Site Information for 16654 in Arta (halkiades), Greece

The following information is known about 16654. If you think that any information is incorrect, then please follow the instructions for correcting that data item.

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Registered Location

Latitude: 39° 10' 0" N (deg min sec), 39.1667° (decimal), 3910.00N (LORAN)
Longitude: 21° 0' 0" E (deg min sec), 21.0000° (decimal), 02100.00E (LORAN)
Elevation: 11 meters (36 feet) -- validated as between 26 and 79 meters (85 and 259 feet) from SRTM.C_20TO43_3
Location: Arta (halkiades), Greece

The elevation does not correspond with the estimated elevation (30 meters (98 feet) -- source SRTM.C_20TO43_3) at that point. Either the location or the elevation (or both) are almost certain to be incorrect. Use the mapper to check the location. Please use the 'send the updated information' link below to update the location or elevation.

The site coordinates appear to be of low precision, and the station may be anywhere within the marked area. Clicking within the map area (or you can drag the '16654' marker) will display the latitude/longitude of that point.

If the displayed location (or elevation) of the weather observing location is incorrect, please drag the marker to the right location (or click in the right location), and then send the updated information. Please note that we are trying to spot either the Stevenson Screen (or equivalent) or the location where the barometric readings are taken.

The best way to get elevation is to consult a topographic map. Make sure that you know whether the contours are marked in feet or meters. Note that handheld GPS receivers do not provide readings of elevation accurate to better than 10-20 meters (technical discussion). If you do not have access to a topographic map, then a GPS receiver is acceptable, but make sure that it is operating in 3D mode and let it average the position for at least five minutes.

For more information on reading maps, please see the Topo Map Reading Guide -- in particular it discusses how to read contours.

The location information for this site was gathered from 2 data sources. The source which most closely matches the consensus is chosen. Many of these sources only report the location to the nearest minute (or hundredth of degree). This can lead to the marker being placed noticeably incorrectly. Please see Discussion of Location Errors for more information.

There are no photographs of the station. If you have pictures of this location, then please upload them to Flickr (detailed instructions) and add the two tags 'wxtagged' and 'wx:wmo=16654'. If the picture is of the weather station itself, then please also add the 'wx:station' tag as well. Please geotag your images, and those coordinates may be used in the estimation of the location of this site.

You can try to find photographs from the area surrounding the site marker by clicking on Find nearby photographs.

Neighboring Stations

This is a list of stations that are close to this station.

You can also subscribe to an RSS feed to tell you when new stations come online in this area. Choose either within 100 miles or 250 miles .

SiteDistanceLocation
LGIO37.8 milesNorth Ioannina, GR (lat 39.6964°, long 20.8225°, altitude 483 meters)
LGPZ40.1 milesSouth Aktion Airport (lat 38.6167°, long 20.7667°, altitude 4 meters) (data present)
SV1CIF-242.9 milesSoutheast Aitoloakarnania, GR (lat 38.6340°, long 21.4083°, altitude 104 meters)
CW933343.3 milesSoutheast Agrinion, GR (lat 38.6272°, long 21.4097°, altitude 88 meters)
LGAG43.4 milesSoutheast Agrinion (hel-af, GR (lat 38.6020°, long 21.3512°, altitude 24 meters)
1664548.8 milesNortheast Trikala, Greece (lat 39.5500°, long 21.7667°, altitude 116 meters)
LGKR65.7 milesNorthwest Kerkyra Airport (lat 39.6167°, long 19.9167°, altitude 2 meters) (data present)
CW797766.7 milesNorthwest Corfu, GR (lat 39.6101°, long 19.8930°, altitude 16 meters) (data present)
SV3AQN-273.8 milesSoutheast Patra, GR (lat 38.2720°, long 21.7448°, altitude 8 meters) (data present)
LGRX73.9 milesSouth Araxos Airport (lat 38.1511°, long 21.4256°, altitude 12 meters) (data present)

The sites marked above thus did not report continuously during the analysis period, so the offsets may (probably will) not be accurate.

Location Formats

The location is shown in three different formats. Each of these is used in some software, and is shown on some websites.

Degrees Minutes Seconds: VWS/VWSAPRS, WeatherLink 5.5, WeatherLink (5.2-5.4), WeatherView (Linux)

Decimal degrees: FreeWX, WeatherView32 (PC application)

LORAN: WeatherDisplay, WUHU, Henriksen WServer

Resources

CWOP Home: This describes the whole CWOP program and has a large amount of useful information.

CWOP Guide (PDF): This is a guide to siting and operating a CWOP station. This is a must-read document.

APRS WX Message format: This describes the actual format of the messages transmitted that carry WX information.

WXQC Mailing List: This is a mailing list where data quality issues are discussed. Assistance with software configuration can often be found here.

Topo Map Reading Guide: How to read USGS topographic maps, with a good section on reading contours.

Geographically nearby web pages: Use Geourl to find web pages that deal with locations geographically close to this site.


Website comments, problems etc to
Philip Gladstone

Last modified Monday, 01 September 2008
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