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Thursday, 23 November 2006

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North Island Data
Northland									Thursday, 23 November 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Pouto	L	E	L	83	10	94	3.1	16	4.5	19.0	75	253	15	0.0	50	Aut
Aupouri Peninsula	H	E	H	86	61	483	5.2	93	19.3	19.6	58	260	17	0.0	75	Aut
Waitangi Forest	M	E	L	86	11	123	4.0	18	6.2	22.2	56	136	9	0.0	50	Aut
Opouteke	L	E	L	85	8	48	4.1	11	4.7	22.3	56	253	12	0.2	50	Aut
Hokianga	M	E	L	86	13	116	4.1	20	6.6	22.8	58	222	10	0.2	50	Aut
Dargaville	M	E	L	85	13	138	4.7	21	7.8	20.9	65	347	17	0.0	50	Aut
Kaikohe	M	E	L	86	10	126	5.5	16	7.8	21.0	57	260	17	0.0	50	Aut
Whangarei Aero	M	E	L	87	23	175	5.5	35	11.8	23.0	51	220	13	0.0	50	Aut
Auckland									Thursday, 23 November 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Woodhill	L	V	L	79	5	45	2.1	8	1.4	18.0	85	249	14	0.0	50	Aut
Clevedon Coast	M	E	L	86	9	82	4.6	14	6.1	20.5	60	225	14	0.0	50	Aut
Great Barrier Island	M	E	L	87	14	196	5.3	24	9.1	19.9	64	238	14	0.0	50	Aut
Hunua East	L	E	L	87	9	29	4.7	10	5.1	22.2	54	251	12	0.0	50	Aut
Cornwallis Depot	L	E	L	85	8	81	3.9	13	4.7	23.4	63	246	13	0.0	50	Aut
Waikato									Thursday, 23 November 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Whangamata	M	E	L	83	8	82	8.6	13	10.2	18.2	71	226	33	0.0	50	Aut
Waihi Gold	M	E	L	85	11	65	8.7	16	11.1	18.8	62	229	28	0.0	50	Aut
Hamilton Aero	L	E	L	83	7	98	4.1	12	4.9	20.0	71	250	19	0.0	40	Aut
Bodley Road	L	V	M	81	5	27	1.9	7	0.9	19.7	70	286	8	0.0	70	Aut
Athol	L	E	M	84	6	26	4.3	7	3.9	18.0	64	229	18	0.0	70	Aut
Ngapaenga	L	V	M	77	3	26	1.3	5	0.5	19.7	70	286	8	0.0	70	Sub
Waikawau Bay	M	E	L	83	8	37	8.8	11	9.3	18.2	71	226	33	0.0	50	Sub
Whitianga Aero										21.0	53			0.0	50	Aut
Port Taharoa	L	E	M	83	6	29	4.4	8	4.1	20.0	73	270	20	0.0	65	Aut
Paeroa	L	E	L	85	8	61	4.4	12	5.3	20.0	62	260	15	0.0	50	Aut
Central North Island									Thursday, 23 November 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Rotorua Aero	M	E	L	84	7	75	7.9	11	8.6	19.0	63	270	28	0.0	40	Aut
Taupo Aero	L	E	L	81	4	31	4.3	6	3.5	17.0	74	260	24	0.0	50	Aut
Tauranga Aero	M	E	H	85	12	119	9.9	19	13.7	21.0	62	250	30	0.0	60	Aut
Matea	L	E	L	83	5	25	9.0	6	7.5	17.9	64	288	34	0.0	40	Sub
Rotoehu	M	E	L	86	14	91	9.8	20	13.7	20.9	57	236	27	0.0	40	Aut
Goudies	L	E	L	83	5	51	9.2	8	8.4	17.9	64	288	34	0.0	40	Aut
Galatea	M	E	L	87	11	90	7.5	16	10.1	22.8	54	255	21	0.0	40	Aut
Kawerau	M	E	H	88	17	121	10.3	25	16.1	23.3	50	149	24	0.0	60	Aut
Rotoaira	L	H	L	79	6	26	1.2	8	0.6	17.2	65	255	2	0.8	40	Sub
Tahorakuri	L	E	M	83	9	164	2.6	16	3.6	19.3	63	261	9	0.0	60	Aut
Te Puke	M	E	M	86	14	116	2.7	22	4.7	21.7	55	261	3	0.0	60	Aut
Waihau Bay	L	E	M	82	7	125	4.4	12	5.2	18.5	76	274	21	0.0	60	Aut
Opotiki	L	E	L	84	9	41	4.1	12	4.8	20.2	70	357	17	0.0	40	Aut
Whakatane Aero	M	E	M	87	15	114	7.9	23	12.5	23.0	52	270	20	0.0	60	Aut
Mission Bay	L	H	L	79	7	27	1.1	8	0.6	17.2	65	255	2	0.8	40	Aut
Eastern North Island									Thursday, 23 November 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Tuai	M	E	L	88	11	97	15.2	17	18.0	21.4	47	319	32	0.0	40	Aut
Hicks Bay	M	E	L	84	8	90	7.8	13	9.3	21.0	67	280	28	0.0	50	Aut
Ruatoria	L	E	L	85	7	27	5.5	8	5.4	21.0	62	128	19	0.0	40	Aut
Crownthorpe	V	E	V	90	42	211	13.9	56	29.6	22.5	36	274	23	0.0	70	Aut
Waipukurau	M	E	H	88	25	131	8.7	33	16.3	20.8	44	261	19	0.0	65	Aut
Gwavas	M	E	M	87	32	142	4.2	41	10.3	21.6	51	257	8	0.0	60	Aut
Te Haroto	M	E	L	85	9	99	5.5	15	7.3	21.3	54	4	19	0.8	40	Aut
Cricklewood	H	E	H	90	34	224	10.2	49	22.4	24.9	39	307	18	0.0	70	Aut
Porapora	M	E	L	88	18	71	4.5	22	7.5	25.2	49	347	7	0.0	40	Aut
Bridge Pa	H	E	H	90	47	298	8.3	68	22.7	26.5	38	191	12	0.0	75	Aut
Waihau	M	E	M	87	28	211	6.2	42	14.1	19.8	53	248	17	0.0	65	Aut
Te Pohue	M	E	M	85	15	128	4.4	23	7.7	20.6	51	234	14	0.0	55	Aut
Ongaonga	M	E	M	87	20	155	4.0	31	8.3	21.4	55	264	9	0.0	70	Aut
Gisborne Aero	V	E	H	90	52	242	10.5	67	26.8	26.0	42	320	19	0.0	75	Aut
Mahia	M	E	M	83	26	172	3.6	38	8.7	20.0	65	30	15	0.4	70	Aut
Napier Aero	E	E	V	92	45	203	18.1	58	35.7	26.0	31	260	24	0.0	75	Aut
Taranaki									Thursday, 23 November 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	70	3	31	1.3	5	0.5	17.0	90	330	15	0.6	35	Aut
Eltham	L	E	L	77	3	31	2.9	5	1.7	20.8	56	263	24	0.0	35	Aut
Waverly	M	E	L	85	5	29	12.3	7	10.6	20.8	59	300	35	0.0	45	Aut
Okato	L	H	L	63	2	27	1.0	4	0.4	16.9	85	184	13	0.8	50	Aut
Marco	L	V	L	79	5	27	1.9	7	1.0	18.1	67	295	12	0.2	35	Aut
Hawera	L	E	L	84	5	29	8.0	7	7.0	20.0	66	320	30	0.0	35	Aut
Wanganui-Manawatu									Thursday, 23 November 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Alfredton	L	E	L	83	6	31	3.5	8	3.3	18.0	70	313	16	0.0	45	Aut
Three Kings	M	E	L	84	3	56	29.3	6	18.9	14.0	53	247	54	0.4	40	Aut
Webb	L	E	M	83	4	21	8.6	5	6.6	13.8	55	0	34	0.2	55	Aut
Westlawn	M	E	L	85	7	60	10.0	10	10.2	15.8	52	234	31	0.2	45	Aut
Desert Road Summit	M	E	H	88	6	29	14.8	8	12.8	17.3	41	244	32	0.0	55	Aut
Waitarere Forest	L	E	L	83	6	30	3.1	8	2.8	16.8	82	307	14	0.0	45	Aut
Ngamatea	H	E	L	86	14	108	24.2	21	27.1	16.2	55	254	47	0.2	45	Aut
Lismore	L	E	L	84	7	55	2.6	10	2.6	22.8	68	346	8	0.0	45	Aut
Waione	M	E	L	86	12	64	5.5	16	7.7	20.8	53	260	16	0.0	35	Aut
Waimarino Forest	L	L	L	41	1	12	0.1	1	0.0	14.5	76	266	12	6.0	45	Sub
National Park	L	L	L	41	1	12	0.1	1	0.0	14.5	76	266	12	6.0	40	Aut
Raumai	L	E	L	79	5	32	3.3	7	2.8	18.6	77	327	22	0.2	45	Aut
Spriggins Park	L	E	L	84	8	41	3.6	10	3.9	20.3	68	283	13	0.0	45	Aut
Waiouru Aero	L	E	M	83	6	54	4.0	10	4.3	16.0	58	260	17	0.2	55	Aut
Wanganui Aero	M	E	L	84	7	33	8.8	9	8.6	20.0	74	260	32	0.0	45	Aut
Palmerston North Aero	L	E	L	82	5	27	7.8	7	7.0	19.0	71	290	33	0.0	35	Aut
Levin	L	V	L	72	4	31	1.8	6	0.9	16.0	92	300	20	0.2	45	Aut
Wairarapa									Thursday, 23 November 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Castle Point	M	E	L	77	5	72	65.3	9	37.6	19.0	63	310	85	4.2	45	Aut
Ngawihi	M	E	L	87	8	78	24.2	13	22.2	21.0	46	10	43	0.0	45	Aut
East Taratahi	M	E	L	88	14	105	12.5	21	17.0	22.0	49	290	28	0.0	45	Aut
Stony Creek	L	E	L	87	8	55	5.3	11	6.1	21.9	48	343	13	0.0	45	Aut
Haurangi	L	E	L	83	5	26	7.4	7	6.4	17.3	71	304	32	0.0	45	Aut
Ngaumu	M	E	L	86	13	103	7.0	20	10.5	22.1	52	289	20	0.0	45	Aut
Holdsworth Station	M	E	L	89	13	44	7.6	15	9.8	23.0	39	336	14	0.0	45	Aut
Wellington									Thursday, 23 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	84	6	28	4.8	8	4.6	16.6	77	6	20	0.0	50	Aut
Chatham Island	L	L	L	48	3	149	0.3	6	0.1	15.0	84	300	15	5.8	40	Aut
Titahi Bay	L	E	L	81	5	32	7.2	7	6.3	16.4	82	346	35	0.0	45	Aut
Wellington Aero	M	E	L	83	6	27	12.3	8	10.6	17.0	81	10	41	0.0	45	Aut
Lower Hutt	L	E	L	85	9	28	4.7	10	5.1	17.0	70	0	15	0.0	45	Aut
Paraparaumu	L	E	L	81	5	32	3.8	7	3.3	16.0	87	20	22	0.0	45	Aut

South Island Data
Nelson-Marlborough									Thursday, 23 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	84	8	24	2.7	9	2.4	19.5	66	295	8	0.0	40	Aut
Keneperu Head	L	E	L	87	11	30	4.3	11	5.0	20.2	50	78	9	0.0	40	Aut
Totaranui	M	E	L	85	10	34	6.1	12	7.1	21.4	62	337	20	0.0	40	Aut
Awatere Valley	M	E	L	87	21	254	7.5	34	14.8	21.2	52	352	21	0.0	40	Aut
Hira	L	E	L	85	8	28	3.9	9	4.0	18.3	61	83	11	0.0	50	Aut
Dovedale	L	E	L	85	11	64	3.1	15	4.2	19.8	62	36	7	0.0	40	Aut
Molesworth	M	E	L	91	21	179	7.9	32	14.9	20.2	40	8	9	0.0	50	Aut
Murchison	M	E	L	100	17	25	29.1	16	27.9	18.6	1	334	11	0.0	40	Aut
Ngaruru	M	E	L	89	14	35	5.7	14	7.4	22.0	45	168	10	0.0	40	Aut
Western Boundary	L	E	L	88	10	31	5.4	11	6.1	21.0	46	87	11	0.0	40	Aut
Kaikoura	L	V	L	78	10	124	2.0	16	2.7	16.0	75	20	15	0.0	40	Aut
Nelson Aero	M	E	L	84	8	87	8.0	13	9.4	19.0	78	30	30	0.0	50	Aut
Woodbourne Aero	H	E	L	88	16	166	17.6	26	24.2	24.0	47	320	33	0.0	40	Aut
Big Pokororo	L	E	L	85	8	48	3.1	11	3.5	18.4	67	45	9	0.0	40	Aut
St Arnaud	L	E	L	88	10	27	5.2	10	5.7	18.1	56	249	10	0.0	40	Aut
West Coast									Thursday, 23 November 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Westport	L	E	L	62	3	25	2.1	5	0.9	15.0	99	30	30	1.4	50	Aut
Reefton	L	E	L	82	8	32	3.5	10	3.7	15.8	84	7	17	0.0	50	Aut
Nelson Creek	L	V	L	81	5	25	1.8	7	0.9	14.4	89	20	8	0.0	50	Aut
Hokitika Aero	L	L	L	22	1	13	0.0	2	0.0	14.0	99	0	35	8.8	40	Aut
Canterbury									Thursday, 23 November 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Le Bons Bay	L	E	L	80	6	52	7.1	9	7.3	18.0	59	330	37	0.0	40	Aut
Oamaru Aero	L	V	L	81	5	135	1.8	9	1.1	22.0	71	60	6	0.6	50	Aut
Tara Hills	V	E	V	90	16	201	39.2	27	42.2	23.0	37	280	44	0.0	60	Aut
Timaru Aero	M	E	L	89	10	211	15.5	18	18.4	27.0	42	0	28	0.0	50	Aut
Christchurch Aero	M	E	L	85	14	108	2.8	21	4.7	20.0	60	40	6	0.0	50	Aut
Hanmer	M	E	L	89	15	37	5.1	15	6.8	23.1	42	232	6	0.0	50	Aut
Cannington	M	E	L	89	9	349	21.0	17	22.7	24.6	37	323	34	0.0	50	Aut
Snowdon	M	E	L	84	6	26	19.6	8	15.6	18.0	61	340	46	0.0	40	Aut
Darfield	M	E	L	87	11	70	14.0	16	16.4	21.0	51	318	32	0.0	50	Aut
Bottle Lake	M	E	L	86	20	179	2.9	32	6.4	21.0	57	13	5	0.0	50	Aut
Ashley	M	E	L	87	12	136	4.3	20	6.9	22.6	48	64	10	0.0	50	Aut
Balmoral	H	E	L	88	16	138	14.8	25	21.0	23.3	45	312	29	0.0	50	Aut
Ashburton Plains	M	E	L	89	17	157	8.0	27	13.7	25.2	41	353	16	0.0	50	Aut
Waihaorunga	M	E	L	88	9	224	8.9	16	11.6	24.7	42	319	21	0.0	50	Aut
Burnham	M	E	L	87	13	74	13.9	18	17.2	22.3	46	327	32	0.0	50	Aut
Tekapo	M	E	E	88	11	44	69.2	14	46.2	20.4	44	300	60	0.0	60	Aut
Mount Cook	L	L	L	24	5	5	0.0	5	0.0	13.5	90	41	5	28.6	50	Aut
Motukarara	M	E	L	88	13	69	11.1	18	14.4	22.6	43	345	24	0.0	50	Aut
Mount Somers	M	E	L	87	6	26	31.7	7	21.6	21.2	44	298	48	0.0	40	Aut
Pukaki Aero	H	E	H	89	16	211	13.4	26	20.0	24.4	40	296	24	0.0	60	Aut
Oamaru	L	E	L	85	7	146	2.8	13	3.4	27.0	49	20	6	1.0	50	Aut
Hakatere	M	E	E	87	9	37	16.9	12	16.3	20.4	49	327	35	0.0	85	Aut
Leeston	M	E	L	88	13	102	14.5	20	18.7	22.7	47	357	31	0.0	50	Aut
Otago									Thursday, 23 November 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
McRaes	H	E	V	89	10	182	44.6	18	38.5	22.0	43	323	50	0.0	60	Aut
Northburn	M	E	M	90	24	461	5.6	42	13.2	25.2	37	21	5	0.0	65	Aut
Herbert	M	E	L	87	6	119	34.6	10	26.2	22.0	43	323	50	0.0	50	Sub
Nugget Point	M	E	L	88	7	123	5.4	13	6.6	24.0	45	300	11	0.0	50	Aut
Bendigo	M	E	M	86	12	391	2.8	21	4.7	24.9	59	36	4	0.4	65	Aut
Glendhu	M	E	V	91	11	29	22.1	11	19.8	29.0	37	308	30	0.0	65	Aut
Clyde	H	E	H	90	20	562	10.5	37	19.7	25.1	39	263	18	0.0	60	Aut
Lauder	H	E	H	89	13	311	15.5	23	20.9	22.5	45	298	30	0.2	55	Aut
Dansey Pass	H	E	H	91	12	173	23.1	21	26.4	24.7	34	326	31	0.2	60	Aut
Tapanui	M	E	L	87	12	127	9.2	19	12.8	22.4	54	154	23	0.0	50	Aut
Glenledi	M	E	L	89	10	183	14.6	17	17.4	25.5	42	295	27	0.0	50	Aut
Rock and Pillar	H	E	V	90	14	198	26.7	23	30.5	24.9	38	300	36	0.0	60	Aut
Dunedin Aero	H	E	L	89	17	303	14.0	30	22.1	27.0	45	340	26	0.0	50	Aut
Traquair	H	E	V	90	14	147	51.7	23	46.5	23.8	38	317	50	0.0	60	Aut
Mount Benger	M	E	E	88	6	41	65.1	8	37.0	18.0	39	304	60	0.2	65	Aut
Wanaka	H	E	H	88	13	142	20.3	21	24.2	23.0	50	310	37	0.4	60	Aut
Queenstown Aero	M	E	L	88	11	84	5.9	17	8.3	21.0	49	220	13	0.0	50	Aut
Southland									Thursday, 23 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	82	9	34	4.1	11	4.5	20.0	49	290	20	1.6	50	Aut
Invercargill Aero	L	E	L	81	4	27	6.0	6	4.9	16.0	78	240	30	0.0	50	Aut
Barn Hill	M	E	E	87	10	52	46.0	13	34.7	18.9	54	329	55	0.0	65	Aut
Blackmount	M	E	V	87	9	29	50.0	10	33.1	19.3	48	357	57	0.6	60	Aut
Wreys Bush	H	E	L	89	13	120	18.7	20	22.5	22.5	44	273	33	0.2	50	Aut
Tuatapere	M	E	L	88	8	29	22.7	9	18.6	23.2	45	315	38	0.0	50	Aut
Slopedown	M	E	L	88	7	33	23.5	9	18.7	23.6	46	321	40	0.6	50	Aut
Gore	M	E	L	88	8	75	40.9	12	31.1	22.0	45	280	50	0.2	50	Aut
Garston	M	E	L	89	11	96	13.8	17	16.5	22.1	44	333	27	0.0	50	Aut
South West Cape	M	E	H	76	5	35	41.4	8	26.6	12.0	83	320	78	1.2	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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