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Wednesday, 6 December 2006

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North Island Data
Northland									Wednesday, 6 December 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Pouto	M	E	L	88	11	132	7.0	18	10.0	19.6	43	163	16	0.0	50	Aut
Aupouri Peninsula	H	E	H	84	59	548	6.1	93	21.5	17.9	69	209	24	0.0	75	Aut
Waitangi Forest	M	E	L	87	17	160	6.5	27	11.8	19.0	63	52	18	0.0	50	Aut
Opouteke	L	E	L	80	7	65	4.1	11	4.6	20.0	53	0	26	0.0	50	Sub
Hokianga	M	E	L	86	14	150	6.0	23	9.9	21.0	59	243	19	0.0	50	Aut
Dargaville	M	E	L	86	13	161	9.4	22	14.1	20.0	53	0	26	0.0	50	Aut
Kaikohe	M	E	L	87	13	169	4.5	22	7.5	21.0	48	170	9	0.0	50	Aut
Whangarei Aero	M	E	L	85	20	218	4.6	33	9.7	19.0	58	130	15	0.0	50	Aut
Auckland									Wednesday, 6 December 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Woodhill	M	E	L	84	8	81	7.1	13	8.6	20.0	54	205	26	0.0	50	Aut
Clevedon Coast	M	E	L	87	16	136	5.3	25	9.4	20.9	41	196	12	0.2	50	Aut
Great Barrier Island	M	E	L	88	23	251	5.1	37	11.5	21.6	46	222	10	0.0	50	Aut
Hunua East	M	E	L	88	17	76	5.8	22	9.5	19.2	47	150	13	0.0	50	Aut
Cornwallis Depot	M	E	L	86	15	107	5.6	22	9.1	21.0	52	223	16	0.0	50	Aut
Waikato									Wednesday, 6 December 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Whangamata	L	H	L	65	8	118	1.0	14	0.7	20.0	55	218	13	7.0	50	Aut
Waihi Gold	L	H	L	65	9	102	1.0	14	0.8	20.0	55	218	13	7.0	50	Sub
Athol	L	V	M	77	9	48	1.6	12	1.2	17.2	44	215	12	1.8	70	Aut
Hamilton Aero	M	E	L	85	19	167	7.3	29	13.3	18.0	50	200	24	0.0	40	Aut
Bodley Road	L	E	M	83	8	39	3.2	10	3.4	17.9	52	208	14	0.0	70	Aut
Ngapaenga	L	E	M	77	4	36	2.5	6	1.7	14.9	63	0	20	0.0	70	Aut
Waikawau Bay	L	H	L	65	8	37	1.0	10	0.6	20.0	55	218	13	7.0	50	Sub
Whitianga Aero										17.0	51			0.0	50	Aut
Port Taharoa	M	E	H	83	7	41	7.9	10	8.3	18.0	57	220	32	0.0	65	Aut
Paeroa	L	H	L	61	10	113	0.8	16	0.6	18.0	50	200	11	7.8	50	Aut
Central North Island									Wednesday, 6 December 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Whakatane Aero	M	E	H	89	19	153	8.3	29	14.8	19.0	35	180	15	0.0	60	Aut
Rotorua Aero	M	E	L	88	16	135	8.5	25	13.7	17.0	39	160	19	0.0	40	Aut
Taupo Aero	M	E	L	86	12	72	4.7	17	6.8	15.0	51	260	13	0.2	50	Aut
Tauranga Aero	H	E	M	89	27	190	7.6	39	16.0	19.0	40	350	13	0.4	60	Aut
Matea	L	E	L	82	8	36	3.0	11	3.2	12.6	54	125	15	0.2	40	Aut
Kawerau	H	E	H	89	26	183	9.7	38	19.0	19.5	32	113	18	0.0	60	Aut
Rotoaira	L	E	L	87	10	38	3.9	12	4.6	17.0	38	225	5	0.0	40	Sub
Tahorakuri	M	E	M	88	15	174	4.1	25	7.5	16.9	44	151	6	0.0	60	Aut
Rotoehu	M	E	L	89	27	161	6.2	38	13.6	19.4	38	185	10	0.0	40	Aut
Goudies	L	E	L	81	7	82	2.2	12	2.2	13.5	47	256	12	0.2	40	Aut
Galatea	M	E	L	85	16	138	4.5	25	8.1	18.5	41	172	14	0.0	40	Aut
Te Puke	L	H	M	75	20	172	1.0	32	1.7	19.2	36	141	5	3.0	60	Aut
Waihau Bay	L	L	L	49	6	115	0.3	11	0.2	15.3	66	310	16	25.2	60	Aut
Opotiki	M	E	L	84	12	97	3.9	19	6.1	17.4	48	92	15	0.0	40	Aut
Mission Bay	M	E	L	88	17	76	4.4	22	7.4	17.0	38	225	5	0.0	40	Aut
Eastern North Island									Wednesday, 6 December 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Tuai	L	L	L	45	3	51	0.2	5	0.1	10.5	66	158	17	5.2	40	Aut
Ruatoria	L	V	L	68	5	15	1.9	6	0.9	12.2	65	119	23	0.0	40	Aut
Crownthorpe	M	E	M	76	26	224	2.4	41	6.2	15.1	51	186	22	0.0	70	Aut
Waipukurau	M	E	M	78	23	199	2.3	36	5.5	15.1	54	209	18	0.2	65	Aut
Gwavas	L	H	M	67	13	163	0.9	21	0.9	14.9	62	215	10	0.6	60	Aut
Te Haroto	L	V	L	64	6	86	1.8	10	1.3	11.7	57	190	25	1.4	40	Aut
Cricklewood	L	L	M	55	9	185	0.8	16	0.6	12.9	58	150	21	3.4	70	Aut
Porapora	L	H	L	69	10	53	0.9	13	0.6	16.4	59	243	8	0.0	40	Aut
Bridge Pa	M	E	M	78	24	311	2.7	40	6.9	16.9	48	193	21	0.0	75	Aut
Waihau	L	L	M	58	9	224	1.0	16	0.8	14.5	59	187	20	3.6	65	Aut
Te Pohue	L	L	L	53	5	119	0.5	8	0.3	12.9	59	222	15	3.4	55	Aut
Mahia	L	L	M	54	7	181	1.1	14	0.8	13.0	72	230	30	4.2	70	Aut
Napier Aero	M	E	M	78	20	215	2.6	32	5.7	17.0	47	210	20	0.4	75	Aut
Hicks Bay	L	E	L	83	10	59	3.6	14	4.6	15.0	61	300	17	0.0	50	Aut
Ongaonga	L	V	M	71	15	201	1.9	25	3.4	16.6	60	221	21	1.4	70	Aut
Gisborne Aero	L	V	M	70	22	242	1.6	35	3.7	16.0	51	200	19	0.0	75	Aut
Taranaki									Wednesday, 6 December 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Eltham	L	E	L	78	5	45	2.5	8	2.0	14.8	82	193	20	0.0	35	Aut
New Plymouth Aero	L	E	L	85	8	51	5.6	11	6.4	18.0	55	150	19	0.0	35	Aut
Waverly	L	E	L	82	7	38	2.4	9	2.1	15.6	67	182	9	0.0	45	Aut
Okato	L	E	L	82	7	40	3.9	10	4.2	17.7	58	145	20	0.0	50	Aut
Marco	L	E	L	86	11	37	4.4	12	5.4	17.3	47	199	13	0.0	35	Aut
Hawera	L	E	L	81	5	62	2.8	9	2.6	15.0	69	160	15	0.0	35	Aut
Wanganui-Manawatu									Wednesday, 6 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	6	25	2.0	7	1.0	17.7	53	190	12	0.4	45	Aut
Three Kings	L	L	L	51	1	44	0.6	2	0.2	5.6	75	187	24	0.8	40	Aut
Webb	L	E	M	62	2	11	3.8	2	1.8	5.3	76	0	42	0.2	55	Aut
Westlawn	L	E	L	67	3	54	3.1	5	2.0	9.1	63	168	34	0.2	45	Aut
Desert Road Summit	L	E	M	71	4	26	2.2	6	1.2	8.7	65	182	24	0.0	55	Aut
Spriggins Park	L	E	L	84	12	56	3.0	15	4.1	15.6	59	232	10	0.0	45	Aut
Waitarere Forest	L	E	L	81	10	49	2.3	13	2.6	18.2	53	231	10	0.0	45	Aut
Ngamatea	L	V	L	61	5	129	1.3	9	0.7	8.8	70	221	22	0.2	45	Aut
Lismore	L	H	L	73	6	74	1.1	10	0.6	17.1	63	227	8	0.2	45	Aut
Waione	L	V	L	75	7	63	1.4	11	0.9	18.1	51	195	11	0.0	35	Aut
Waimarino Forest	L	E	L	80	5	30	4.5	7	4.1	11.5	54	191	28	0.0	45	Sub
National Park	L	E	L	80	5	30	4.5	7	4.1	11.5	54	191	28	0.0	40	Aut
Waiouru Aero	L	H	L	69	4	36	1.0	7	0.5	11.0	60	180	9	0.2	55	Aut
Wanganui Aero	L	E	L	83	11	54	3.6	14	4.7	15.0	59	220	15	0.0	45	Aut
Palmerston North Aero	L	H	L	69	4	36	1.0	6	0.4	15.0	62	260	9	0.6	35	Aut
Levin	L	E	L	76	3	31	2.2	5	1.0	16.0	63	260	20	0.0	45	Aut
Raumai	L	E	L	78	7	56	2.7	10	2.7	15.1	63	292	20	0.0	45	Aut
Wairarapa									Wednesday, 6 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	82	7	106	4.7	12	5.7	17.0	58	240	24	0.0	45	Aut
Castle Point	M	E	L	75	10	116	4.9	17	7.0	13.0	75	200	37	1.0	45	Aut
Ngawihi	M	E	L	82	15	131	2.6	23	4.6	16.0	60	210	11	0.0	45	Aut
Stony Creek	L	E	L	83	9	93	3.3	14	4.4	15.0	62	184	14	0.0	45	Aut
Haurangi	L	H	L	65	3	53	0.8	6	0.4	18.5	81	275	8	0.0	45	Aut
Ngaumu	L	E	L	80	8	135	2.2	14	2.6	15.4	64	238	12	0.4	45	Aut
Holdsworth Station	L	E	L	83	7	31	3.9	9	3.9	16.5	47	228	19	0.0	45	Aut
Wellington									Wednesday, 6 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	86	10	60	3.8	14	5.1	18.2	47	214	10	0.0	50	Aut
Wellington Aero	L	E	L	83	11	74	3.5	16	4.8	14.0	66	170	15	0.0	45	Aut
Lower Hutt	M	E	L	88	19	66	5.8	22	9.5	18.0	41	220	11	0.0	45	Aut
Paraparaumu	M	E	L	82	11	61	4.7	15	6.5	15.0	67	250	24	0.0	45	Aut
Chatham Island	L	L	L	42	1	100	0.3	1	0.1	10.0	79	200	39	4.8	40	Aut
Belmont	M	E	L	91	17	53	12.4	19	16.2	14.9	22	197	19	0.0	45	Aut
Titahi Bay	M	E	L	84	12	82	3.5	18	5.2	16.4	65	301	12	0.0	45	Aut

South Island Data
Nelson-Marlborough									Wednesday, 6 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	82	10	45	2.7	13	3.2	18.5	50	99	12	0.0	40	Aut
Keneperu Head	L	E	L	82	9	37	2.1	11	2.1	17.8	51	56	8	0.0	40	Aut
Totaranui	L	H	L	62	11	61	1.0	15	0.7	19.2	65	24	15	6.4	40	Aut
Awatere Valley	M	E	L	83	17	298	4.0	30	8.2	16.0	58	61	17	0.0	40	Aut
Hira	L	L	L	47	2	40	0.2	3	0.1	14.9	74	32	11	2.4	50	Aut
Dovedale	L	L	L	33	3	70	0.0	5	0.0	14.6	88	47	18	14.2	40	Sub
Molesworth	M	E	L	88	22	209	4.9	34	10.6	16.7	34	173	8	0.0	50	Aut
Murchison	H	E	L	100	27	41	33.2	27	37.5	21.5	1	302	14	0.0	40	Aut
Ngaruru	L	E	L	84	7	49	2.2	11	2.1	18.3	51	1	5	0.0	40	Aut
Western Boundary	L	V	L	78	8	34	1.7	10	1.2	19.0	54	80	12	1.4	40	Aut
Kaikoura	L	V	L	70	6	174	1.3	11	0.8	14.0	77	140	15	0.0	40	Aut
Nelson Aero	M	E	L	80	10	139	3.6	18	5.4	17.0	76	20	22	0.4	50	Aut
Woodbourne Aero	M	E	L	79	17	218	3.2	28	6.5	17.0	58	70	22	0.0	40	Aut
Big Pokororo	L	L	L	35	4	30	0.0	6	0.0	14.6	88	47	18	14.2	40	Aut
West Coast									Wednesday, 6 December 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Reefton	L	E	L	88	11	38	4.7	13	5.9	20.0	47	183	9	0.0	50	Aut
Nelson Creek	M	E	L	88	12	39	5.4	13	6.8	20.8	45	237	11	0.0	50	Aut
Westport	L	V	L	76	3	28	1.6	4	0.6	16.0	83	320	13	0.0	50	Aut
Hokitika Aero	L	E	L	80	5	36	2.4	7	1.7	16.0	79	0	15	0.0	40	Aut
Canterbury									Wednesday, 6 December 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Le Bons Bay	L	V	L	79	12	111	1.4	19	1.8	14.0	72	60	7	0.0	40	Aut
Oamaru Aero	M	E	L	84	11	142	3.6	19	5.6	16.0	51	60	13	0.4	50	Sub
Tara Hills	M	E	M	88	21	136	4.3	31	8.9	19.0	44	80	6	0.0	60	Aut
Timaru Aero	L	E	L	82	13	227	2.5	23	4.4	17.0	59	100	11	0.0	50	Aut
Christchurch Aero	M	E	L	87	25	172	3.7	36	8.7	19.0	45	200	6	0.0	50	Aut
Hanmer	L	H	L	72	7	29	0.8	9	0.5	19.3	40	72	4	0.2	50	Aut
Cannington	L	E	L	80	10	308	2.1	19	3.1	16.5	59	69	12	0.0	50	Aut
Snowdon	L	H	L	72	6	36	0.8	9	0.4	18.5	55	134	3	0.0	40	Aut
Darfield	M	E	L	86	12	108	3.7	19	5.8	18.8	50	131	9	0.0	50	Aut
Bottle Lake	M	E	L	86	29	252	3.0	45	8.2	20.1	48	27	6	0.0	50	Aut
Ashley	L	H	L	77	8	169	1.2	14	0.9	18.7	49	173	7	0.0	50	Aut
Balmoral	L	E	L	82	12	167	2.3	21	3.8	19.1	50	71	10	0.0	50	Aut
Ashburton Plains	M	E	L	87	17	169	4.1	28	7.9	19.2	51	124	8	0.2	50	Aut
Hakatere	L	E	M	84	13	64	3.1	17	4.5	18.1	44	138	11	0.0	85	Aut
Leeston	M	E	L	87	15	132	5.0	23	8.6	18.9	48	112	12	0.0	50	Aut
Oamaru	L	E	L	82	9	119	2.7	16	3.6	16.0	51	60	13	0.4	50	Aut
Waihaorunga	L	H	L	70	8	212	1.1	15	0.8	16.9	66	157	11	0.4	50	Aut
Burnham	M	E	L	87	12	89	4.2	18	6.4	18.1	46	121	10	0.0	50	Aut
Tekapo	M	E	M	88	14	35	5.2	14	6.7	16.8	40	109	10	0.0	60	Aut
Mount Cook	L	V	L	81	6	27	1.9	8	1.0	19.2	40	38	8	0.0	50	Aut
Motukarara	M	E	L	85	14	113	4.2	21	7.0	15.8	50	169	15	0.0	50	Aut
Mount Somers	L	H	L	71	5	23	1.1	7	0.5	16.2	58	100	11	0.0	40	Aut
Pukaki Aero	L	V	M	83	17	183	1.9	28	3.8	19.3	50	25	5	0.0	60	Aut
Otago									Wednesday, 6 December 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Nugget Point	L	E	L	78	3	137	3.5	6	2.7	17.0	56	220	26	0.0	50	Aut
Bendigo										19.9	72	40	2	0.0	65	Aut
Glendhu	L	E	M	75	4	13	2.6	5	1.3	21.2	54	267	24	0.0	65	Aut
Clyde	M	E	M	86	22	441	3.4	39	8.2	18.9	53	127	6	0.0	60	Aut
Lauder	M	E	M	86	20	260	3.2	34	7.3	18.1	53	118	5	0.0	55	Aut
Northburn	M	E	M	89	29	375	4.3	49	11.6	20.5	46	5	3	0.0	65	Aut
Herbert	L	V	L	77	4	120	1.5	8	0.8	16.1	46	259	11	0.0	50	Sub
McRaes	L	E	M	86	8	180	4.0	14	5.1	16.1	46	259	11	0.0	60	Aut
Dansey Pass	M	E	M	86	15	179	3.5	25	6.4	18.3	50	179	7	0.2	60	Aut
Tapanui	L	E	L	83	8	119	2.6	13	3.2	18.8	47	241	11	0.0	50	Aut
Glenledi	L	E	L	79	6	198	2.7	11	2.8	17.9	58	278	19	0.2	50	Aut
Rock and Pillar	M	E	M	87	17	179	4.0	28	7.8	19.3	46	30	8	0.0	60	Aut
Dunedin Aero	L	E	L	77	10	301	2.3	18	3.5	21.0	49	230	20	2.0	50	Aut
Traquair	L	E	M	81	9	153	2.7	15	3.7	16.3	51	275	16	0.0	60	Aut
Mount Benger	L	V	M	64	2	48	1.4	3	0.5	13.9	46	269	20	0.0	65	Aut
Wanaka	M	E	M	89	19	78	4.3	23	7.6	19.0	51	210	4	0.0	60	Aut
Queenstown Aero	M	E	L	88	20	41	5.7	20	9.0	17.0	46	260	13	0.0	50	Aut
Southland									Wednesday, 6 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	88	12	41	8.5	14	10.2	20.0	43	310	19	0.0	50	Aut
Invercargill Aero	L	E	L	77	2	31	4.5	4	3.0	17.0	68	250	32	0.0	50	Aut
Barn Hill	M	E	H	87	12	36	9.9	13	11.3	19.8	46	325	24	0.0	65	Aut
Blackmount	M	E	H	86	11	37	11.1	13	12.3	19.8	47	351	30	0.0	60	Aut
Wreys Bush	L	E	L	86	11	107	3.2	17	4.7	21.5	51	185	6	0.0	50	Aut
Tuatapere	L	E	L	85	7	37	3.5	10	3.6	21.4	48	335	11	0.0	50	Aut
Slopedown	L	E	L	81	6	35	4.1	8	4.0	17.7	55	229	22	0.2	50	Aut
Garston	M	E	L	87	14	79	3.9	19	6.1	19.1	45	6	6	0.0	50	Aut
South West Cape										14.0	84	330	59	0.0		Aut
Gore	L	E	L	83	6	34	4.4	9	4.4	18.0	62	210	19	0.0	50	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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