New Zealand Fire Weather

FIRE WEATHER

Tuesday, 21 November 2006

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North Island Data
Northland									Tuesday, 21 November 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Pouto	L	V	L	78	8	82	1.7	13	1.7	16.8	69	207	11	0.6	50	Aut
Aupouri Peninsula	M	E	M	84	58	471	3.5	89	13.9	16.9	61	179	14	0.0	75	Aut
Waitangi Forest	L	E	L	82	7	110	3.4	12	4.0	15.4	73	225	17	0.0	50	Aut
Opouteke	L	H	L	75	5	35	1.0	7	0.5	16.3	75	218	6	0.2	50	Aut
Hokianga	L	E	L	83	9	103	2.6	14	3.3	17.6	64	232	10	0.0	50	Aut
Dargaville	M	E	L	84	10	126	4.1	17	5.9	18.0	60	353	17	0.4	50	Aut
Kaikohe	L	E	L	81	6	114	2.3	11	2.4	16.0	68	220	13	0.0	50	Aut
Whangarei Aero	M	E	L	84	19	163	3.1	29	6.5	16.0	64	200	11	0.0	50	Aut
Auckland									Tuesday, 21 November 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Woodhill	L	V	L	74	4	34	1.5	6	0.7	16.5	74	228	14	0.6	50	Aut
Clevedon Coast	L	E	L	81	6	70	2.3	9	2.0	15.9	61	224	11	0.2	50	Aut
Great Barrier Island	M	E	L	85	10	184	4.4	17	6.5	18.8	52	242	14	0.4	50	Aut
Hunua East	L	V	L	81	5	17	1.7	6	0.8	17.1	58	248	7	0.0	50	Aut
Cornwallis Depot	L	V	L	76	5	69	1.5	8	0.8	17.7	68	249	13	0.0	50	Aut
Waikato									Tuesday, 21 November 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Whangamata	L	E	L	81	6	71	2.2	10	2.0	16.8	64	215	11	0.0	50	Aut
Waihi Gold	L	E	L	84	8	54	4.4	12	5.2	16.7	53	248	17	0.0	50	Aut
Hamilton Aero	L	V	L	78	5	86	1.6	8	0.9	16.0	68	240	11	0.0	40	Aut
Bodley Road	L	H	M	73	3	16	0.9	4	0.4	15.9	68	225	6	0.0	70	Aut
Athol	L	V	M	78	4	15	1.6	4	0.7	14.3	59	202	10	0.0	70	Aut
Ngapaenga	L	L	M	57	1	15	0.6	2	0.2	12.2	71	0	12	0.0	70	Aut
Waikawau Bay	L	E	L	83	6	26	4.3	7	3.9	16.1	59	270	19	0.0	50	Aut
Whitianga Aero										17.0	51			0.0	50	Aut
Port Taharoa	L	E	M	80	3	18	3.3	5	2.1	18.0	59	240	22	0.0	65	Aut
Paeroa	L	E	L	81	5	49	2.1	8	1.5	17.0	55	230	11	0.0	50	Aut
Central North Island									Tuesday, 21 November 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Whakatane Aero	M	E	M	85	11	102	5.2	17	7.6	18.0	59	340	19	0.0	60	Aut
Rotorua Aero	L	E	L	81	4	64	2.2	7	1.5	16.0	56	290	11	0.0	40	Aut
Taupo Aero	L	H	L	73	3	21	1.1	4	0.4	14.0	68	250	9	0.0	50	Aut
Tauranga Aero	M	E	M	84	9	108	5.1	15	6.8	18.0	54	230	20	0.0	60	Aut
Matea	L	V	L	75	3	14	1.7	4	0.6	13.8	62	294	16	0.0	40	Aut
Kawerau	L	E	L	85	12	108	2.9	19	4.6	19.2	48	308	6	0.0	40	Aut
Rotoaira	L	H	L	73	4	16	0.8	5	0.4	14.8	57	358	3	0.0	40	Sub
Tahorakuri	L	H	L	75	6	153	1.1	12	0.8	14.8	58	246	8	0.0	40	Aut
Rotoehu	M	E	L	85	10	79	3.9	16	5.5	18.8	48	219	12	0.0	40	Aut
Goudies	L	H	L	73	3	40	1.0	5	0.4	14.7	59	353	7	0.0	40	Aut
Galatea	L	V	L	81	7	78	1.6	11	1.1	19.6	51	335	4	0.0	40	Aut
Te Puke	L	V	L	83	11	104	1.8	17	2.3	18.9	45	203	3	0.0	50	Aut
Waihau Bay	L	V	M	79	4	113	1.7	8	0.9	16.5	71	301	11	0.0	60	Aut
Opotiki	L	E	L	79	6	29	2.2	8	1.6	17.2	69	342	14	0.0	40	Aut
Mission Bay	L	H	L	73	4	16	0.8	5	0.3	14.8	57	358	3	0.0	40	Aut
Eastern North Island									Tuesday, 21 November 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Tuai	L	H	L	64	6	85	0.7	11	0.5	17.7	63	128	8	3.8	40	Aut
Ruatoria	L	V	L	77	3	15	1.8	4	0.7	13.1	85	74	14	0.0	40	Aut
Crownthorpe	H	E	L	87	36	198	7.3	50	17.7	17.8	61	76	19	0.0	40	Aut
Waipukurau	M	E	M	86	20	119	3.8	28	7.6	17.4	52	147	9	0.0	65	Aut
Gwavas	M	E	L	86	28	129	4.7	36	10.5	18.8	65	80	12	0.0	50	Aut
Te Haroto	L	V	L	79	5	87	2.1	9	1.6	15.7	56	3	14	1.2	40	Aut
Cricklewood	M	E	L	84	28	210	2.9	42	7.6	18.3	66	124	9	0.6	50	Aut
Porapora	L	E	L	85	13	58	2.3	17	3.2	15.9	75	337	3	0.0	40	Aut
Bridge Pa	H	E	H	88	41	284	8.3	60	21.4	18.4	60	59	20	0.0	60	Aut
Waihau	M	E	M	84	24	198	3.7	36	8.6	17.0	75	53	13	0.0	60	Aut
Te Pohue	L	H	L	63	10	116	1.0	17	0.8	16.3	74	77	15	3.2	40	Aut
Mahia	L	V	M	70	23	160	1.3	34	2.8	16.0	75	50	15	2.2	60	Aut
Napier Aero	H	E	M	86	38	190	6.3	51	15.9	16.0	70	70	19	0.0	65	Aut
Hicks Bay	L	E	L	80	5	79	2.6	9	2.4	17.0	75	310	17	0.0	50	Aut
Ongaonga	M	E	M	87	17	143	4.9	26	9.0	19.8	53	109	12	0.0	70	Aut
Gisborne Aero	H	E	M	86	46	228	5.4	61	15.7	19.0	58	130	15	0.0	60	Aut
Taranaki									Tuesday, 21 November 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Eltham	L	L	L	46	1	19	0.4	1	0.1	14.1	90	262	29	0.2	35	Aut
New Plymouth Aero	L	E	L	79	3	20	3.5	4	2.2	14.0	67	260	24	0.0	35	Aut
Waverly	L	E	L	81	3	18	4.3	4	2.8	14.5	65	291	25	0.0	45	Aut
Okato	L	V	L	77	3	20	2.0	4	0.8	14.0	63	204	17	0.0	50	Aut
Marco	L	H	L	79	4	16	1.2	5	0.5	16.1	52	176	4	0.0	35	Aut
Hawera	L	E	L	80	3	18	4.2	4	2.7	14.0	65	270	26	0.0	35	Aut
Wanganui-Manawatu									Tuesday, 21 November 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Alfredton	L	V	L	79	4	20	2.0	5	0.9	15.3	64	296	13	0.0	45	Aut
Three Kings	L	V	L	74	2	47	1.4	3	0.5	9.4	73	144	13	0.0	40	Aut
Webb	L	H	M	67	2	12	1.2	3	0.4	10.7	65	0	14	0.0	55	Aut
Westlawn	L	V	L	80	4	50	1.7	7	0.9	11.1	63	264	9	0.0	45	Aut
Desert Road Summit	L	E	M	81	3	18	3.5	4	2.3	12.0	66	190	20	0.0	55	Aut
Spriggins Park	L	E	L	83	5	30	4.4	7	3.9	15.4	61	282	19	0.0	45	Aut
Waitarere Forest	L	E	L	83	5	19	3.6	6	2.8	17.1	52	309	15	0.0	45	Aut
Ngamatea	L	E	L	82	11	97	3.4	17	4.9	12.2	61	240	17	0.0	45	Aut
Lismore	L	H	L	76	4	42	1.1	6	0.5	16.0	64	322	5	0.2	45	Aut
Waione	L	E	L	84	9	53	3.2	13	3.9	17.4	53	273	12	0.0	35	Aut
Waimarino Forest	L	L	L	53	1	11	0.4	2	0.1	11.6	65	261	9	0.0	45	Sub
National Park	L	L	L	53	1	11	0.4	2	0.1	11.6	65	261	9	0.0	40	Aut
Waiouru Aero	L	V	M	76	4	44	1.3	7	0.7	11.0	69	250	9	0.0	55	Aut
Wanganui Aero	L	E	L	85	5	21	9.9	6	8.1	16.0	56	270	32	0.0	45	Aut
Palmerston North Aero	L	E	L	81	3	16	3.3	4	2.0	15.0	66	290	20	0.0	35	Aut
Levin	L	E	L	79	3	21	3.9	5	2.7	15.0	64	320	26	0.0	45	Aut
Tapuae	L	V	L	75	2	23	2.1	3	0.7	10.5	67	270	20	0.0	35	Aut
Raumai	L	E	L	82	4	21	5.8	5	4.5	15.9	60	326	28	0.0	45	Aut
Wairarapa									Tuesday, 21 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	80	5	66	5.8	9	5.8	16.0	59	330	33	0.0	45	Aut
East Taratahi	L	E	L	86	10	93	2.6	15	3.4	19.0	50	20	2	0.0	45	Aut
Ngawihi	L	H	L	69	4	67	1.0	7	0.5	18.0	56	170	9	0.0	45	Aut
Stony Creek	L	H	L	69	3	43	0.9	5	0.4	18.8	61	156	9	0.0	45	Aut
Haurangi	L	V	L	70	2	14	1.4	3	0.5	19.2	63	284	16	0.2	45	Aut
Ngaumu	L	E	L	81	10	91	2.4	16	3.2	17.9	67	341	13	0.0	45	Aut
Holdsworth Station	L	E	L	84	8	32	2.3	10	2.1	18.4	46	327	3	0.0	45	Aut
Wellington									Tuesday, 21 November 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	82	4	17	4.8	5	3.6	18.3	54	347	24	0.0	50	Aut
Wellington Aero	L	E	L	82	4	16	7.8	5	5.9	17.0	61	10	33	0.0	45	Aut
Lower Hutt	L	E	L	84	6	17	3.7	6	3.0	19.0	43	340	13	0.0	45	Aut
Paraparaumu	L	E	L	82	4	21	6.3	5	4.9	15.0	64	20	30	0.0	45	Aut
Chatham Island	M	E	L	81	5	148	11.1	9	10.4	13.0	77	250	44	0.0	40	Aut
Titahi Bay	L	E	L	81	3	22	4.3	5	3.0	17.3	66	340	25	0.0	45	Aut

South Island Data
Nelson-Marlborough									Tuesday, 21 November 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Opua Bay	L	V	L	74	5	12	1.3	5	0.6	20.1	61	300	12	0.0	40	Aut
Keneperu Head	L	E	L	85	7	18	3.3	7	2.8	20.1	52	50	10	0.0	40	Aut
Totaranui	L	E	L	84	7	22	2.9	8	2.4	17.9	54	23	10	0.0	40	Aut
Awatere Valley	M	E	L	82	17	242	3.8	29	7.8	17.9	63	41	20	0.0	40	Aut
Hira	L	E	L	81	5	16	2.6	5	1.5	17.5	61	345	14	0.0	50	Aut
Dovedale	L	E	L	83	8	52	2.5	11	2.7	17.7	60	44	9	0.0	40	Sub
Molesworth	M	E	L	89	15	168	5.0	25	8.9	17.9	37	7	5	0.0	50	Aut
Murchison	M	E	L	94	8	14	13.8	8	11.9	19.2	1	285	13	0.0	40	Aut
Ngaruru	L	E	L	86	9	22	3.3	9	3.3	19.3	42	338	6	0.0	40	Aut
Western Boundary	L	V	L	79	5	20	1.4	6	0.6	16.3	49	299	5	0.0	40	Aut
Kaikoura	L	H	L	67	9	114	0.9	14	0.7	15.0	78	60	9	0.0	40	Aut
Nelson Aero	L	E	L	81	5	75	3.9	9	4.0	17.0	66	10	22	0.0	50	Aut
Woodbourne Aero	M	E	L	84	12	153	3.0	20	4.8	19.0	62	80	11	0.0	40	Aut
Big Pokororo	L	E	L	82	5	37	2.3	8	1.7	17.7	60	44	9	0.0	40	Aut
St Arnaud	L	E	L	84	6	16	3.7	6	2.9	16.5	51	345	14	0.0	40	Aut
West Coast									Tuesday, 21 November 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Westport	L	E	L	73	2	15	2.8	3	1.0	14.0	78	250	28	0.0	50	Aut
Reefton	L	V	L	82	5	21	1.7	7	0.8	14.4	60	167	4	0.0	50	Aut
Nelson Creek	L	H	L	74	3	14	0.9	4	0.4	13.5	67	53	6	0.0	50	Aut
Hokitika Aero	L	V	L	76	3	15	2.1	4	0.8	14.0	77	300	19	0.0	40	Aut
Canterbury									Tuesday, 21 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	67	5	42	1.0	8	0.5	13.0	91	120	11	0.0	40	Aut
Oamaru Aero	L	E	L	74	3	124	2.6	5	1.5	14.0	81	40	26	0.0	50	Aut
Tara Hills	M	E	M	87	12	189	3.7	20	6.0	18.0	39	10	6	0.0	60	Aut
Timaru Aero	L	V	L	76	6	199	1.6	10	1.0	16.0	76	110	13	0.0	50	Aut
Christchurch Aero	M	E	L	83	11	97	4.1	17	5.9	18.0	58	80	19	0.0	50	Aut
Hanmer	L	E	L	87	10	24	3.7	10	3.8	19.6	38	158	6	0.0	50	Aut
Cannington	L	H	L	69	5	337	1.2	10	0.7	16.9	62	65	13	0.0	50	Aut
Snowdon	L	V	L	76	4	15	1.5	4	0.6	17.7	51	61	12	0.2	40	Aut
Darfield	L	E	L	82	8	58	2.9	12	3.3	20.5	49	56	14	0.0	50	Aut
Bottle Lake	M	E	L	82	17	167	2.6	27	5.1	17.3	63	22	12	0.0	50	Aut
Ashley	L	V	L	77	9	125	1.4	15	1.3	18.9	51	84	10	0.0	50	Aut
Balmoral	L	E	L	83	12	125	2.6	19	4.0	19.8	46	59	9	0.0	50	Aut
Ashburton Plains	M	E	L	84	13	145	2.9	21	4.8	21.4	43	31	8	0.0	50	Aut
Waihaorunga	L	V	L	76	5	212	1.8	9	1.1	17.5	62	139	15	0.0	50	Aut
Burnham	L	E	L	83	9	63	2.8	13	3.4	19.6	47	41	11	0.0	50	Aut
Tekapo	L	E	M	85	7	33	3.3	10	3.3	16.9	42	133	9	0.0	60	Aut
Mount Cook	M	E	L	89	8	16	24.6	8	18.5	18.1	30	2	37	0.0	50	Aut
Motukarara	L	E	L	81	9	58	3.7	13	4.6	17.4	64	50	22	0.0	50	Aut
Mount Somers	L	V	L	74	2	15	1.8	4	0.7	17.4	59	100	18	0.0	40	Aut
Pukaki Aero	L	E	M	85	11	199	2.8	19	4.4	18.7	45	80	6	0.0	60	Aut
Oamaru	L	E	L	76	3	133	2.1	6	1.0	14.0	75	70	19	0.0	50	Aut
Hakatere	L	E	M	85	6	25	3.1	7	2.6	18.5	45	96	9	0.0	85	Aut
Leeston	L	E	L	81	9	90	3.0	15	4.0	19.0	59	113	16	0.0	50	Aut
Otago									Tuesday, 21 November 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
McRaes	L	E	M	87	6	170	5.4	11	6.2	17.6	31	292	13	0.0	60	Aut
Northburn	M	E	M	86	18	448	2.6	33	6.0	20.1	44	9	3	0.0	65	Aut
Herbert	L	L	L	60	3	108	0.6	5	0.3	10.0	89	106	9	0.0	50	Aut
Nugget Point	L	E	L	81	3	111	4.4	6	3.6	15.0	54	230	26	0.0	50	Aut
Bendigo	L	H	M	76	7	379	1.0	14	0.8	19.8	62	102	5	0.0	65	Aut
Glendhu	L	E	H	86	5	16	8.9	5	7.1	20.6	42	257	25	0.0	65	Aut
Clyde	M	E	M	86	15	549	5.6	27	10.4	21.0	33	309	16	0.0	60	Aut
Lauder	M	E	M	87	8	299	8.2	15	10.3	18.7	34	309	21	0.0	55	Aut
Dansey Pass	M	E	M	86	7	161	7.8	13	9.2	18.1	33	235	23	0.0	60	Aut
Tapanui	L	E	L	85	7	115	4.1	12	5.0	16.4	53	210	15	0.0	50	Aut
Glenledi	L	E	L	83	5	171	5.1	10	5.4	16.0	51	261	22	0.0	50	Aut
Rock and Pillar	M	E	M	87	8	186	4.3	15	5.8	20.1	32	318	8	0.0	60	Aut
Dunedin Aero	M	E	L	86	13	290	5.5	23	9.2	19.0	44	180	15	0.0	50	Aut
Traquair	M	E	M	86	9	135	6.2	16	8.4	15.9	38	233	19	0.0	60	Aut
Mount Benger	L	H	M	70	2	31	1.3	4	0.5	12.3	48	230	14	0.0	65	Aut
Wanaka	L	E	M	85	8	130	3.0	14	3.9	16.0	44	280	7	0.0	60	Aut
Queenstown Aero	L	E	L	86	7	72	3.4	11	3.7	16.0	44	280	7	0.0	50	Sub
Southland									Tuesday, 21 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	85	6	23	7.7	7	6.7	14.0	51	280	26	0.0	50	Aut
Invercargill Aero	L	E	L	71	1	16	7.2	2	4.0	13.0	75	250	48	0.0	50	Aut
Barn Hill	M	E	V	85	6	40	20.6	8	16.5	15.1	46	331	45	0.0	65	Aut
Blackmount	L	E	H	84	4	18	14.2	6	10.6	14.9	48	14	41	0.0	60	Aut
Wreys Bush	M	E	L	86	8	108	6.3	14	7.9	17.9	45	267	18	0.0	50	Aut
Tuatapere	L	E	L	80	3	17	3.1	4	1.8	16.2	61	220	21	0.0	50	Aut
Slopedown	L	E	L	73	2	21	3.4	3	1.7	12.8	67	227	32	0.0	50	Aut
Gore	L	E	L	79	3	63	3.6	6	2.8	14.0	70	190	24	0.0	50	Aut
Garston	L	E	L	85	5	84	3.1	9	3.0	18.5	36	101	6	0.2	50	Aut
South West Cape	M	E	H	80	4	25	29.5	6	18.7	10.0	77	300	65	0.4	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


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