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Friday, 24 November 2006

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North Island Data
Northland									Friday, 24 November 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Pouto	M	E	L	83	11	100	4.4	18	6.6	19.3	78	294	21	0.0	50	Aut
Aupouri Peninsula	V	E	H	85	62	489	8.1	94	26.6	19.2	75	265	28	0.2	75	Aut
Waitangi Forest	M	E	L	87	13	129	11.0	21	15.6	22.0	55	252	28	0.0	50	Aut
Opouteke	L	E	L	85	10	54	4.1	13	5.2	22.2	66	325	12	0.0	50	Aut
Hokianga	M	E	L	86	15	122	10.9	23	15.9	21.4	62	299	29	0.0	50	Aut
Dargaville	M	E	L	85	14	144	6.3	23	10.5	20.7	69	358	22	0.0	50	Aut
Kaikohe	M	E	L	86	11	132	7.7	18	11.0	20.0	69	260	24	0.0	50	Aut
Whangarei Aero	M	E	L	88	26	182	7.2	38	15.1	24.0	52	260	17	0.0	50	Aut
Auckland									Friday, 24 November 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Woodhill	L	E	L	79	6	51	3.1	9	2.9	17.9	88	289	22	0.0	50	Aut
Clevedon Coast	M	E	L	86	11	88	7.8	17	10.6	21.2	60	299	24	0.0	50	Aut
Great Barrier Island	M	E	L	87	16	203	7.1	27	12.5	23.0	52	245	17	0.0	50	Aut
Hunua East	L	E	L	87	11	36	4.8	13	5.8	22.4	55	316	11	0.0	50	Aut
Cornwallis Depot	L	E	L	84	9	87	4.1	14	5.4	20.0	77	285	16	0.0	50	Aut
Waikato									Friday, 24 November 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Whangamata	M	E	L	86	10	89	4.5	16	6.3	22.9	59	199	13	0.0	50	Aut
Waihi Gold	M	E	L	86	13	71	16.0	18	18.9	20.2	59	274	38	0.0	50	Aut
Hamilton Aero	M	E	L	84	8	104	6.8	14	8.5	19.0	67	290	26	0.0	40	Aut
Bodley Road	L	E	M	83	6	33	3.6	9	3.5	19.3	70	286	16	0.0	70	Aut
Athol	M	E	H	85	7	32	8.4	9	8.4	19.1	63	270	28	0.0	70	Aut
Ngapaenga	L	V	M	75	3	31	1.7	4	0.7	19.3	70	286	16	0.0	70	Sub
Waikawau Bay	L	E	L	86	10	44	4.5	13	5.6	22.9	59	199	13	0.0	50	Sub
Whitianga Aero										21.0	57			0.0	50	Aut
Port Taharoa	L	E	H	81	6	35	6.6	9	6.5	17.0	86	320	32	0.0	65	Aut
Paeroa	M	E	L	85	10	67	8.8	14	10.7	20.0	63	310	28	0.0	50	Aut
Central North Island									Friday, 24 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	85	8	81	15.4	13	16.2	19.0	61	280	39	0.0	40	Aut
Taupo Aero	M	E	L	85	6	37	12.9	9	11.7	19.0	56	300	35	0.0	50	Aut
Tauranga Aero	M	E	H	87	14	126	13.0	22	18.0	22.0	56	280	32	0.0	60	Aut
Matea	L	E	L	83	5	30	8.8	7	7.9	17.2	66	245	33	0.0	40	Aut
Rotoehu	M	E	L	87	16	97	7.7	22	12.2	21.6	55	277	21	0.0	40	Aut
Goudies	M	E	L	84	6	56	35.2	10	25.9	17.6	64	321	58	0.0	40	Aut
Galatea	M	E	L	87	13	96	7.9	19	11.5	22.6	53	299	20	0.0	40	Aut
Kawerau	M	E	H	88	20	127	8.7	28	15.0	22.8	50	198	20	0.0	60	Aut
Rotoaira	L	V	L	82	8	32	1.6	10	1.0	19.1	63	335	3	0.0	40	Sub
Tahorakuri	M	E	M	85	11	170	4.8	19	7.4	19.3	59	322	16	0.0	60	Aut
Te Puke	M	E	M	87	17	122	3.1	25	5.9	21.3	53	290	3	0.0	60	Aut
Waihau Bay	L	E	M	82	8	130	3.6	14	4.5	18.3	76	310	17	0.0	60	Aut
Opotiki	L	E	L	84	10	47	3.9	13	4.9	19.3	74	340	16	0.0	40	Aut
Whakatane Aero	H	E	H	87	17	120	14.2	25	20.4	21.0	62	330	32	0.0	60	Aut
Mission Bay	L	V	L	83	8	33	1.8	10	1.3	19.1	63	335	3	0.0	40	Aut
Eastern North Island									Friday, 24 November 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Tuai	H	E	L	88	14	103	20.8	20	24.3	20.0	48	321	38	0.0	40	Aut
Hicks Bay	M	E	L	84	9	96	23.3	15	22.7	18.0	75	300	50	0.0	50	Aut
Ruatoria	M	E	L	89	10	33	41.9	11	30.6	20.3	40	277	49	0.0	40	Aut
Crownthorpe	E	E	E	91	46	218	37.7	60	58.0	24.7	32	290	39	0.0	70	Aut
Waipukurau	H	E	H	90	28	138	10.8	37	20.2	24.9	42	274	20	0.0	65	Aut
Gwavas	M	E	M	88	34	148	4.2	44	10.7	22.8	48	111	6	0.0	60	Aut
Te Haroto	M	E	L	86	11	105	23.7	17	24.7	17.2	57	334	46	0.0	40	Aut
Cricklewood	E	E	E	89	36	229	24.0	52	40.9	19.2	49	323	37	0.0	70	Aut
Porapora	M	E	L	93	23	78	11.0	26	17.3	29.1	25	308	10	0.0	40	Aut
Bridge Pa	E	E	E	92	51	305	23.4	72	46.9	26.6	30	307	28	0.0	75	Aut
Waihau	H	E	H	89	30	217	10.1	45	21.2	22.3	44	307	21	0.0	65	Aut
Te Pohue	M	E	M	86	17	133	7.0	25	11.9	19.2	55	340	21	0.0	55	Aut
Ongaonga	V	E	E	87	23	162	37.1	34	44.6	23.7	53	291	50	0.0	70	Aut
Gisborne Aero	E	E	E	92	56	249	21.9	72	44.8	27.0	33	310	28	0.0	75	Aut
Mahia	V	E	V	88	29	178	15.5	41	27.5	22.0	42	270	30	0.0	70	Aut
Napier Aero	E	E	E	92	48	210	46.8	61	66.7	24.0	39	330	43	0.0	75	Aut
Taranaki									Friday, 24 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	60	3	36	2.6	5	1.5	16.0	96	330	37	1.4	35	Aut
Eltham	L	E	L	74	3	36	4.4	5	3.2	13.9	100	270	36	0.0	35	Aut
Waverly	L	L	L	30	3	25	0.0	4	0.0	13.9	98	286	31	6.8	45	Aut
Okato	L	L	L	37	1	28	0.0	2	0.0	13.9	95	249	18	3.8	50	Aut
Marco	L	L	L	44	3	26	0.1	5	0.1	15.4	90	280	14	5.0	35	Aut
Hawera	L	L	L	47	3	34	0.6	5	0.2	14.0	100	280	32	2.6	35	Aut
Wanganui-Manawatu									Friday, 24 November 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Alfredton	L	L	L	45	3	22	0.2	5	0.1	15.1	83	308	21	9.2	45	Aut
Three Kings	M	E	L	82	4	60	22.6	6	16.2	10.0	83	314	56	0.0	40	Aut
Webb	L	E	M	78	4	25	10.8	5	8.3	8.6	93	0	48	0.0	55	Aut
Westlawn	M	E	L	83	7	64	63.5	11	40.4	11.7	75	326	72	0.0	45	Aut
Desert Road Summit	M	E	H	85	7	34	26.7	10	21.2	14.4	70	351	50	0.0	55	Aut
Waitarere Forest	L	L	L	55	4	30	1.3	6	0.6	15.2	86	300	31	4.4	45	Aut
Ngamatea	H	E	L	86	15	113	20.0	23	24.8	16.0	54	324	42	0.2	45	Aut
Lismore	L	L	L	55	5	60	0.6	8	0.3	15.8	92	262	16	2.8	45	Aut
Waione	L	V	L	73	11	70	2.0	16	2.6	19.3	74	260	21	2.2	35	Aut
Waimarino Forest	L	L	L	47	1	17	0.5	2	0.1	10.9	96	328	29	0.4	45	Sub
National Park	L	L	L	47	1	17	0.5	2	0.1	10.9	96	328	29	0.4	40	Aut
Raumai	L	L	L	43	3	32	0.4	5	0.1	14.7	95	328	36	4.4	45	Aut
Spriggins Park	L	L	L	26	3	27	0.0	5	0.0	14.7	96	295	28	12.6	45	Aut
Waiouru Aero	M	E	M	85	8	60	10.1	12	11.0	17.0	61	310	32	0.0	55	Aut
Wanganui Aero	L	L	L	35	3	23	0.1	5	0.0	15.0	94	280	43	10.0	45	Aut
Palmerston North Aero	L	L	L	22	2	14	0.0	3	0.0	15.0	98	290	32	12.2	35	Aut
Levin	L	L	L	29	2	23	0.0	3	0.0	15.0	95	290	30	9.2	45	Aut
Wairarapa									Friday, 24 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	83	6	78	16.2	11	15.3	18.0	67	310	46	0.0	45	Aut
Ngawihi	M	E	L	87	10	84	22.0	15	22.4	19.0	55	0	41	0.0	45	Aut
East Taratahi	H	E	L	82	14	111	22.7	22	26.5	19.0	56	300	54	1.8	45	Aut
Stony Creek	M	E	L	87	10	61	8.8	14	10.6	18.9	53	304	23	0.0	45	Aut
Haurangi	L	E	L	83	6	31	6.2	8	6.0	16.7	69	305	26	0.0	45	Aut
Ngaumu	H	E	L	87	15	109	24.3	22	28.2	19.6	59	299	44	0.0	45	Aut
Holdsworth Station	L	E	L	70	9	39	5.2	11	5.9	17.1	56	304	42	7.6	45	Aut
Wellington									Friday, 24 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	85	8	34	6.3	10	6.7	19.5	65	26	23	0.0	50	Aut
Chatham Island	L	E	L	70	4	154	5.6	7	5.1	17.0	81	300	44	0.0	40	Aut
Titahi Bay	M	E	L	82	5	38	10.8	8	9.7	16.9	77	318	41	0.2	45	Aut
Wellington Aero	M	E	L	85	8	33	10.6	10	10.4	19.0	60	330	32	0.0	45	Aut
Lower Hutt	L	E	L	84	11	34	4.9	12	5.9	19.0	51	330	19	1.0	45	Aut
Paraparaumu	L	E	L	69	4	33	3.0	6	2.2	17.0	69	300	32	3.6	45	Aut

South Island Data
Nelson-Marlborough									Friday, 24 November 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Opua Bay	M	E	L	84	10	30	9.7	11	10.2	20.1	59	319	34	1.0	40	Aut
Keneperu Head	L	E	L	70	8	30	2.4	10	2.2	18.4	59	279	27	4.8	40	Aut
Totaranui	L	E	L	78	10	40	2.1	13	2.3	19.2	61	323	16	1.8	40	Aut
Awatere Valley	V	E	L	86	20	260	24.8	34	34.5	21.6	33	293	46	2.4	40	Aut
Hira	L	E	L	75	7	29	3.1	9	3.0	19.0	52	260	28	3.8	50	Sub
Dovedale	L	E	L	61	7	53	2.2	11	2.2	15.5	63	46	32	10.2	40	Sub
Molesworth	L	H	L	64	13	171	1.0	22	1.1	15.2	48	335	15	7.0	50	Aut
Murchison	L	V	L	68	10	5	1.3	9	0.8	13.1	1	286	16	19.6	40	Aut
Ngaruru	L	H	L	63	11	36	0.8	12	0.5	15.0	64	177	10	3.8	40	Aut
Western Boundary	L	L	L	50	6	25	0.2	7	0.1	13.4	67	233	8	8.0	40	Aut
Kaikoura	M	E	L	83	11	130	5.8	18	8.6	18.0	66	40	26	0.0	40	Aut
Nelson Aero	L	E	L	75	7	88	3.1	11	3.4	19.0	52	260	28	3.8	50	Aut
Woodbourne Aero	H	E	L	86	17	172	16.2	28	23.4	22.0	36	270	37	2.0	40	Aut
Big Pokororo	L	E	L	61	5	38	2.2	8	1.5	15.5	63	46	32	10.2	40	Aut
St Arnaud	L	L	L	46	5	19	0.2	6	0.1	11.0	75	272	14	9.0	40	Aut
West Coast									Friday, 24 November 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Westport	L	L	L	43	1	16	0.3	2	0.1	15.0	85	260	32	9.8	50	Aut
Reefton	L	L	L	35	4	22	0.0	6	0.0	13.0	81	244	3	10.0	50	Aut
Nelson Creek	L	L	L	38	3	16	0.0	4	0.0	11.2	85	289	14	9.0	50	Aut
Hokitika Aero	L	L	L	28	1	5	0.0	1	0.0	14.0	86	270	22	11.2	40	Aut
Canterbury									Friday, 24 November 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Le Bons Bay	M	E	L	88	8	58	28.5	12	24.5	20.0	42	290	44	0.0	40	Aut
Oamaru Aero	M	E	L	89	8	141	14.2	13	15.2	19.0	36	250	28	0.0	50	Aut
Tara Hills	H	E	H	90	19	206	22.7	31	30.9	16.0	36	280	33	0.4	60	Aut
Timaru Aero	H	E	L	91	13	218	29.9	23	32.8	22.0	30	300	35	0.0	50	Aut
Christchurch Aero	H	E	L	90	17	114	25.2	25	30.1	21.0	33	300	35	0.0	50	Aut
Hanmer	L	V	L	75	13	42	1.9	15	2.2	16.0	50	290	18	2.8	50	Aut
Cannington	H	E	L	91	12	355	23.8	23	27.8	19.8	31	298	32	0.0	50	Aut
Snowdon	M	E	L	80	8	31	8.8	9	8.8	13.7	58	335	40	1.4	40	Aut
Darfield	M	E	L	81	13	75	9.3	18	12.5	13.7	58	335	40	1.4	50	Sub
Bottle Lake	H	E	L	91	24	186	8.3	36	16.3	23.0	30	41	11	0.0	50	Aut
Ashley	M	E	L	89	15	142	7.6	24	12.3	18.9	36	258	14	0.0	50	Aut
Balmoral	H	E	L	88	19	143	15.4	28	22.7	18.4	44	300	30	0.0	50	Aut
Ashburton Plains	H	E	L	92	21	163	17.4	32	26.2	22.6	25	298	22	0.0	50	Aut
Waihaorunga	M	E	L	90	12	229	14.7	21	19.0	16.7	33	290	26	0.0	50	Aut
Burnham	H	E	L	91	16	80	17.0	22	21.6	21.4	29	293	25	0.0	50	Aut
Tekapo	M	E	V	89	14	49	25.4	16	25.2	13.8	35	296	40	0.6	60	Aut
Mount Cook	L	L	L	21	2	4	0.0	2	0.0	9.6	73	325	5	53.8	50	Aut
Motukarara	H	E	L	91	16	76	22.3	21	25.9	20.5	31	295	31	0.0	50	Aut
Mount Somers	M	E	L	89	8	31	30.0	10	23.2	17.2	37	296	42	0.0	40	Aut
Pukaki Aero	H	E	H	90	18	217	15.7	30	23.7	17.4	39	298	27	0.2	60	Aut
Oamaru	M	E	L	89	10	151	8.1	18	11.1	19.0	34	280	15	0.0	50	Aut
Hakatere	M	E	V	84	11	42	13.0	13	14.2	16.0	39	302	39	1.6	85	Aut
Leeston	H	E	L	91	17	108	21.3	24	26.6	21.9	32	299	30	0.0	50	Aut
Otago									Friday, 24 November 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
McRaes	H	E	V	88	12	186	25.2	20	27.8	13.3	48	278	40	0.0	60	Aut
Northburn	M	E	M	90	26	466	5.4	46	13.4	16.3	43	239	5	0.0	65	Aut
Herbert	M	E	L	86	7	124	10.6	13	11.9	12.9	48	289	29	0.0	50	Aut
Nugget Point	M	E	L	85	8	127	20.8	14	20.5	12.0	70	240	46	0.2	50	Aut
Bendigo	M	E	M	86	13	397	3.0	24	5.5	16.9	61	230	6	0.0	65	Aut
Glendhu	L	E	M	68	9	34	3.1	11	3.5	13.8	87	268	34	2.2	65	Aut
Clyde	H	E	H	90	22	567	9.2	40	18.8	16.6	43	295	16	0.0	60	Aut
Lauder	H	E	H	89	15	316	13.8	26	20.3	15.0	46	304	27	0.0	55	Aut
Dansey Pass	H	E	H	90	14	178	19.3	24	24.6	14.9	44	265	31	0.0	60	Aut
Tapanui	M	E	L	82	13	132	10.2	21	14.5	13.7	61	239	38	1.0	50	Aut
Glenledi	H	E	L	86	11	188	44.1	19	39.1	13.1	62	275	57	0.0	50	Aut
Rock and Pillar	H	E	H	90	16	203	16.5	26	23.1	15.3	42	232	28	0.0	60	Aut
Dunedin Aero	H	E	L	87	19	308	20.8	33	30.1	15.0	57	230	39	0.2	50	Aut
Traquair	M	E	M	79	15	151	6.5	23	10.8	9.7	79	261	36	1.0	60	Aut
Mount Benger	M	E	H	82	6	45	16.2	9	14.1	5.4	81	250	49	0.6	65	Aut
Wanaka	M	E	M	84	15	147	6.2	24	10.4	15.0	50	310	24	1.0	60	Aut
Queenstown Aero	M	E	L	88	13	89	8.0	19	11.3	14.0	52	170	19	0.0	50	Aut
Southland									Friday, 24 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	53	5	23	0.8	6	0.4	13.0	70	270	26	10.4	50	Aut
Invercargill Aero	L	L	L	59	2	27	6.6	4	4.5	12.0	85	270	57	4.0	50	Aut
Barn Hill	L	E	M	71	8	53	3.0	11	3.3	12.9	56	298	30	3.4	65	Aut
Blackmount	L	V	M	66	6	29	1.5	8	0.8	13.2	54	308	20	4.6	60	Aut
Wreys Bush	M	E	L	73	12	125	3.4	20	5.4	11.6	77	212	31	1.8	50	Aut
Tuatapere	L	H	L	61	6	30	1.0	8	0.5	11.3	76	248	17	3.4	50	Aut
Slopedown	L	L	L	51	4	31	0.4	6	0.2	10.1	79	356	17	5.2	50	Aut
Gore	M	E	L	84	8	79	14.2	13	15.1	11.0	76	230	41	0.4	50	Aut
Garston	M	E	L	79	11	101	4.1	17	6.0	14.3	47	260	27	2.0	50	Aut
Secretary Island	L	L	L	10	0	4	0.0	0	0.0	10.0	92	20	4	19.8	40	Aut
South West Cape	L	L	L	33	2	25	0.1	4	0.1	10.0	94	260	59	9.6	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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