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FIRE WEATHER

Sunday, 3 December 2006

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North Island Data
Northland									Sunday, 3 December 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Pouto	L	E	L	80	6	112	3.7	11	4.1	18.9	68	208	23	0.0	50	Aut
Aupouri Peninsula	H	E	H	83	55	529	4.8	88	17.6	16.9	69	216	22	0.2	75	Aut
Waitangi Forest	M	E	L	88	12	139	12.3	20	16.3	20.4	42	208	28	0.0	50	Aut
Opouteke	L	H	L	71	6	49	1.2	9	0.7	18.5	66	243	13	0.0	50	Aut
Hokianga	M	E	L	84	9	129	6.1	15	8.3	19.2	60	243	25	0.0	50	Aut
Dargaville	L	E	L	81	9	141	3.3	15	4.4	18.9	66		18	0.0	50	Aut
Kaikohe	L	E	L	80	8	149	3.0	14	3.8	18.0	61	240	19	0.0	50	Aut
Whangarei Aero	M	E	L	82	15	197	5.5	24	9.6	20.0	56	240	26	0.0	50	Aut
Auckland									Sunday, 3 December 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Woodhill	L	E	L	77	5	60	2.6	8	2.1	20.2	78	210	21	0.0	50	Aut
Clevedon Coast	M	E	L	83	10	115	4.2	16	6.1	18.3	61	227	18	0.0	50	Aut
Great Barrier Island	M	E	L	86	16	229	7.9	28	13.7	20.4	54	222	25	0.0	50	Aut
Hunua East	L	E	L	84	10	55	3.0	14	3.8	20.3	55	215	10	0.0	50	Aut
Cornwallis Depot	L	E	L	82	9	86	3.4	14	4.5	20.2	66	240	18	0.0	50	Aut
Waikato									Sunday, 3 December 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Whangamata	M	E	L	82	8	109	5.5	14	7.0	19.6	63	229	26	0.0	50	Aut
Waihi Gold	L	E	L	81	9	92	3.4	14	4.4	19.4	56	241	19	0.0	50	Aut
Athol	L	E	M	85	7	33	4.4	9	4.6	20.9	50	272	15	0.0	70	Aut
Hamilton Aero	M	E	L	83	14	147	5.1	23	8.8	18.0	70	270	22	0.0	40	Aut
Bodley Road	L	V	M	78	5	19	1.6	6	0.7	20.1	61	234	9	0.0	70	Aut
Ngapaenga	L	V	M	76	4	18	2.0	5	0.8	15.9	72	0	17	0.0	70	Aut
Waikawau Bay	L	E	L	80	7	25	4.2	8	4.1	19.6	63	229	26	0.0	50	Sub
Whitianga Aero										19.0	49			0.0	50	Aut
Port Taharoa	L	E	M	83	6	24	4.8	7	4.4	17.0	67	220	22	0.0	65	Aut
Paeroa	M	E	L	84	12	106	4.2	18	6.4	20.0	58	210	17	0.0	50	Aut
Central North Island									Sunday, 3 December 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Whakatane Aero	M	E	M	84	12	132	5.4	20	8.5	20.0	46	340	22	0.0	60	Aut
Rotorua Aero	M	E	L	87	10	115	6.8	16	9.1	21.0	50	240	19	0.0	40	Aut
Taupo Aero	L	V	L	81	7	53	1.8	10	1.4	19.0	53	170	6	0.0	50	Aut
Tauranga Aero	M	E	M	87	19	168	8.1	29	14.5	22.0	46	220	20	0.0	60	Aut
Matea	L	E	L	83	5	18	2.9	6	2.2	21.9	46	214	12	0.2	40	Aut
Kawerau	M	E	H	89	18	162	9.7	29	16.4	24.2	39	174	18	0.0	60	Aut
Rotoaira	L	V	L	84	7	19	1.9	7	1.0	19.5	49	353	2	0.0	40	Sub
Tahorakuri	L	E	M	85	9	155	3.2	16	4.5	21.7	47	249	9	0.0	60	Aut
Rotoehu	M	E	L	87	19	140	9.9	28	16.5	22.9	49	226	24	0.0	40	Aut
Goudies	L	E	L	82	5	68	6.9	9	6.8	19.4	56	316	32	0.0	40	Aut
Galatea	M	E	L	89	14	122	4.8	22	8.0	24.5	38	121	7	0.0	40	Aut
Te Puke	M	E	M	85	18	154	2.4	27	4.8	23.1	43	314	3	0.0	60	Aut
Waihau Bay	L	V	M	80	9	149	1.6	16	1.8	19.6	48	306	7	0.0	60	Aut
Opotiki	L	E	L	81	11	80	2.3	16	3.1	20.0	50	199	12	0.8	40	Aut
Mission Bay	L	V	L	82	10	56	1.6	14	1.7	19.5	49	353	2	0.0	40	Aut
Eastern North Island									Sunday, 3 December 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Tuai	L	V	L	77	7	88	1.3	12	0.9	18.9	32	169	9	0.0	40	Aut
Ruatoria	L	E	L	78	6	13	2.3	6	1.2	20.7	52	117	18	0.0	40	Aut
Crownthorpe	M	E	M	88	55	272	4.4	73	15.0	21.2	38	79	7	0.0	70	Aut
Waipukurau	M	E	M	84	32	191	2.5	46	7.0	20.8	55	183	7	0.0	65	Aut
Gwavas	L	H	M	78	25	190	1.2	37	2.8	21.2	52	143	5	0.0	60	Aut
Te Haroto	L	V	L	81	7	114	2.0	12	2.0	22.0	49	114	9	0.0	40	Aut
Cricklewood	M	V	M	80	26	233	1.7	41	4.3	19.7	37	84	8	0.0	70	Aut
Porapora	L	H	L	77	11	46	1.1	14	0.8	22.1	47	267	4	0.0	40	Aut
Bridge Pa	M	E	M	83	43	341	3.5	65	11.7	20.7	50	74	15	0.0	75	Aut
Waihau	M	E	M	81	23	258	2.3	37	5.7	20.5	58	131	11	0.2	65	Aut
Te Pohue	L	V	M	79	10	157	2.0	18	2.8	20.5	54	147	14	0.0	55	Aut
Mahia	M	E	M	74	23	216	2.2	36	5.2	16.0	65	190	22	1.6	70	Aut
Napier Aero	M	E	M	80	38	245	2.9	55	9.0	16.0	65	70	19	0.0	75	Aut
Hicks Bay	L	E	L	78	7	40	2.5	10	2.5	17.0	55	310	19	0.0	50	Aut
Ongaonga	L	H	M	77	21	194	1.0	33	2.0	21.5	61	63	3	0.0	70	Aut
Gisborne Aero	M	E	M	81	46	292	2.9	66	10.1	18.0	55	150	17	0.8	75	Aut
Taranaki									Sunday, 3 December 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Eltham	L	E	L	77	4	27	3.5	6	2.7	16.7	75	254	27	0.0	35	Aut
New Plymouth Aero	L	E	L	74	4	32	2.7	6	1.9	17.0	78	260	26	0.0	35	Aut
Waverly	L	E	L	79	4	19	4.4	5	3.4	16.8	75	288	29	0.0	45	Aut
Okato	L	E	L	85	7	24	4.4	8	4.2	16.4	70	206	16	0.0	50	Aut
Marco	L	E	L	82	5	17	2.3	6	1.3	21.1	49	212	10	0.0	35	Aut
Hawera	L	E	L	73	3	44	2.9	5	1.9	16.0	80	270	28	0.0	35	Aut
Wanganui-Manawatu									Sunday, 3 December 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Alfredton	L	V	L	73	4	13	1.7	4	0.7	17.5	66	335	17	0.0	45	Aut
Three Kings	L	E	L	78	3	44	4.6	4	3.2	15.9	48	241	31	0.0	40	Aut
Webb	L	E	M	78	3	10	4.4	3	2.6	15.3	42	0	31	0.0	55	Aut
Westlawn	L	E	L	80	3	59	2.9	5	2.0	17.2	44	191	19	0.2	45	Aut
Desert Road Summit	L	E	M	81	5	16	3.8	5	2.8	17.8	42	212	21	0.2	55	Aut
Spriggins Park	L	E	L	82	8	37	5.6	10	6.2	16.8	70	299	28	0.0	45	Aut
Waitarere Forest	L	E	L	83	8	29	3.1	10	3.1	16.6	67	288	14	0.0	45	Aut
Ngamatea	L	E	L	77	6	125	5.2	11	6.1	15.9	52	220	35	0.0	45	Aut
Lismore	L	H	L	76	6	64	1.2	9	0.7	21.8	64	225	9	0.0	45	Aut
Waione	L	V	L	77	7	65	1.3	11	0.8	21.0	54	279	8	0.0	35	Aut
Waimarino Forest	L	E	L	81	4	18	3.4	5	2.4	18.2	43	226	19	0.0	45	Sub
National Park	L	E	L	81	4	18	3.4	5	2.4	18.2	43	226	19	0.0	40	Aut
Waiouru Aero	L	H	L	75	4	25	1.1	6	0.5	18.0	55	210	7	0.0	55	Aut
Wanganui Aero	M	E	L	82	7	36	7.2	10	7.5	17.0	69	260	32	0.0	45	Aut
Palmerston North Aero	L	V	L	72	4	33	2.1	6	1.0	18.0	69	280	22	0.0	35	Aut
Levin	L	V	L	73	3	18	1.5	4	0.6	16.0	75	330	15	0.0	45	Aut
Raumai	L	E	L	81	6	41	4.8	9	4.9	16.1	74	336	25	0.0	45	Aut
Wairarapa									Sunday, 3 December 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
East Taratahi	L	V	L	79	5	87	1.7	9	1.0	21.0	55	90	11	0.0	45	Aut
Castle Point	M	E	L	82	11	103	3.9	18	5.9	14.0	73	50	19	0.0	45	Aut
Ngawihi	L	E	L	84	12	113	2.8	19	4.4	20.0	51	220	9	0.0	45	Aut
Stony Creek	L	V	L	79	6	75	1.8	10	1.4	20.7	56	59	11	0.2	45	Aut
Haurangi	L	V	L	72	4	37	1.4	6	0.6	23.5	57	315	14	0.0	45	Aut
Ngaumu	L	H	L	73	6	116	1.0	11	0.6	19.5	68	9	8	0.0	45	Aut
Holdsworth Station	L	H	L	73	4	13	1.0	5	0.4	21.8	53	101	6	0.0	45	Aut
Wellington									Sunday, 3 December 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	81	6	41	5.4	9	5.4	20.6	52	333	28	0.2	50	Aut
Wellington Aero	M	E	L	84	8	56	11.1	12	11.8	19.0	59	0	35	0.0	45	Aut
Lower Hutt	M	E	L	87	14	48	6.0	16	8.2	21.0	42	0	15	0.0	45	Aut
Paraparaumu	L	E	L	80	8	42	5.6	11	6.3	17.0	75	10	32	0.0	45	Aut
Chatham Island	L	L	L	26	0	101	0.0	1	0.0	16.0	94	90	26	5.0	40	Aut
Belmont	M	E	L	89	11	36	24.5	13	22.3	15.7	34	356	38	0.0	45	Aut
Titahi Bay	M	E	L	82	9	64	8.8	13	10.2	17.2	74	353	36	0.0	45	Aut

South Island Data
Nelson-Marlborough									Sunday, 3 December 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Opua Bay	L	E	L	80	7	27	2.3	9	1.9	19.9	65	264	14	0.0	40	Aut
Keneperu Head	L	V	L	83	7	19	2.1	7	1.3	21.5	47	156	4	0.0	40	Aut
Totaranui	M	E	L	87	13	50	4.3	16	6.0	20.5	42	112	8	0.0	40	Aut
Awatere Valley	M	E	L	86	15	281	6.4	26	11.2	20.4	53	24	20	0.0	40	Aut
Hira	L	H	L	66	4	38	0.7	6	0.3	18.1	64	343	6	0.0	50	Aut
Dovedale	L	E	L	82	7	65	2.8	11	3.1	18.7	62	43	15	0.0	40	Sub
Molesworth	M	E	L	88	17	192	6.8	27	12.2	22.2	41	198	15	0.0	50	Aut
Murchison	M	E	L	97	16	20	17.2	15	18.6	20.2	1	75	7	0.0	40	Aut
Ngaruru	L	V	L	74	4	32	1.7	6	0.8	19.9	54	132	16	0.0	40	Aut
Western Boundary	L	H	L	74	5	16	1.2	5	0.5	17.9	57	14	9	0.0	40	Aut
Kaikoura	L	H	L	68	8	157	0.9	14	0.7	16.0	75	60	9	0.0	40	Aut
Nelson Aero	L	E	L	81	10	120	3.0	16	4.2	19.0	66	10	17	0.0	50	Aut
Woodbourne Aero	M	E	L	86	20	200	3.5	32	7.5	22.0	52	80	6	0.0	40	Aut
Big Pokororo	L	E	L	81	6	34	2.8	8	2.5	18.7	62	43	15	0.0	40	Aut
St Arnaud	L	E	L	83	5	18	4.7	6	3.9	17.9	53	326	22	0.0	40	Aut
West Coast									Sunday, 3 December 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Westport	L	L	L	53	1	12	0.3	2	0.1	15.0	82	320	9	0.0	50	Aut
Reefton	L	H	L	76	5	18	1.0	6	0.4	14.9	60	1	3	0.0	50	Aut
Nelson Creek	L	H	L	79	5	18	1.0	6	0.5	14.9	63	153	1	0.0	50	Aut
Hokitika Aero	L	H	L	73	3	18	1.0	4	0.4	14.0	73	30	7	0.0	40	Aut
Canterbury									Sunday, 3 December 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	11	94	2.6	17	3.8	14.0	76	0	17	0.0	40	Aut
Oamaru Aero	L	V	L	79	8	124	1.4	14	1.1	15.0	82	70	7	0.0	50	Aut
Tara Hills	H	E	H	86	15	116	20.2	23	25.0	20.0	48	260	41	0.0	60	Aut
Timaru Aero	L	H	L	79	10	209	1.2	17	1.1	16.0	77	140	4	0.4	50	Aut
Christchurch Aero	M	E	L	81	20	154	2.6	30	5.5	16.0	71	50	15	0.0	50	Aut
Hanmer	L	H	L	77	7	23	1.2	8	0.6	21.0	51	248	6	0.0	50	Aut
Cannington	L	V	L	80	8	290	1.3	15	1.2	20.7	47	351	3	0.0	50	Aut
Snowdon	L	E	L	79	5	25	3.1	6	2.4	19.8	52	320	22	0.4	40	Aut
Darfield	L	E	L	78	7	90	2.1	12	2.3	17.8	70	28	17	0.0	50	Aut
Bottle Lake	L	V	L	78	23	232	1.5	37	3.5	16.9	72	14	9	0.0	50	Aut
Ashley	L	H	L	73	9	168	0.9	16	0.7	18.3	65	189	4	0.0	50	Aut
Balmoral	M	E	L	83	12	154	4.1	19	6.6	22.0	50	309	19	0.0	50	Aut
Ashburton Plains	L	V	L	83	12	149	2.0	20	3.0	22.0	51	165	3	0.0	50	Aut
Waihaorunga	L	E	L	80	10	207	3.2	18	4.7	15.8	73	157	20	0.0	50	Aut
Burnham	L	H	L	73	7	70	1.1	12	0.7	17.3	68	65	8	0.0	50	Aut
Tekapo	L	E	M	82	8	17	6.2	8	6.0	17.7	48	264	28	0.0	60	Aut
Mount Cook	L	L	L	51	2	17	0.2	3	0.1	14.5	79	325	5	2.6	50	Aut
Motukarara	L	E	L	80	10	96	2.2	16	3.0	17.8	68	116	13	0.0	50	Aut
Mount Somers	L	H	L	74	5	20	0.9	6	0.4	19.9	55	139	5	0.8	40	Aut
Pukaki Aero	M	E	M	82	15	164	3.3	24	5.9	20.8	50	282	16	0.0	60	Aut
Oamaru	L	V	L	79	7	101	1.6	12	1.3	16.0	71	150	9	0.4	50	Aut
Hakatere	L	E	M	84	10	46	3.4	13	4.2	19.7	50	134	13	0.0	85	Aut
Leeston	L	V	L	80	10	113	2.0	16	2.5	18.5	66	12	10	0.0	50	Aut
Otago									Sunday, 3 December 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
McRaes	L	H	M	68	4	163	1.2	7	0.6	12.7	76	139	14	0.0	60	Aut
Northburn	M	E	M	87	21	355	3.7	37	8.7	22.5	40	30	6	0.2	65	Aut
Herbert	L	V	L	66	3	112	1.5	6	0.7	12.7	76	159	20	0.4	50	Aut
Nugget Point	L	L	L	44	2	125	0.2	4	0.1	10.0	94	180	19	2.8	50	Aut
Bendigo										23.6	62	351	2	0.0	65	Aut
Glendhu	L	V	M	79	7	20	1.6	8	0.8	16.7	79	152	8	0.6	65	Aut
Clyde	M	E	M	82	17	422	4.2	30	8.7	17.7	64	173	21	0.0	60	Aut
Lauder	M	E	M	83	15	241	4.5	26	8.5	20.9	46	294	21	1.2	55	Aut
Dansey Pass	M	E	M	82	11	161	3.4	18	5.3	18.2	63	164	19	0.2	60	Aut
Tapanui	L	L	L	50	4	102	0.6	7	0.3	9.7	90	161	25	3.4	50	Aut
Glenledi	L	H	L	74	5	187	1.2	10	0.7	10.5	86	159	10	0.4	50	Aut
Rock and Pillar	M	E	M	78	13	161	2.9	21	4.9	13.2	80	228	23	1.0	60	Aut
Dunedin Aero	M	E	L	80	13	293	3.1	24	5.6	13.0	80	150	19	0.6	50	Aut
Traquair	L	V	M	71	11	148	1.9	18	2.6	8.8	92	118	21	0.8	60	Aut
Mount Benger	L	L	L	19	1	37	0.0	2	0.0	7.3	97	207	17	4.8	65	Aut
Wanaka	M	E	M	85	12	58	5.6	16	7.7	21.0	52	290	19	0.0	60	Aut
Queenstown Aero	M	E	L	87	14	22	9.8	14	11.7	20.0	44	230	24	0.0	50	Aut
Southland									Sunday, 3 December 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Manapouri Aero	L	E	L	84	6	22	7.8	7	7.0	14.0	54	270	28	0.0	50	Aut
Invercargill Aero	L	L	L	54	2	14	0.8	3	0.3	13.0	83	260	24	4.0	50	Aut
Barn Hill	L	E	M	81	7	18	2.8	7	2.2	14.5	76	179	16	0.0	65	Aut
Blackmount	L	E	H	86	6	18	9.5	7	8.1	15.8	46	349	26	0.0	60	Aut
Wreys Bush	L	V	L	78	6	88	1.4	10	0.8	15.4	75	165	7	0.6	50	Aut
Tuatapere	L	H	L	71	4	18	1.0	5	0.4	15.8	66	60	8	1.8	50	Aut
Slopedown	L	V	L	75	4	17	1.6	5	0.7	11.6	67	203	15	1.0	50	Aut
Gore	L	H	L	63	3	17	1.2	4	0.4	10.0	87	180	17	1.0	50	Aut
Garston	L	E	L	81	9	61	2.8	13	3.3	14.2	74	187	17	0.0	50	Aut
South West Cape										12.0	70	300	57	0.2		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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