New Zealand Fire Weather

FIRE WEATHER

Monday, 4 December 2006

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North Island Data
Northland									Monday, 4 December 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Pouto	L	E	L	81	7	119	2.3	12	2.5	18.6	84	284	13	0.0	50	Aut
Aupouri Peninsula	H	E	H	83	56	535	4.7	89	17.4	18.5	81	266	22	0.0	75	Aut
Waitangi Forest	M	E	L	86	13	146	6.1	22	9.9	20.0	66	268	17	0.0	50	Aut
Opouteke	L	H	L	74	7	56	1.2	10	0.7	18.3	88	236	10	0.0	50	Aut
Hokianga	M	E	L	84	10	136	5.5	17	8.0	19.5	75	280	23	0.0	50	Aut
Dargaville	L	E	L	82	10	148	2.2	17	3.1	19.9	77	358	9	0.0	50	Aut
Kaikohe	L	E	L	81	9	156	2.7	15	3.7	18.0	79	260	15	0.0	50	Aut
Whangarei Aero	M	E	L	85	17	205	5.7	28	10.6	22.0	60	260	19	0.0	50	Aut
Auckland									Monday, 4 December 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	67	1.8	9	1.0	20.3	87	281	12	0.0	50	Aut
Clevedon Coast	M	E	L	86	12	123	4.3	19	6.9	21.9	57	220	12	0.0	50	Aut
Great Barrier Island	M	E	L	86	18	236	4.0	30	8.2	20.9	63	234	11	0.0	50	Aut
Hunua East	M	E	L	86	13	63	3.8	17	5.5	22.8	55	250	8	0.0	50	Aut
Cornwallis Depot	L	E	L	84	11	93	3.1	17	4.5	23.1	67	276	10	0.0	50	Aut
Waikato									Monday, 4 December 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Whangamata	M	E	L	84	10	116	6.3	16	8.5	20.6	69	232	25	0.0	50	Aut
Waihi Gold	M	E	L	84	10	99	6.1	16	8.4	20.6	69	232	25	0.0	50	Sub
Athol	L	E	M	85	9	40	5.2	11	6.0	18.9	67	266	18	0.0	70	Aut
Hamilton Aero	M	E	L	84	16	154	5.3	25	9.5	20.0	71	270	22	0.0	40	Aut
Bodley Road	L	V	M	80	6	26	1.7	7	0.8	18.8	78	266	7	0.0	70	Aut
Ngapaenga	L	L	L	53	2	24	0.4	4	0.2	15.5	91	0	13	2.8	70	Aut
Waikawau Bay	L	E	L	83	9	32	5.8	10	6.4	20.6	69	232	25	0.0	50	Sub
Whitianga Aero										22.0	56			0.0	50	Aut
Port Taharoa	L	E	M	82	7	31	3.2	9	3.0	18.0	83	280	15	0.0	65	Aut
Paeroa	M	E	L	85	13	113	5.4	21	8.6	21.0	64	260	19	0.0	50	Aut
Central North Island									Monday, 4 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	14	139	4.2	22	7.2	20.0	75	10	17	0.0	60	Aut
Rotorua Aero	M	E	L	87	11	123	6.8	18	9.9	21.0	65	260	19	0.0	40	Aut
Taupo Aero	L	E	L	83	8	60	2.6	12	3.0	19.0	73	250	11	0.0	50	Aut
Tauranga Aero	H	E	H	87	21	176	9.9	32	17.6	22.0	61	240	24	0.0	60	Aut
Matea	L	E	L	84	7	25	5.3	8	5.2	18.6	65	226	21	0.0	40	Aut
Kawerau	M	E	M	87	20	170	7.1	31	13.5	22.8	64	347	18	0.0	60	Aut
Rotoaira	L	E	L	84	7	26	2.1	9	1.6	19.5	64	266	3	0.0	40	Sub
Tahorakuri	M	E	M	86	11	162	3.9	19	6.1	21.2	59	256	10	0.0	60	Aut
Rotoehu	M	E	L	88	22	148	7.7	32	14.5	23.7	53	227	19	0.0	40	Aut
Goudies	M	E	L	85	7	75	7.8	11	8.7	19.9	58	289	25	0.0	40	Aut
Galatea	M	E	L	89	17	130	4.3	26	7.9	24.9	53	46	4	0.0	40	Aut
Te Puke	M	E	M	87	20	162	3.2	31	6.7	23.2	53	277	3	0.0	60	Aut
Waihau Bay	L	E	M	82	10	156	3.3	17	4.9	18.3	76	297	18	0.0	60	Aut
Opotiki	L	E	L	82	12	87	2.3	18	3.4	20.4	78	340	10	0.0	40	Aut
Mission Bay	L	V	L	84	12	63	2.1	16	2.7	19.5	64	266	3	0.0	40	Aut
Eastern North Island									Monday, 4 December 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Tuai	L	E	L	85	10	96	3.6	16	5.1	23.5	53	23	10	0.0	40	Aut
Ruatoria	L	E	L	84	8	20	4.1	8	3.9	21.4	61	132	16	0.0	40	Aut
Crownthorpe	H	E	M	88	57	279	5.2	76	17.2	21.4	56	85	10	0.0	70	Aut
Waipukurau	M	E	M	84	33	198	3.4	47	9.3	18.6	77	188	13	0.0	65	Aut
Gwavas	M	V	M	81	26	197	1.8	39	4.7	20.5	72	134	6	0.0	60	Aut
Te Haroto	L	E	L	84	9	121	2.4	15	3.2	20.3	58	140	5	0.0	40	Aut
Cricklewood	M	E	M	87	29	241	4.5	45	11.4	24.0	47	134	10	0.0	70	Aut
Porapora	L	E	L	85	14	53	2.7	17	4.0	23.4	48	259	4	0.0	40	Aut
Bridge Pa	H	E	H	86	45	349	5.5	69	17.1	23.0	55	173	16	0.0	75	Aut
Waihau	M	E	M	85	25	265	3.3	40	8.3	21.0	61	212	10	0.0	65	Aut
Te Pohue	L	E	M	83	12	164	2.6	20	4.2	20.3	64	201	9	0.0	55	Aut
Mahia	M	E	M	82	25	223	2.3	39	5.7	20.0	60	130	9	0.0	70	Aut
Napier Aero	M	V	M	83	39	251	2.1	57	6.7	19.0	68	60	6	0.0	75	Aut
Hicks Bay	L	E	L	80	8	46	5.3	11	6.1	18.0	81	300	30	0.0	50	Aut
Ongaonga	L	H	M	70	22	201	0.8	34	1.2	18.4	86	157	5	1.2	70	Aut
Gisborne Aero	M	E	H	87	48	300	4.6	69	15.0	24.0	50	140	11	0.0	75	Aut
Taranaki									Monday, 4 December 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Eltham	L	E	L	74	4	33	2.3	6	1.4	14.9	100	247	23	0.0	35	Aut
New Plymouth Aero	L	V	L	74	4	38	1.9	7	0.9	16.0	97	270	19	0.4	35	Aut
Waverly	L	E	L	76	4	25	3.1	6	2.3	14.9	97	272	27	0.6	45	Aut
Okato	L	L	L	48	4	27	0.2	6	0.1	15.4	94	230	12	3.4	50	Aut
Marco	L	V	L	80	6	24	1.7	8	0.9	17.0	79	279	8	0.6	35	Aut
Hawera	L	V	L	73	3	49	1.9	6	0.9	14.0	100	260	20	0.2	35	Aut
Wanganui-Manawatu									Monday, 4 December 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Alfredton	L	V	L	79	5	20	1.9	6	0.9	18.3	76	323	13	0.0	45	Aut
Three Kings	L	E	L	65	3	50	2.4	4	1.0	9.7	99	250	30	1.2	40	Aut
Webb	L	E	M	78	3	16	2.3	4	0.9	10.6	92	0	18	0.4	55	Aut
Westlawn	L	E	L	80	4	65	3.5	7	2.9	13.4	80	229	22	0.2	45	Aut
Desert Road Summit	L	E	M	82	6	22	5.5	7	4.9	15.0	71	230	27	0.6	55	Aut
Spriggins Park	L	E	L	81	9	44	3.9	11	4.5	16.5	88	298	23	0.0	45	Aut
Waitarere Forest	L	L	L	59	7	35	0.5	9	0.3	15.6	90	291	6	2.2	45	Aut
Ngamatea	L	E	L	81	7	131	3.6	13	4.5	14.8	74	246	22	0.0	45	Aut
Lismore	L	V	L	77	6	71	1.4	10	0.8	16.7	86	320	8	0.2	45	Aut
Waione	L	H	L	76	8	71	1.1	12	0.7	18.2	79	286	5	0.8	35	Aut
Waimarino Forest	L	V	L	81	5	24	1.9	6	0.9	14.3	83	258	7	0.4	45	Sub
National Park	L	V	L	81	5	24	1.9	6	0.9	14.3	83	258	7	0.4	40	Aut
Waiouru Aero	L	H	M	74	5	31	1.2	7	0.6	15.0	78	270	11	1.0	55	Aut
Wanganui Aero	L	E	L	80	8	42	5.1	11	5.7	16.0	90	260	30	0.0	45	Aut
Palmerston North Aero	L	L	L	58	3	39	0.9	5	0.4	16.0	90	270	19	2.2	35	Aut
Levin	L	L	L	28	1	18	0.0	2	0.0	15.0	99	260	9	5.0	45	Aut
Raumai	L	E	L	78	7	47	3.4	10	3.5	15.6	95	327	26	0.2	45	Aut
Wairarapa									Monday, 4 December 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
East Taratahi	L	E	L	79	6	93	2.9	10	3.0	15.0	84	240	20	0.0	45	Aut
Castle Point	L	E	L	78	12	108	2.9	18	4.4	14.0	94	190	22	0.0	45	Aut
Ngawihi	L	V	L	75	12	119	1.8	20	2.6	13.0	90	210	17	1.0	45	Aut
Stony Creek	L	V	L	79	6	81	1.8	11	1.5	12.5	91	189	12	0.0	45	Aut
Haurangi	L	H	L	66	4	43	0.6	6	0.3	12.1	100	189	3	0.8	45	Aut
Ngaumu	L	V	L	78	7	123	1.6	12	1.2	18.6	80	259	11	0.0	45	Aut
Holdsworth Station	L	V	L	76	4	19	1.6	6	0.7	13.4	87	219	15	0.0	45	Aut
Wellington									Monday, 4 December 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Rimutaka Forest Park	L	H	L	72	6	47	0.9	9	0.5	13.3	92	221	5	1.0	50	Aut
Wellington Aero	L	V	L	75	8	62	2.0	12	2.1	13.0	89	180	19	1.0	45	Aut
Lower Hutt	L	E	L	83	14	54	2.7	17	3.9	14.0	84	210	11	0.0	45	Aut
Paraparaumu	L	H	L	72	8	49	1.1	11	0.7	16.0	90	30	9	1.0	45	Aut
Chatham Island	L	L	L	35	1	107	0.0	1	0.0	16.0	94	20	11	0.2	40	Aut
Belmont	L	E	L	79	13	41	3.3	14	4.4	10.7	57	216	23	1.4	45	Aut
Titahi Bay	L	E	L	80	9	70	3.6	14	4.7	13.6	88	138	22	0.2	45	Aut

South Island Data
Nelson-Marlborough									Monday, 4 December 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Opua Bay	L	V	L	78	8	32	1.4	10	0.9	14.0	86	142	8	0.6	40	Aut
Keneperu Head	L	H	L	62	6	25	0.6	7	0.3	14.4	84	23	5	2.2	40	Aut
Totaranui	L	E	L	83	14	57	2.5	17	3.7	17.5	82	3	9	0.6	40	Aut
Awatere Valley	M	E	L	79	15	286	2.6	26	5.0	12.5	90	149	19	0.8	40	Aut
Hira	L	L	L	59	4	44	0.5	7	0.2	15.1	89	340	5	1.4	50	Aut
Dovedale	L	L	L	52	6	83	0.2	10	0.1	16.6	85	242	4	3.4	40	Aut
Molesworth	M	E	L	82	18	198	2.1	29	4.3	14.8	69	166	7	0.8	50	Aut
Murchison	M	E	L	92	17	27	12.6	17	15.6	21.0	1	298	15	2.4	40	Aut
Ngaruru	L	H	L	75	5	37	0.9	7	0.5	11.7	89	10	3	0.2	40	Aut
Western Boundary	L	H	L	64	5	22	0.6	6	0.3	14.4	79	347	5	1.8	40	Aut
Kaikoura	L	L	L	57	6	163	1.1	11	0.7	12.0	85	200	24	2.6	40	Aut
Nelson Aero	L	H	L	63	8	126	0.9	14	0.7	18.0	87	10	13	2.2	50	Aut
Woodbourne Aero	L	H	L	61	17	206	1.0	29	1.6	13.0	92	70	17	2.2	40	Aut
Big Pokororo	L	H	L	74	7	40	1.1	9	0.7	16.4	80	45	9	1.2	40	Aut
St Arnaud	L	E	L	77	6	25	2.4	7	1.8	16.7	65	306	20	1.6	40	Aut
West Coast									Monday, 4 December 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Westport	L	E	L	65	1	16	4.8	2	2.4	16.0	71	230	44	3.2	50	Aut
Reefton	L	E	L	84	7	25	4.5	8	4.3	16.3	53	211	19	0.4	50	Aut
Nelson Creek	L	E	L	82	6	25	5.1	8	4.9	16.0	61	271	26	0.8	50	Aut
Hokitika Aero	L	E	L	71	3	24	3.4	4	2.2	15.0	72	240	33	2.0	40	Aut
Canterbury									Monday, 4 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	74	11	99	2.7	17	3.9	11.0	94	190	26	0.8	40	Aut
Oamaru Aero	L	E	L	80	9	129	2.2	15	2.7	14.0	79	120	13	0.0	50	Aut
Tara Hills	M	E	M	87	17	123	3.3	25	6.3	16.0	48	350	4	0.0	60	Aut
Timaru Aero	L	E	L	82	11	215	2.8	19	4.4	15.0	65	130	13	0.0	50	Aut
Christchurch Aero	M	E	L	80	21	160	2.1	31	4.6	14.0	80	200	13	0.6	50	Aut
Hanmer	L	H	L	69	8	28	0.8	9	0.5	11.8	85	354	6	1.2	50	Aut
Cannington	L	E	L	83	10	297	2.7	18	4.1	15.0	63	102	11	0.0	50	Aut
Snowdon	L	H	L	76	6	32	1.0	8	0.5	15.4	63	125	4	1.2	40	Aut
Darfield	L	V	L	78	9	96	1.5	14	1.4	15.0	71	144	9	0.8	50	Aut
Bottle Lake	M	E	L	80	24	238	2.2	39	5.6	14.7	76	15	13	0.4	50	Aut
Ashley	L	H	L	65	9	174	0.7	16	0.6	12.8	75	191	7	1.8	50	Aut
Balmoral	L	E	L	84	13	160	2.3	22	4.0	16.2	60	241	4	0.4	50	Aut
Ashburton Plains	M	E	L	85	13	156	3.0	22	5.3	17.0	60	125	8	0.4	50	Aut
Waihaorunga	M	E	L	83	11	212	3.7	19	6.0	12.9	64	157	18	0.0	50	Aut
Burnham	L	V	L	77	8	76	1.3	13	0.9	14.6	72	159	7	0.6	50	Aut
Tekapo	L	E	M	85	10	23	5.0	10	5.4	13.9	56	129	19	0.0	60	Aut
Mount Cook	L	V	L	79	5	23	1.9	6	0.9	16.4	28	42	12	0.6	50	Aut
Motukarara	L	E	L	80	11	101	2.4	17	3.4	12.7	81	179	14	0.2	50	Aut
Mount Somers	L	V	L	72	6	26	1.6	8	0.8	14.2	73	106	17	1.4	40	Aut
Pukaki Aero	M	E	M	84	16	170	2.9	26	5.6	16.0	58	80	8	0.0	60	Aut
Oamaru	L	E	L	80	8	107	4.5	13	5.6	12.0	82	160	28	0.0	50	Aut
Hakatere	M	E	H	85	11	52	7.3	15	9.4	15.1	59	127	26	0.4	85	Aut
Leeston	L	V	L	80	11	119	1.7	18	2.2	16.8	68	150	8	0.8	50	Aut
Otago									Monday, 4 December 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
McRaes	L	V	M	75	5	168	1.7	9	0.9	8.6	73	218	15	0.2	60	Aut
Northburn	M	E	M	89	24	361	4.3	41	10.5	18.3	37	215	3	0.0	65	Aut
Herbert	L	V	L	72	3	117	1.5	6	0.7	8.0	82	147	16	0.0	50	Aut
Nugget Point	L	L	L	57	2	130	2.1	4	0.8	8.0	78	220	37	1.6	50	Aut
Bendigo										18.0	61	251	4	0.0	65	Aut
Glendhu	L	L	L	34	4	7	0.0	3	0.0	11.7	88	253	17	12.4	65	Aut
Clyde	M	E	M	84	18	428	3.6	32	7.8	14.1	63	172	15	0.0	60	Aut
Lauder	M	E	M	83	16	247	5.5	28	10.3	13.5	70	174	25	0.0	55	Sub
Dansey Pass	M	E	M	83	12	166	5.2	20	8.2	13.5	70	174	25	0.0	60	Aut
Tapanui	L	V	L	65	5	107	1.8	9	1.0	11.1	67	193	24	1.4	50	Aut
Glenledi	L	V	L	64	4	186	2.0	8	1.3	12.8	60	270	27	4.2	50	Aut
Rock and Pillar	M	E	M	81	14	167	2.8	22	4.8	11.6	66	213	15	0.4	60	Aut
Dunedin Aero	L	H	L	62	9	288	1.2	17	1.0	13.0	62	240	19	4.6	50	Aut
Traquair	L	L	M	54	7	142	1.1	12	0.7	9.3	67	257	29	6.4	60	Aut
Mount Benger	L	L	L	28	0	42	0.0	0	0.0	5.3	88	218	24	2.6	65	Aut
Wanaka	M	E	M	89	15	65	5.1	19	7.8	17.0	33	290	7	0.0	60	Aut
Queenstown Aero	M	E	L	88	17	28	9.4	16	12.1	15.0	38	240	20	0.0	50	Aut
Southland									Monday, 4 December 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Manapouri Aero	M	E	L	86	8	28	9.6	9	9.4	13.0	50	280	28	0.0	50	Aut
Invercargill Aero	L	L	L	51	1	19	0.5	2	0.2	11.0	86	290	22	2.4	50	Aut
Barn Hill	L	E	M	83	8	24	5.0	9	5.0	13.6	61	211	21	0.0	65	Aut
Blackmount	L	E	M	87	8	24	5.6	9	5.6	14.1	49	211	15	0.0	60	Aut
Wreys Bush	L	E	L	82	7	94	4.2	12	5.0	13.5	62	284	21	0.4	50	Aut
Tuatapere	L	E	L	68	4	24	2.2	5	1.0	12.3	61	226	26	2.6	50	Aut
Slopedown	L	H	L	61	3	23	0.8	5	0.3	10.6	70	220	10	2.6	50	Aut
Gore	L	E	L	72	4	22	2.8	5	1.7	12.0	67	210	28	1.2	50	Aut
Garston	M	E	L	86	11	67	6.4	15	8.4	13.2	42	233	20	0.0	50	Aut
South West Cape										12.0	67	280	33	1.8		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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