Synop Information for 67659 in Kafue Polder, Zambia

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Registered Location

Latitude: 15° 46' 0" S (deg min sec), -15.7667° (decimal), 1546.00S (LORAN)
Longitude: 27° 55' 0" E (deg min sec), 27.9167° (decimal), 02755.00E (LORAN)
Elevation: 978 meters (3208 feet) -- validated against 977 meters (3206 feet) from SRTM.C_AUS_3
Location: Kafue Polder, Zambia

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 '67659' 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 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=67659'. 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.

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Neighboring Stations

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

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SiteDistanceLocation
6775126.5 milesSouthwest Magoye, Zambia (lat -16.0000°, long 27.6000°, altitude 1018 meters)
6766726.8 milesNortheast Mount Makulu, Zambia (lat -15.5500°, long 28.2500°, altitude 1213 meters)
FLLC36.8 milesNortheast Lusaka City Airport, Zambia (lat -15.4138°, long 28.3307°, altitude 1280 meters) (data present)
FLLS46.7 milesNortheast Lusaka Internationalair, Zambia (lat -15.3308°, long 28.4526°, altitude 1154 meters) (data present)
6765568.8 milesNorthwest Mumbwa, Zambia (lat -15.0667°, long 27.1833°, altitude 1218 meters)
FVKB82.8 milesSoutheast Kariba, Zimbabwe (lat -16.5198°, long 28.8850°, altitude 518 meters)
FLCH92.9 milesSouthwest Choma, Zambia (lat -16.8333°, long 27.0667°, altitude 1278 meters)
FLKW98.2 milesNorth Kabwe/milliken, ZM (lat -14.4500°, long 28.4667°, altitude 1207 meters) (data present)
67662102.2 milesNorth Kabwe Agric, Zambia (lat -14.4000°, long 28.5000°, altitude 1165 meters)
FVBI133.7 milesSouth Binga, ZW (lat -17.6167°, long 27.3333°, altitude 617 meters)

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 Wednesday, 07 January 2009
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