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FIRE WEATHER

Tuesday, 5 December 2006

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North Island Data
Northland									Tuesday, 5 December 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Pouto	M	E	L	84	8	126	6.5	14	8.4	18.5	64	207	26	0.2	50	Aut
Aupouri Peninsula	V	E	H	84	58	542	9.5	91	29.0	16.4	64	195	32	0.2	75	Aut
Waitangi Forest	H	E	L	87	16	153	15.7	25	21.8	17.8	49	214	34	0.0	50	Aut
Opouteke	L	L	L	54	5	58	0.3	8	0.2	16.1	73	188	4	3.8	50	Aut
Hokianga	M	E	L	85	12	143	7.1	20	10.6	17.8	62	218	25	0.0	50	Aut
Dargaville	M	E	L	84	11	154	5.4	19	8.3	17.7	63	0	21	0.4	50	Aut
Kaikohe	M	E	L	85	10	162	8.3	18	11.4	16.0	56	210	28	0.0	50	Aut
Whangarei Aero	M	E	L	83	18	211	5.8	30	11.3	17.0	58	220	26	1.0	50	Aut
Auckland									Tuesday, 5 December 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Woodhill	L	V	L	74	6	74	2.1	10	1.7	17.9	75	213	21	1.6	50	Aut
Clevedon Coast	M	E	L	80	14	129	3.4	21	5.7	17.3	66	224	21	1.2	50	Aut
Great Barrier Island	M	E	L	86	20	243	6.1	33	12.4	21.4	57	232	18	0.5	50	Aut
Hunua East	M	E	L	86	15	70	4.8	19	7.4	19.7	56	207	13	0.0	50	Aut
Cornwallis Depot	L	E	L	82	12	100	3.0	19	4.6	19.5	69	238	15	0.8	50	Aut
Waikato									Tuesday, 5 December 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Whangamata	M	E	L	85	12	123	5.8	19	8.6	20.5	60	229	19	0.2	50	Aut
Waihi Gold	M	E	L	86	12	106	4.7	19	7.3	19.7	56	259	14	0.2	50	Aut
Athol	L	H	M	73	8	41	1.1	10	0.7	27.4	57	74	10	5.1	70	Aut
Hamilton Aero	L	V	L	78	17	161	1.3	26	2.1	20.0	50	200	6	1.8	40	Aut
Bodley Road	L	H	M	72	6	33	1.0	8	0.6	20.1	62	230	9	2.4	70	Aut
Ngapaenga	L	H	M	64	3	31	0.8	5	0.3	20.1	62	230	9	2.4	70	Sub
Waikawau Bay	M	E	L	85	11	39	5.7	13	6.9	20.5	60	229	19	0.2	50	Sub
Whitianga Aero										20.0	52			0.0	50	Aut
Port Taharoa	L	E	M	71	5	34	3.2	8	2.8	18.0	68	210	32	3.4	65	Aut
Paeroa	L	H	L	78	15	120	1.1	23	1.3	19.0	62	240	2	1.2	50	Aut
Central North Island									Tuesday, 5 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	87	16	146	7.5	26	12.6	20.0	41	160	20	0.8	60	Aut
Rotorua Aero	M	E	L	85	13	129	6.6	21	10.4	17.0	50	160	22	0.8	40	Aut
Taupo Aero	L	E	L	85	10	66	3.0	15	3.9	16.0	50	100	6	0.0	50	Aut
Tauranga Aero	H	E	H	89	24	183	9.2	36	17.7	21.0	38	160	17	0.0	60	Aut
Matea	L	V	L	74	7	30	1.8	9	1.2	11.9	64	104	18	1.8	40	Aut
Kawerau	M	E	M	84	23	176	5.6	34	11.8	18.2	46	127	23	1.4	60	Aut
Rotoaira	L	E	L	86	8	32	2.7	10	2.6	18.6	47	2	3	0.0	40	Sub
Tahorakuri	M	E	M	87	13	168	4.5	22	7.6	15.6	49	125	11	0.4	60	Aut
Rotoehu	H	E	L	89	24	155	9.3	35	17.6	20.1	42	146	19	0.5	40	Aut
Goudies	L	E	L	68	5	76	2.1	9	1.8	13.6	60	196	26	3.8	40	Aut
Galatea	L	V	L	73	13	131	2.0	21	3.4	18.2	50	176	21	4.0	40	Aut
Te Puke	M	E	M	88	23	169	3.9	34	8.6	20.5	43	204	3	0.0	60	Aut
Waihau Bay	M	E	M	84	12	163	3.4	21	5.6	20.4	53	320	12	0.8	60	Aut
Opotiki	L	E	L	74	10	90	2.7	16	3.7	17.1	51	126	26	3.2	40	Aut
Mission Bay	L	E	L	87	14	70	3.1	19	4.8	18.6	47	2	3	0.0	40	Aut
Eastern North Island									Tuesday, 5 December 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Tuai	L	L	L	38	5	53	0.0	8	0.0	11.1	75	179	13	26.4	40	Aut
Ruatoria	L	L	L	44	4	9	0.1	4	0.0	12.9	67	65	7	11.2	40	Aut
Crownthorpe	L	L	L	51	24	218	0.4	38	0.6	13.9	55	196	15	23.8	70	Aut
Waipukurau	L	L	M	60	22	193	1.0	34	1.8	13.4	63	192	18	5.6	65	Aut
Gwavas	L	L	L	44	11	157	0.1	19	0.1	12.9	68	206	13	19.6	60	Aut
Te Haroto	L	L	L	40	4	81	0.1	8	0.0	9.9	75	194	19	23.4	40	Aut
Cricklewood	L	L	L	35	11	184	0.0	19	0.0	10.5	84	139	20	24.0	70	Aut
Porapora	L	L	L	46	8	47	0.1	11	0.1	15.5	68	224	4	8.6	40	Aut
Bridge Pa	L	L	M	53	21	304	0.6	37	0.8	14.9	61	182	17	15.4	75	Aut
Waihau	L	L	L	41	11	224	0.1	19	0.1	11.7	76	197	16	17.2	65	Aut
Te Pohue	L	L	L	38	6	117	0.0	10	0.0	12.1	75	222	12	24.2	55	Aut
Mahia	L	L	L	46	11	182	0.4	19	0.4	13.0	77	220	30	19.0	70	Aut
Napier Aero	L	L	L	52	17	209	0.4	29	0.4	16.0	59	250	13	18.6	75	Aut
Hicks Bay	L	E	L	77	8	53	2.5	12	2.7	18.0	54	170	20	2.0	50	Aut
Ongaonga	L	L	L	52	14	194	0.4	23	0.4	13.8	70	179	15	6.4	70	Aut
Gisborne Aero	L	L	L	35	20	236	0.0	33	0.0	14.0	86	220	20	23.6	75	Aut
Taranaki									Tuesday, 5 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	5	39	2.5	7	1.8	13.8	85	182	24	0.8	35	Aut
New Plymouth Aero	L	E	L	82	6	45	3.2	9	3.1	18.0	61	150	17	0.6	35	Aut
Waverly	L	E	L	80	5	32	2.8	8	2.3	15.5	71	156	18	0.6	45	Aut
Okato	L	E	L	73	5	34	2.5	8	2.0	19.1	53	151	26	2.0	50	Aut
Marco	L	E	L	80	9	30	2.1	10	1.9	17.6	47	142	12	1.4	35	Aut
Hawera	L	E	L	78	4	56	3.4	7	2.9	15.0	72	160	26	0.8	35	Aut
Wanganui-Manawatu									Tuesday, 5 December 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Alfredton	L	H	L	62	4	19	1.2	5	0.5	15.5	58	220	18	5.6	45	Aut
Three Kings	L	L	L	31	1	39	0.0	2	0.0	6.0	85	154	14	9.6	40	Aut
Webb	L	L	L	54	2	15	0.5	3	0.2	9.5	65	179	15	5.2	55	Sub
Westlawn	L	L	L	42	2	49	0.1	3	0.0	8.3	74	151	19	12.6	45	Aut
Desert Road Summit	L	L	L	55	4	21	0.6	5	0.3	9.5	65	179	15	5.2	55	Aut
Spriggins Park	L	E	L	81	10	50	2.5	14	3.1	16.0	54	219	13	1.0	45	Aut
Waitarere Forest	L	H	L	69	8	42	0.9	11	0.5	18.3	58	301	7	1.6	45	Aut
Ngamatea	L	L	L	39	4	124	0.0	7	0.0	8.5	79	97	6	7.2	45	Aut
Lismore	L	L	L	56	4	67	0.5	7	0.3	17.1	64	129	10	6.8	45	Aut
Waione	L	L	L	51	5	57	0.3	8	0.1	15.5	56	229	8	12.4	35	Aut
Waimarino Forest	L	V	L	67	4	25	2.0	5	0.9	13.7	57	198	25	4.2	45	Sub
National Park	L	V	L	67	4	25	2.0	5	0.9	13.7	57	198	25	4.2	40	Aut
Waiouru Aero	L	L	L	53	3	31	0.3	5	0.1	12.0	61	180	6	5.0	55	Aut
Wanganui Aero	L	V	L	79	9	48	1.8	13	1.8	16.0	62	220	11	1.0	45	Aut
Palmerston North Aero	L	L	L	50	2	30	0.4	4	0.1	14.0	62	150	17	10.0	35	Aut
Levin	L	L	L	58	2	24	0.8	3	0.3	16.0	59	220	15	1.8	45	Aut
Raumai	L	V	L	66	5	50	1.5	8	0.8	15.4	65	305	20	3.6	45	Aut
Wairarapa									Tuesday, 5 December 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
East Taratahi	L	H	L	71	6	99	1.2	10	0.7	14.0	61	200	13	2.2	45	Aut
Castle Point	M	E	L	70	9	111	5.8	15	7.8	13.0	63	200	44	3.2	45	Aut
Ngawihi	L	E	L	77	14	124	2.6	21	4.4	13.0	60	180	22	1.2	45	Aut
Stony Creek	L	E	L	80	8	87	2.7	12	3.1	12.4	61	177	17	0.8	45	Aut
Haurangi	L	L	L	50	2	46	0.2	4	0.1	13.7	83	215	7	3.0	45	Aut
Ngaumu	L	E	L	73	7	128	2.5	12	2.8	13.7	64	201	26	2.0	45	Aut
Holdsworth Station	L	H	L	69	5	25	0.9	6	0.4	11.3	69	253	8	1.6	45	Aut
Wellington									Tuesday, 5 December 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Rimutaka Forest Park	L	V	L	81	8	53	1.7	12	1.4	17.0	54	155	7	0.6	50	Aut
Wellington Aero	M	E	L	82	9	68	5.3	14	6.8	13.0	59	160	26	0.2	45	Aut
Lower Hutt	M	E	L	87	16	60	4.7	19	7.4	16.0	41	180	11	0.0	45	Aut
Paraparaumu	L	E	L	78	10	55	2.4	14	2.9	16.0	52	170	19	1.4	45	Aut
Chatham Island	L	L	L	26	0	102	0.0	0	0.0	11.0	93	190	41	6.8	40	Aut
Belmont	M	E	L	86	15	47	11.6	16	14.4	12.0	30	187	31	0.8	45	Aut
Titahi Bay	M	E	L	84	11	76	5.4	16	7.4	15.1	57	169	21	0.5	45	Aut

South Island Data
Nelson-Marlborough									Tuesday, 5 December 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Opua Bay	L	H	L	70	8	38	0.9	10	0.5	13.2	73	197	7	1.6	40	Aut
Keneperu Head	L	H	L	71	7	31	0.9	9	0.5	13.1	65	154	6	0.8	40	Aut
Totaranui	M	E	L	86	16	63	5.1	20	7.9	16.9	52	19	16	0.0	40	Aut
Awatere Valley	M	E	L	79	16	292	2.7	28	5.4	12.3	71	126	20	0.8	40	Aut
Hira	L	L	L	29	2	33	0.0	4	0.0	11.4	81	173	4	10.4	50	Aut
Dovedale	L	V	L	69	6	89	1.3	11	0.8	14.4	73	47	15	0.0	40	Sub
Molesworth	M	E	L	84	19	203	4.4	31	9.0	10.1	52	230	18	0.6	50	Aut
Murchison	H	E	L	99	22	34	21.6	22	25.7	19.7	1	3	9	0.0	40	Aut
Ngaruru	L	H	L	77	5	43	1.0	8	0.5	11.0	72	28	2	0.6	40	Aut
Western Boundary	L	H	L	74	6	28	0.9	8	0.4	13.6	64	114	3	0.0	40	Aut
Kaikoura	L	L	L	56	5	168	1.3	10	0.8	10.0	86	190	28	1.8	40	Aut
Nelson Aero	L	V	L	77	9	133	1.8	16	2.3	16.0	65	0	15	0.0	50	Aut
Woodbourne Aero	L	V	L	63	15	212	1.4	26	2.5	13.0	71	40	22	2.4	40	Aut
Big Pokororo	L	E	L	79	8	46	2.3	11	2.2	14.4	73	47	15	0.0	40	Aut
St Arnaud	L	V	L	81	7	30	1.5	9	0.8	13.1	62	160	3	0.4	40	Aut
West Coast									Tuesday, 5 December 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Westport	L	V	L	72	2	22	1.3	3	0.4	15.0	85	290	13	0.0	50	Aut
Reefton	L	E	L	86	9	31	3.4	10	3.7	17.9	48	5	6	0.0	50	Aut
Nelson Creek	L	E	L	86	9	31	2.9	10	3.1	18.1	44	212	4	0.2	50	Aut
Hokitika Aero	L	V	L	78	4	30	2.0	6	0.9	16.0	74	290	15	0.0	40	Aut
Canterbury									Tuesday, 5 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	105	3.0	18	4.5	12.0	63	200	28	1.6	40	Aut
Oamaru Aero	L	V	L	78	9	135	1.8	16	2.2	13.0	77	150	13	0.8	50	Aut
Tara Hills	M	E	M	87	19	129	4.4	28	8.5	15.0	47	40	9	0.0	60	Aut
Timaru Aero	L	V	L	75	11	221	1.7	20	2.4	14.0	63	120	15	1.6	50	Aut
Christchurch Aero	M	E	L	84	22	166	5.5	33	11.4	15.0	57	190	22	0.0	50	Aut
Hanmer	L	L	L	42	5	22	0.1	6	0.0	12.4	64	194	4	8.2	50	Aut
Cannington	L	V	L	69	8	302	1.8	16	2.1	11.5	72	88	21	2.2	50	Aut
Snowdon	L	L	L	52	4	29	0.3	6	0.1	12.7	56	129	5	6.2	40	Aut
Darfield	L	E	L	82	10	102	3.1	16	4.3	13.5	60	169	15	0.4	50	Aut
Bottle Lake	M	E	L	80	26	245	2.1	41	5.6	16.1	48	23	13	1.4	50	Aut
Ashley	L	L	L	55	6	162	0.5	11	0.3	14.7	53	202	13	8.8	50	Aut
Balmoral	L	H	L	67	10	160	1.2	18	1.0	15.3	52	196	14	4.0	50	Aut
Ashburton Plains	M	E	L	86	15	162	3.8	24	7.0	15.8	54	154	10	0.4	50	Aut
Waihaorunga	L	L	L	50	7	206	0.3	13	0.2	10.6	73	141	11	5.8	50	Aut
Burnham	M	E	L	83	10	82	4.3	15	5.9	13.8	58	187	20	0.2	50	Aut
Tekapo	L	E	M	85	11	28	5.0	11	5.7	11.5	53	130	17	0.0	60	Aut
Mount Cook	L	V	L	60	3	20	1.4	5	0.6	12.4	56	137	24	6.6	50	Aut
Motukarara	M	E	L	79	12	107	4.5	18	6.8	12.6	62	177	30	1.2	50	Aut
Mount Somers	L	L	L	48	4	17	0.2	5	0.1	11.6	63	155	14	10.4	40	Aut
Pukaki Aero	L	H	M	72	15	177	1.0	25	1.2	15.1	50	89	8	2.4	60	Aut
Oamaru	L	V	L	71	7	113	1.4	13	0.9	14.0	73	150	15	1.8	50	Aut
Hakatere	L	E	M	72	10	57	2.1	14	2.5	11.8	59	123	23	2.4	85	Aut
Leeston	M	E	L	84	13	125	4.6	20	7.3	15.5	57	183	18	0.2	50	Aut
Otago									Tuesday, 5 December 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
McRaes	L	E	M	81	6	174	5.0	10	5.5	10.7	63	229	28	0.2	60	Aut
Northburn	M	E	M	89	27	368	4.3	45	11.0	17.7	38	233	3	0.0	65	Aut
Herbert	L	L	L	56	2	114	0.8	4	0.3	10.5	62	212	20	5.4	50	Aut
Nugget Point	L	L	L	56	1	130	1.5	3	0.5	12.0	74	190	32	4.0	50	Aut
Bendigo										17.4	59	274	4	0.0	65	Aut
Glendhu	L	L	L	36	2	6	0.0	2	0.0	13.8	82	226	21	8.2	65	Aut
Clyde	M	E	M	85	20	434	3.0	35	7.1	15.9	52	163	6	0.0	60	Aut
Lauder	M	E	M	86	18	253	5.5	31	10.9	14.1	52	238	17	0.0	55	Aut
Dansey Pass	M	E	M	83	13	172	4.1	22	6.9	11.7	63	228	18	0.0	60	Aut
Tapanui	L	V	L	68	5	112	1.4	10	0.8	11.1	74	212	17	1.2	50	Aut
Glenledi	L	H	L	61	4	192	0.8	8	0.4	10.8	82	205	12	1.6	50	Aut
Rock and Pillar	M	E	M	83	15	172	7.1	24	11.7	12.8	64	188	29	0.2	60	Aut
Dunedin Aero	L	V	L	60	9	293	1.5	17	1.8	11.0	86	220	26	1.6	50	Aut
Traquair	L	V	M	66	7	147	1.9	12	1.8	8.3	81	235	24	0.2	60	Aut
Mount Benger	L	L	L	24	0	42	0.0	0	0.0	3.9	94	247	41	3.6	65	Aut
Wanaka	M	E	M	89	17	71	7.7	21	11.7	15.0	43	130	15	0.0	60	Aut
Queenstown Aero	M	E	L	87	18	34	10.3	18	13.7	14.0	58	180	26	0.0	50	Aut
Southland									Tuesday, 5 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	9	34	6.3	11	7.0	14.0	64	170	20	0.0	50	Aut
Invercargill Aero	L	V	L	60	1	25	2.1	2	0.6	13.0	73	250	32	2.6	50	Aut
Barn Hill	L	E	M	84	9	29	4.9	10	5.4	12.8	64	229	20	0.0	65	Aut
Blackmount	L	E	M	78	9	30	2.8	10	2.9	12.0	66	158	22	1.4	60	Aut
Wreys Bush	L	E	L	81	8	99	3.4	14	4.3	13.2	65	295	19	0.8	50	Aut
Tuatapere	L	V	L	74	5	29	2.1	7	1.0	12.2	68	228	21	1.0	50	Aut
Slopedown	L	H	L	66	4	28	1.1	6	0.5	12.3	71	253	14	1.4	50	Aut
Gore	L	E	L	79	5	28	3.3	7	2.7	12.0	67	210	24	0.6	50	Aut
Garston	M	E	L	85	11	72	3.9	16	5.6	10.4	70	162	14	0.2	50	Aut
South West Cape										13.0	72	270	26	0.8		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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