CWOP Information for W3ALF (AS122) in Union Bridge, MD US

The following information is known about W3ALF. 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° 34' 0" N (deg min sec), 39.5667° (decimal), 3934.00N (LORAN)
Longitude: 77° 10' 0" W (deg min sec), -77.1667° (decimal), 07710.00W (LORAN)
Elevation: 123 meters (404 feet) -- validated against 128 meters (420 feet) from NED Contiguous U. S. 1/3E arc second elevation data
Location: Union Bridge, MD US
County: Carroll, MD
Forecast Office: Baltimore/Washington (LWX)
Station type/software: Virtual Weather Station / Davis WM II

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 'W3ALF' 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.

NOTE: The Registered Location is the location that the station owner provided when they signed up with CWOP.

There are no photographs of the station. If you are the site operator and have pictures of this location, then please upload them to Flickr (detailed instructions) and add the two tags 'wxtagged' and 'wx:cwop=as122'. If the picture is of the weather station itself, then please also add the 'wx:station' tag as well.

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

APRS Status

No data has been seen recently. Please check at findu.com to see if your data is being seen there.

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: Baltimore/Washington (LWX) .

SiteDistanceLocation
K3YJP-45.3 milesEast Westminster, MD US (lat 39.5909°, long -77.0731°, altitude 195 meters) (data present)
CW96678.2 milesEast Westminster, MD US (lat 39.5830°, long -77.0140°, altitude 227 meters) (data present)
KDMW9.0 milesEast Carroll Cnty, MD (lat 39.6083°, long -77.0077°, altitude 241 meters) (data present)
CW53689.5 milesSoutheast Westminster, MD US (lat 39.4763°, long -77.0317°, altitude 222 meters)
CW95699.9 milesSoutheast Taylorsville, MD US (lat 39.4386°, long -77.0833°, altitude 247 meters) (data present)
DW040710.4 milesSouthwest Walkersville, MD US (lat 39.4838°, long -77.3302°, altitude 308 meters) (data present)
DW044010.8 milesNorth Littlestown, PA US (lat 39.7218°, long -77.1885°, altitude 191 meters) (data present)
KEMI10.8 milesSoutheast Westminster, US (lat 39.5000°, long -76.9833°, altitude 152 meters)
CW723411.6 milesSouth Mount Airy, MD US (lat 39.4012°, long -77.1270°, altitude 208 meters) (data present)
CW945913.7 milesNortheast Bachman Mills, MD US (lat 39.6770°, long -76.9520°, altitude 253 meters) (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 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 Sunday, 22 June 2008
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