New Zealand Fire Weather

FIRE WEATHER

Wednesday, 22 November 2006

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North Island Data
Northland									Wednesday, 22 November 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Pouto	L	E	L	82	9	88	3.8	15	5.1	19.3	72	235	19	0.2	50	Aut
Aupouri Peninsula	M	E	M	84	59	477	4.1	90	15.8	18.8	67	224	16	0.0	75	Aut
Waitangi Forest	L	E	L	85	9	116	3.8	15	5.1	19.9	58	228	11	0.0	50	Aut
Opouteke	L	V	L	80	6	41	2.0	9	1.5	19.6	73	245	11	0.0	50	Aut
Hokianga	M	E	L	85	11	110	4.9	17	7.2	20.9	58	232	16	0.0	50	Aut
Dargaville	M	E	L	84	11	132	3.5	19	5.5	19.8	68	358	13	0.0	50	Aut
Kaikohe	L	E	L	84	8	120	3.7	13	4.7	19.0	65	240	15	0.0	50	Aut
Whangarei Aero	M	E	L	85	21	169	5.6	32	11.2	19.0	60	240	19	0.0	50	Aut
Auckland									Wednesday, 22 November 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Woodhill	L	V	L	78	4	40	1.8	7	0.9	18.5	83	266	13	0.0	50	Aut
Clevedon Coast	L	E	L	85	7	76	4.8	12	5.7	19.4	58	227	17	0.0	50	Aut
Great Barrier Island	M	E	L	87	12	190	5.3	21	8.6	21.6	50	248	12	0.0	50	Aut
Hunua East	L	E	L	84	7	23	3.0	8	2.6	20.5	59	250	9	0.0	50	Aut
Cornwallis Depot	L	E	L	81	6	75	2.3	10	2.1	20.4	70	257	11	0.0	50	Aut
Waikato									Wednesday, 22 November 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Whangamata	L	E	L	83	7	77	3.6	12	4.2	18.1	71	222	17	0.0	50	Aut
Waihi Gold	L	E	L	84	9	60	4.2	14	5.4	17.6	67	251	16	0.0	50	Aut
Hamilton Aero	L	E	L	81	6	92	4.5	10	4.8	17.0	77	260	26	0.0	40	Aut
Bodley Road	L	H	M	76	4	22	1.0	5	0.5	15.4	84	260	5	0.0	70	Aut
Athol	L	E	M	80	4	20	2.8	6	1.9	15.0	77	246	17	0.0	70	Aut
Ngapaenga	L	H	M	65	2	20	0.7	3	0.2	15.4	84	260	5	0.0	70	Sub
Waikawau Bay	L	E	L	83	7	32	3.9	9	4.0	18.1	71	222	17	0.0	50	Sub
Whitianga Aero										19.0	57			0.0	50	Aut
Port Taharoa	L	E	H	82	4	23	6.4	6	5.4	19.0	75	270	30	0.0	65	Aut
Paeroa	L	E	L	84	6	55	4.5	10	4.8	19.0	66	270	19	0.0	50	Aut
Central North Island									Wednesday, 22 November 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Rotorua Aero	L	E	L	82	5	69	4.6	9	4.6	15.0	75	240	24	0.0	40	Aut
Taupo Aero	L	E	L	77	3	26	2.4	5	1.2	15.0	81	270	20	0.0	50	Aut
Tauranga Aero	M	E	M	84	10	113	5.1	17	7.3	18.0	70	260	20	0.0	60	Aut
Matea	L	E	L	79	3	19	2.7	5	1.5	13.6	79	318	20	0.0	40	Sub
Rotoehu	M	E	L	85	12	85	8.0	17	10.9	17.8	67	244	26	0.0	40	Aut
Goudies	L	E	L	78	3	45	2.5	6	1.5	13.6	79	318	20	0.0	40	Aut
Galatea	M	E	L	84	8	83	5.7	13	7.2	19.0	62	247	22	0.0	40	Aut
Kawerau	M	E	H	87	15	114	11.4	22	16.3	20.9	54	167	29	0.0	60	Aut
Rotoaira	L	H	L	78	5	21	1.1	6	0.5	15.7	72	266	3	0.0	40	Sub
Tahorakuri	L	V	M	80	7	159	1.8	13	1.8	15.9	71	275	9	0.0	60	Aut
Te Puke	L	V	M	84	12	109	2.0	19	3.0	17.8	65	250	2	0.0	60	Aut
Waihau Bay	L	E	M	82	6	119	4.6	10	5.1	16.8	66	280	23	0.6	60	Aut
Opotiki	L	E	L	83	7	35	3.8	10	4.0	17.8	66	338	17	0.0	40	Aut
Whakatane Aero	M	E	H	86	13	108	8.7	20	12.5	20.0	58	270	26	0.0	60	Aut
Mission Bay	L	H	L	78	5	22	1.1	6	0.5	15.7	72	266	3	0.0	40	Aut
Eastern North Island									Wednesday, 22 November 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Tuai	M	E	L	84	9	91	10.1	14	11.9	20.2	47	321	34	0.2	40	Aut
Hicks Bay	M	E	L	83	6	84	7.8	11	8.4	18.0	70	280	32	0.0	50	Aut
Ruatoria	L	E	L	84	5	21	2.5	6	1.6	20.3	54	183	6	0.0	40	Aut
Crownthorpe	V	E	H	88	39	204	13.0	53	27.4	21.4	47	250	28	0.0	70	Aut
Waipukurau	M	E	M	86	22	125	3.1	30	6.6	19.2	57	233	5	0.4	65	Aut
Gwavas	M	E	M	86	29	135	3.5	38	8.4	18.6	64	258	6	0.0	60	Aut
Te Haroto	M	E	L	85	7	93	5.9	12	6.9	19.2	54	332	21	0.0	40	Aut
Cricklewood	H	E	H	88	31	217	7.2	45	16.5	21.3	44	326	16	0.0	70	Aut
Porapora	L	E	L	86	15	64	3.0	19	4.6	20.6	56	286	4	0.0	40	Aut
Bridge Pa	H	E	H	89	44	291	8.9	64	23.2	22.2	43	262	18	0.0	75	Aut
Waihau	M	E	M	86	26	205	4.2	39	10.1	21.0	58	256	12	0.0	65	Aut
Te Pohue	L	V	M	79	12	122	1.4	20	1.9	19.4	56	80	7	0.0	55	Aut
Ongaonga	M	E	H	86	18	149	7.9	28	13.9	18.2	67	297	24	0.0	70	Aut
Gisborne Aero	M	E	M	88	48	234	4.4	64	13.7	20.0	46	110	7	0.0	75	Aut
Mahia	L	V	M	80	25	166	1.5	36	3.6	19.0	63	70	7	0.0	70	Aut
Napier Aero	H	E	H	88	41	196	7.8	54	19.2	22.0	45	250	17	0.0	75	Aut
Taranaki									Wednesday, 22 November 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
New Plymouth Aero	L	E	L	66	3	26	2.5	4	1.0	17.0	88	270	30	2.0	35	Aut
Eltham	L	L	L	46	1	25	0.6	1	0.2	16.0	100	266	35	0.0	35	Aut
Waverly	L	E	L	81	4	23	7.1	5	5.5	17.2	82	284	35	0.0	45	Aut
Okato	L	L	L	54	2	21	0.7	3	0.2	15.8	86	213	20	3.8	50	Aut
Marco	L	H	L	70	4	22	1.1	6	0.5	17.1	77	275	11	1.8	35	Aut
Hawera	L	E	L	80	3	23	6.0	5	4.5	18.0	86	270	33	0.0	35	Aut
Wanganui-Manawatu									Wednesday, 22 November 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Alfredton	L	E	L	81	5	25	2.9	7	2.2	16.5	77	339	17	0.0	45	Aut
Three Kings	L	E	L	77	2	51	14.6	3	9.1	8.4	85	255	56	0.2	40	Aut
Webb	L	E	M	74	2	17	5.0	3	3.1	9.7	84	0	39	0.0	55	Aut
Westlawn	L	E	L	80	5	54	7.0	8	6.6	10.5	80	252	36	0.0	45	Aut
Desert Road Summit	L	E	H	83	4	23	16.6	6	12.2	13.3	68	266	47	0.0	55	Aut
Waitarere Forest	L	E	L	83	6	25	4.3	7	3.8	17.4	75	297	19	0.4	45	Aut
Ngamatea	M	E	L	83	12	102	11.9	18	15.4	14.6	66	264	39	0.0	45	Aut
Lismore	L	E	L	81	5	48	2.3	8	1.8	19.2	70	315	11	0.0	45	Aut
Waione	L	E	L	83	10	58	2.8	14	3.5	15.8	77	249	10	0.0	35	Aut
Waimarino Forest	L	L	L	42	1	15	0.1	2	0.0	10.3	98	262	10	1.6	45	Sub
National Park	L	L	L	42	1	15	0.1	2	0.0	10.3	98	262	10	1.6	40	Aut
Raumai	L	E	L	74	4	26	3.7	6	2.9	15.7	83	322	32	1.4	45	Aut
Spriggins Park	L	E	L	84	6	35	6.6	9	6.5	18.3	74	273	27	0.0	45	Aut
Waiouru Aero	L	E	M	78	5	49	2.3	8	1.7	12.0	81	280	17	0.0	55	Aut
Wanganui Aero	M	E	L	84	6	27	16.0	7	13.0	18.0	78	260	44	0.2	45	Aut
Palmerston North Aero	L	E	L	78	4	21	4.8	5	3.8	16.0	82	280	32	0.8	35	Aut
Levin	L	V	L	69	4	26	1.6	5	0.7	16.0	88	290	19	1.4	45	Aut
Wairarapa									Wednesday, 22 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	83	6	72	5.3	11	5.9	18.0	68	310	24	0.0	45	Aut
Ngawihi	L	H	L	77	6	72	1.1	9	0.6	17.0	68	230	4	0.0	45	Aut
East Taratahi	M	E	L	86	11	99	3.4	18	5.1	20.0	59	130	7	0.0	45	Aut
Stony Creek	L	V	L	81	5	49	1.9	8	1.2	18.9	51	283	7	0.2	45	Aut
Haurangi	L	V	L	80	4	20	2.0	5	0.9	21.1	66	262	11	0.0	45	Aut
Ngaumu	L	V	L	82	11	97	2.0	17	2.7	17.5	73	355	7	0.0	45	Aut
Holdsworth Station	L	E	L	85	10	37	3.0	12	3.5	19.5	59	340	6	0.0	45	Aut
Wellington									Wednesday, 22 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	83	5	23	4.3	7	3.7	18.2	68	317	18	0.0	50	Aut
Chatham Island	L	E	L	81	5	154	6.1	10	6.5	16.0	84	280	32	0.0	40	Aut
Titahi Bay	L	E	L	81	4	27	4.5	6	3.6	15.3	80	332	26	0.0	45	Aut
Wellington Aero	L	E	L	84	5	22	5.2	6	4.5	17.0	67	350	22	0.0	45	Aut
Lower Hutt	L	E	L	87	8	23	4.5	8	4.5	19.0	50	330	11	0.0	45	Aut
Paraparaumu	L	E	L	82	4	26	3.8	6	3.1	16.0	82	0	20	0.0	45	Aut

South Island Data
Nelson-Marlborough									Wednesday, 22 November 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Opua Bay	L	E	L	83	7	18	3.2	7	2.6	20.5	59	304	14	0.0	40	Aut
Keneperu Head	L	E	L	85	8	24	5.1	9	5.2	18.4	61	105	17	0.0	40	Aut
Totaranui	L	E	L	85	8	28	3.1	9	3.1	18.2	59	111	8	0.0	40	Aut
Awatere Valley	M	E	L	84	18	247	3.6	31	7.6	16.7	66	87	15	0.0	40	Aut
Hira	L	E	L	85	7	22	6.0	7	5.6	18.7	53	358	20	0.0	50	Aut
Dovedale	L	E	L	85	9	58	4.4	13	5.6	17.8	60	44	16	0.0	40	Sub
Molesworth	M	E	L	92	18	173	10.0	29	16.9	18.2	24	231	12	0.0	50	Aut
Murchison	M	E	L	99	12	20	37.2	12	29.3	19.7	1	293	18	0.0	40	Aut
Ngaruru	M	E	L	88	12	28	5.7	12	6.7	18.9	42	182	11	0.0	40	Aut
Western Boundary	L	E	L	86	7	25	3.6	8	3.5	17.2	44	321	9	0.0	40	Aut
Kaikoura	M	E	L	72	9	119	4.8	15	6.4	13.0	90	180	39	0.0	40	Aut
Nelson Aero	M	E	L	84	7	81	6.2	11	7.0	18.0	63	350	24	0.0	50	Aut
Woodbourne Aero	M	E	L	86	13	159	7.6	22	11.9	18.0	56	70	24	0.0	40	Aut
Big Pokororo	L	E	L	85	7	42	4.3	10	4.5	17.8	60	44	16	0.0	40	Aut
St Arnaud	L	E	L	88	8	21	7.2	8	7.0	18.3	38	323	16	0.0	40	Aut
West Coast									Wednesday, 22 November 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Westport	L	E	L	79	3	20	2.6	4	1.3	15.0	74	290	19	0.0	50	Aut
Reefton	L	E	L	86	7	27	4.0	9	4.0	17.9	47	287	10	0.0	50	Aut
Nelson Creek	L	E	L	84	5	20	3.2	6	2.3	17.5	48	271	12	0.0	50	Aut
Hokitika Aero	L	E	L	77	4	20	2.1	5	0.9	15.0	67	290	17	1.0	40	Aut
Canterbury									Wednesday, 22 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	58	4	46	0.9	7	0.5	12.0	87	160	19	2.0	40	Aut
Oamaru Aero	L	E	L	79	3	129	4.3	6	3.6	14.0	75	30	28	0.0	50	Aut
Tara Hills	M	E	M	87	13	194	3.7	23	6.5	16.0	52	90	6	0.0	60	Aut
Timaru Aero	L	E	L	80	6	204	3.0	12	3.5	14.0	73	80	19	0.4	50	Aut
Christchurch Aero	M	E	L	83	12	102	4.0	18	6.1	16.0	68	70	17	0.0	50	Aut
Hanmer	L	E	L	88	12	30	5.3	12	6.2	18.4	45	158	11	0.0	50	Aut
Cannington	L	E	L	77	6	342	3.1	11	3.4	12.8	76	55	26	0.0	50	Aut
Snowdon	L	V	L	80	5	20	1.4	6	0.7	15.0	67	141	4	0.0	40	Aut
Darfield	L	E	L	84	9	64	2.9	13	3.7	16.4	63	142	10	0.0	50	Aut
Bottle Lake	M	E	L	84	18	173	3.8	29	7.7	16.3	63	12	15	0.0	50	Aut
Ashley	L	V	L	80	10	130	1.8	16	2.3	14.5	71	63	9	0.0	50	Aut
Balmoral	M	E	L	85	13	131	4.3	21	7.2	17.6	56	117	14	0.0	50	Aut
Ashburton Plains	L	E	L	82	14	150	2.1	23	3.6	15.5	63	95	8	0.8	50	Aut
Waihaorunga	L	E	L	76	6	217	2.3	11	2.3	13.1	71	26	20	1.0	50	Aut
Burnham	L	H	L	76	10	68	1.2	15	0.9	15.7	63	176	7	1.4	50	Aut
Tekapo	L	E	M	85	9	38	4.0	11	4.6	15.1	59	140	13	0.0	60	Aut
Mount Cook	M	E	L	93	12	22	25.5	12	22.0	19.9	18	2	26	0.0	50	Aut
Motukarara	L	E	L	83	10	63	3.6	14	4.7	15.1	64	184	15	0.0	50	Aut
Mount Somers	L	V	L	74	3	19	1.5	4	0.6	11.6	81	72	15	0.8	40	Aut
Pukaki Aero	M	E	M	86	12	204	3.4	22	5.8	17.0	56	126	8	0.0	60	Aut
Oamaru	L	E	L	81	4	138	2.6	8	2.2	15.0	68	10	15	0.0	50	Aut
Hakatere	L	E	H	85	7	31	3.9	9	3.9	15.0	59	90	12	0.0	85	Aut
Leeston	M	E	L	83	11	95	5.7	17	8.0	15.7	66	112	24	0.0	50	Aut
Otago									Wednesday, 22 November 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
McRaes	M	E	M	87	7	175	5.8	14	7.3	14.0	58	67	15	0.0	60	Aut
Northburn	M	E	M	87	21	454	3.5	37	8.2	19.0	44	0	3	0.0	65	Aut
Herbert	L	E	L	69	3	112	2.4	6	1.4	10.5	82	24	28	0.6	50	Aut
Nugget Point	L	E	L	82	4	116	3.9	8	3.6	16.0	70	50	19	0.0	50	Aut
Bendigo	L	V	M	82	9	384	1.9	17	2.7	19.5	58	72	5	0.0	65	Aut
Glendhu	L	E	M	83	7	22	2.6	8	2.2	21.0	56	53	9	1.0	65	Aut
Clyde	M	E	M	87	17	555	3.9	31	8.2	18.5	51	129	7	0.0	60	Aut
Lauder	M	E	M	88	10	305	4.4	18	6.7	16.8	45	5	7	0.0	55	Aut
Dansey Pass	M	E	M	86	9	166	4.4	15	6.1	16.5	56	188	11	0.0	60	Aut
Tapanui	M	E	L	87	9	120	4.6	16	6.4	17.2	43	132	9	0.0	50	Aut
Glenledi	M	E	L	84	6	176	8.4	12	9.4	14.3	65	74	31	0.0	50	Aut
Rock and Pillar	M	E	M	88	10	191	3.9	18	5.9	17.4	47	33	5	0.0	60	Aut
Dunedin Aero	M	E	L	86	14	296	5.8	25	10.2	16.0	63	100	17	0.0	50	Aut
Traquair	M	E	M	86	11	140	4.7	18	7.1	14.7	55	139	13	0.0	60	Aut
Mount Benger	L	V	M	78	3	36	2.0	5	0.9	10.5	65	46	15	0.0	65	Aut
Wanaka	M	E	M	87	10	136	5.6	17	8.2	16.0	42	260	13	0.0	60	Aut
Queenstown Aero	M	E	L	88	9	78	6.3	14	8.0	16.0	43	270	15	0.0	50	Aut
Southland									Wednesday, 22 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	86	7	28	3.5	9	3.4	16.0	51	180	7	0.0	50	Aut
Invercargill Aero	L	V	L	81	3	22	1.7	5	0.7	16.0	52	350	6	0.0	50	Aut
Barn Hill	M	E	H	87	8	46	12.6	11	12.6	16.7	45	338	29	0.0	65	Aut
Blackmount	M	E	H	87	6	24	16.0	8	13.2	15.8	48	7	36	0.0	60	Aut
Wreys Bush	L	E	L	87	10	114	3.4	17	4.9	17.6	50	157	5	0.0	50	Aut
Tuatapere	L	E	L	85	5	22	4.6	6	3.9	16.7	49	89	15	0.0	50	Aut
Slopedown	L	E	L	82	4	26	2.3	6	1.2	16.0	49	177	9	0.0	50	Aut
Gore	L	E	L	84	5	68	3.8	8	3.7	15.0	55	40	15	0.0	50	Aut
Garston	L	E	L	88	8	89	4.1	13	5.1	17.2	39	226	5	0.0	50	Aut
Secretary Island	L	E	L	67	2	20	2.3	3	0.9	12.0	68	30	28	1.8	40	Aut
South West Cape	L	E	M	83	5	30	6.3	7	5.6	13.0	65	300	28	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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