NonFedAWOS Information for K9D0 (9D0) in Highmore Muni, SD, United States of America (site inactive)

The following information is known about K9D0. 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: 44° 32' 30" N (deg min sec), 44.5416° (decimal), 4432.50N (LORAN)
Longitude: 99° 26' 46" W (deg min sec), -99.4462° (decimal), 09926.77W (LORAN)
Elevation: 565 metres (1854 feet) -- validated against 562 metres (1844 feet) from NED Contiguous U. S. 1/3W arc second elevation data
Location: Highmore Muni, SD, United States of America
County: Hyde, SD
Data provider: SUPERAWOS
Forecast Office: Aberdeen (ABR)

The site location should be at the mark shown -- or very close. Clicking within the map area (or you can drag the 'K9D0' 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.

Can you help with location quality? Please indicate if the marker on the map points at the weather instrument cluster:

The location information for this site was gathered from 5 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. Show location history.

Date	Latitude	Longitude	Elevation	Name
2007-11-28	44.5417	-99.4462	565	Highmore Muni
2007-12-03	44.5416	-99.4462	565	Highmore Muni
2010-10-22	44.5417	-99.4462	565	Highmore Highmore Muni, SD, United States of America
2011-03-29	44.5417	-99.4462	565	Highmore Muni, SD, United States of America
2011-03-30	44.5417	-99.4462	565	Highmore Municipal Airport, United States of America
2011-08-09	44.5416	-99.4462	565	Highmore Municipal Airport, United States of America
2012-02-16	44.5416	-99.4462	565	Highmore Muni, SD, United States of America
2012-08-28	44.5416	-99.4462	565	HIGHMOREMUNC , SD, United States of America
2012-08-29	44.5416	-99.4462	565	Highmore Muni, SD, United States of America

The position of the clicked point on the map is:

The position of the 'K9D0' marker on the map is:

Latitude: dummy (deg min sec), dummy (decimal), dummy (LORAN)
Longitude: dummy (deg min sec), dummy (decimal), dummy (LORAN)

There are no photographs of the station. If you have pictures of this location, then please email them to k9d0@photo.gladstonefamily.net.

Picture Submission

There are two ways to submit pictures. If you are a flickr user, then see the flickr section below. Otherwise you can simply email the pictures as follows:

Email the pictures to k9d0@photo.gladstonefamily.net.
If you use a smartphone that embeds the GPS coordinates in the pictures, then you can send any picture of a weather station to gps@photo.gladstonefamily.net and it will be associated with the correct station automatically.

Flickr Upload

Uploading picktures to flickr.com is easy. If you do not have a free flickr account, then you need to create one. Just go to flickr and click the 'Create your account' button. You can use a google account if you have one.

Once logged in, click on 'Upload Photos & Video'. Next click on 'Choose Photos and Videos', and walk through the process to upload your pictures. They will automatically be resized appropriately.

After the upload is complete, it will ask you to add titles, tags and descriptions. The key step is to add tags as follows:

wxtagged -- this indicates that this picture is of a weather station or surrounding area
wx:id=k9d0 -- this indicates the site of which this is a picture
wxstation -- add this tag if the picture includes the weather station.

If you had to create your account, then you must upload at least five pictures. It will also take longer for your pictures to appear (a week or so). Otherwise, the pictures should appear after 24-48 hours.

You can try to find photographs from the area surrounding the site marker by clicking on Find nearby photographs. (There are some) (There are none) (There may be some) (Automatically loaded if any)

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 . For stations covered by your Forecast Office: Aberdeen (ABR) .

Site	Distance		Location
N0NPO	43.0 miles	West	Pierre, SD, US (lat 44.4082°, long -100.2975°, altitude 554 metres) (data present)
FW3577	68.6 miles	Northeast	Mellette, SD, US (lat 45.2000°, long -98.4000°, altitude 386 metres) (data present)
DW1482	79.5 miles	Northeast	Aberdeen, SD, US (lat 45.4543°, long -98.4572°, altitude 396 metres) (data present)
EW9368	79.7 miles	Northeast	Aberdeen, SD, US (lat 45.5445°, long -98.6418°, altitude 422 metres) (data present)
EW1233	85.1 miles	North	Eureka, SD, US (lat 45.7653°, long -99.6220°, altitude 570 metres) (data present)
EW6426	85.4 miles	North	Eureka, SD, US (lat 45.7708°, long -99.6187°, altitude 575 metres) (data present)
EW6057	85.7 miles	South	Platte, SD, US (lat 43.3828°, long -98.8385°, altitude 496 metres) (data present)
CW0121	90.7 miles	Northeast	Groton, SD, US (lat 45.4470°, long -98.1050°, altitude 397 metres) (data present)
GW4826	91.4 miles	Southeast	MITCHELL, SD, US (lat 43.6878°, long -98.0405°, altitude 395 metres) (data present)
FW1585	94.6 miles	Northeast	Frederick, SD, US (lat 45.7792°, long -98.6183°, altitude 438 metres) (data present)

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

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

Urban Siting and Operations (PDF): This is a guide to siting and operating a CWOP station in an urban environment.

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.

Overall website comments, problems etc to Philip Gladstone
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