6	0.6	12.0	76	270	15	0.0	55	Aut
Wanganui Aero	L	E	L	80	3	16	7.3	4	5.2	15.0	56	280	37	0.0	45	Aut
Palmerston North Aero	L	E	L	74	2	11	3.2	3	1.4	16.0	66	280	30	0.2	35	Aut
Levin	L	E	L	67	2	16	2.1	3	0.7	14.0	66	290	26	1.0	45	Aut
Tapuae	L	V	L	63	1	19	1.5	2	0.4	11.8	77	270	23	0.5	35	Aut
Raumai	L	E	L	73	2	16	2.7	3	1.0	14.7	62	329	27	0.2	45	Aut
Wairarapa									Monday, 20 November 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Castle Point	L	E	L	63	4	61	6.5	6	5.5	14.0	58	310	52	8.8	45	Aut
East Taratahi	M	E	L	83	7	87	6.6	12	7.8	17.0	57	280	28	0.2	45	Aut
Ngawihi	L	L	L	41	3	61	0.1	5	0.0	16.0	76	230	6	5.8	45	Aut
Stony Creek	L	L	L	43	1	37	0.1	3	0.0	15.8	78	125	9	4.8	45	Aut
Haurangi	L	L	L	40	0	8	0.1	1	0.0	13.3	86	299	21	3.0	45	Aut
Ngaumu	L	H	L	74	9	86	1.1	14	0.8	17.0	63	315	9	1.4	45	Aut
Holdsworth Station	L	H	L	77	6	26	1.2	8	0.6	15.6	46	321	6	0.2	45	Aut
Wellington									Monday, 20 November 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Rimutaka Forest Park	L	V	L	67	2	12	1.5	3	0.5	17.9	61	16	19	2.4	50	Aut
Wellington Aero	L	E	L	73	2	11	3.1	3	1.4	16.0	66	0	30	1.0	45	Aut
Lower Hutt	L	V	L	71	3	11	1.3	4	0.5	17.0	48	350	13	1.0	45	Aut
Paraparaumu	L	E	L	75	2	16	2.6	4	1.0	14.0	68	350	24	0.0	45	Aut
Chatham Island	L	E	L	79	4	144	7.8	8	7.2	13.0	66	270	41	0.2	40	Aut
Titahi Bay	L	E	L	71	2	16	2.7	3	0.9	15.7	73	335	28	0.5	45	Aut

South Island Data
Nelson-Marlborough									Monday, 20 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	50	3	6	0.3	3	0.1	19.9	58	287	8	12.6	40	Aut
Keneperu Head	L	V	L	78	5	12	1.5	5	0.6	19.1	38	223	9	0.0	40	Aut
Totaranui	L	H	L	76	5	16	1.1	5	0.5	15.2	55	114	5	0.0	40	Aut
Awatere Valley	L	V	L	74	16	236	1.4	27	2.5	16.0	65	79	13	1.0	40	Aut
Hira	L	E	L	71	3	11	3.3	4	1.7	12.6	57	282	32	0.0	50	Aut
Dovedale	L	H	L	78	6	47	1.2	9	0.7	12.3	65	44	4	0.0	40	Sub
Molesworth	M	E	L	89	12	162	7.4	21	11.3	16.5	26	190	14	0.0	50	Aut
Murchison	L	H	L	68	4	8	1.2	4	0.4	16.8	1	319	13	0.0	40	Aut
Ngaruru	L	V	L	79	7	17	1.5	7	0.7	13.5	56	179	8	0.0	40	Aut
Western Boundary	L	H	L	66	3	14	0.8	4	0.3	11.8	57	333	8	0.0	40	Aut
Kaikoura	L	L	L	54	8	109	0.5	13	0.3	14.0	78	50	13	2.4	40	Aut
Nelson Aero	L	E	L	74	4	70	2.7	7	2.0	15.0	50	240	26	0.0	50	Aut
Woodbourne Aero	L	V	L	79	10	148	1.9	17	2.5	17.0	63	90	11	0.0	40	Aut
Big Pokororo	L	H	L	76	4	31	1.0	6	0.4	12.3	65	44	4	0.0	40	Aut
St Arnaud	L	V	L	76	4	10	1.4	4	0.5	13.5	51	322	11	0.0	40	Aut
West Coast									Monday, 20 November 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Nelson Creek	L	V	L	64	2	9	1.6	2	0.5	12.6	62	250	23	0.2	50	Aut
Westport	L	L	L	59	1	10	1.9	2	0.6	14.0	68	230	32	0.4	50	Aut
Reefton	L	H	L	78	4	16	1.2	5	0.5	14.8	54	136	5	0.0	50	Aut
Hokitika Aero	L	V	L	67	2	10	1.6	3	0.5	14.0	66	250	20	0.0	40	Aut
Canterbury									Monday, 20 November 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Le Bons Bay	L	H	L	63	5	37	0.8	7	0.4	11.0	76	40	9	0.2	40	Aut
Oamaru Aero	L	H	L	64	2	119	1.2	4	0.5	13.0	73	60	17	0.0	50	Aut
Tara Hills	L	E	M	81	9	183	2.8	16	3.9	16.0	31	210	15	0.0	60	Aut
Timaru Aero	L	V	L	69	5	194	1.3	9	0.7	13.0	73	120	15	0.4	50	Aut
Christchurch Aero	L	H	L	74	9	91	0.9	15	0.7	17.0	51	150	4	0.0	50	Aut
Hanmer	L	E	L	79	7	18	2.2	7	1.4	17.1	42	244	15	0.0	50	Aut
Cannington	L	L	L	44	4	332	0.1	7	0.1	14.7	62	119	7	2.8	50	Aut
Snowdon	L	L	L	52	2	9	0.3	2	0.1	14.2	69	194	9	0.0	40	Aut
Darfield	L	H	L	65	5	52	0.6	9	0.4	16.9	55	142	4	0.8	50	Aut
Bottle Lake	L	H	L	76	15	162	1.1	25	1.5	17.0	53	24	6	0.4	50	Aut
Ashley	L	L	L	54	7	119	0.4	12	0.2	15.6	62	199	8	3.6	50	Aut
Balmoral	L	H	L	69	9	120	0.8	15	0.6	18.4	39		6	2.6	50	Aut
Ashburton Plains	L	H	L	70	10	138	0.9	17	0.7	17.3	53	145	7	0.0	50	Aut
Waihaorunga	L	L	L	57	3	206	0.7	7	0.3	13.0	68	136	14	0.2	50	Aut
Lees Valley	L	L	L	55	2	14	0.3	3	0.1	17.1	48	45	3	2.3	40	Aut
Burnham	L	H	L	68	7	57	0.9	10	0.6	15.0	64	139	9	0.0	50	Aut
Tekapo	L	E	M	80	6	28	2.4	8	1.8	16.0	31	210	15	0.0	60	Sub
Mount Cook	L	E	L	79	5	11	2.6	5	1.4	14.9	27		19	0.0	50	Aut
Motukarara	L	V	L	71	7	52	1.3	11	0.8	13.3	60	169	14	0.0	50	Aut
Mount Somers	L	L	L	48	1	9	0.2	1	0.1	12.7	72	93	11	2.2	40	Aut
Pukaki Aero	L	H	M	77	8	193	1.0	15	0.8	16.9	43	125	3	0.0	60	Aut
Hakatere	L	V	M	75	3	20	1.4	5	0.6	14.4	52	165	12	0.0	85	Aut
Leeston	L	H	L	69	8	84	1.0	12	0.7	15.7	63	110	10	0.0	50	Aut
Oamaru	L	H	L	67	3	128	1.2	5	0.5	13.0	67	60	15	0.2	50	Aut
Otago									Monday, 20 November 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
McRaes	L	E	M	76	3	165	5.3	6	4.5	11.9	45	250	38	0.0	60	Aut
Clyde	L	H	M	68	11	543	0.8	22	0.7	15.6	51	155	5	0.0	60	Aut
Lauder	L	V	M	74	5	294	1.3	10	0.8	14.0	50	113	12	0.0	55	Aut
Northburn	L	V	M	79	16	442	1.4	29	2.6	17.7	33	290	6	0.0	65	Aut
Herbert	L	L	L	53	2	104	0.3	4	0.1	10.8	64	192	8	0.0	50	Aut
Nugget Point	L	E	L	65	2	106	4.9	3	2.9	10.0	68	230	44	0.2	50	Aut
Glendhu	L	E	M	73	2	9	5.9	3	3.6	15.8	52	254	42	0.0	65	Aut
Bendigo	L	M	L	60	6	373	0.5	11	0.3	18.0	54	274	2	0.0	65	Aut
Dansey Pass	L	V	M	70	4	155	1.3	8	0.7	13.7	56	188	15	0.2	60	Aut
Tapanui	L	E	L	80	5	109	7.2	9	7.5	12.6	56	237	37	0.0	50	Aut
Glenledi	L	E	L	73	4	166	4.5	7	3.9	11.0	65	264	37	0.0	50	Aut
Rock and Pillar	L	V	M	76	5	180	1.4	9	0.8	14.7	43	221	11	0.0	60	Aut
Dunedin Aero	M	E	L	80	10	285	5.8	19	8.7	13.0	50	230	33	0.0	50	Aut
Traquair	M	E	M	77	7	130	6.5	12	7.7	10.2	49	260	41	0.0	60	Aut
Mount Benger	L	L	M	45	1	27	0.9	1	0.3	6.8	58	231	48	0.0	65	Aut
Wanaka	L	V	M	79	6	125	1.6	11	1.0	15.0	42	320	9	0.0	60	Aut
Queenstown Aero	L	E	L	81	5	67	4.9	8	4.7	15.0	41	230	26	0.0	50	Aut
Southland									Monday, 20 November 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Manapouri Aero	L	E	L	81	4	18	5.5	5	4.2	13.0	51	290	30	0.0	50	Aut
Invercargill Aero	L	L	L	48	1	12	0.9	1	0.2	10.0	84	270	39	5.0	50	Aut
Barn Hill	L	E	M	75	4	35	2.2	6	1.1	11.4	58	234	21	0.0	65	Aut
Blackmount	L	H	M	72	3	13	1.0	4	0.4	13.7	42	216	8	0.0	60	Aut
Wreys Bush	L	E	L	80	6	103	4.6	10	5.0	13.3	61	217	27	0.0	50	Aut
Tuatapere	L	V	L	67	2	11	2.0	2	0.6	12.1	71	207	25	0.0	50	Aut
Slopedown	L	L	L	52	1	16	0.5	2	0.2	10.1	74	312	18	3.4	50	Aut
Gore	L	E	L	72	2	58	4.0	4	2.6	11.0	71	220	35	0.0	50	Aut
Garston	L	E	L	74	3	78	4.1	5	3.0	13.0	43	226	34	0.0	50	Aut
South West Cape	L	E	H	77	3	21	15.5	5	10.8	10.0	72	280	57	0.8	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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