CWOP Information for F6GZM-5 (AS278) in Luzenac, FR

The following information is known about F6GZM-5. 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: 42° 46' 8" N (deg min sec), 42.7688° (decimal), 4246.13N (LORAN)
Longitude: 1° 45' 5" E (deg min sec), 1.7515° (decimal), 00145.09E (LORAN)
Elevation: 650 metres (2133 feet) -- validated against 626 metres (2054 feet) from SRTM.C_1TO19_3
Location: Luzenac, FR
Site Manager/Operator: René
Station type/software: UI-View 32

The site location should be at the mark shown -- or very close. Clicking within the map area (or you can drag the 'F6GZM-5' 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.

The position of the clicked point on the map is:

The position of the 'F6GZM-5' 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 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=as278'. If the picture is of the weather station itself, then please also add the 'wx:station' tag as well.

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:cwop=as278 -- 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 .

Site	Distance		Location
F6HDW-5	9.1 miles	West	Alliat, FR (lat 42.8175°, long 1.5845°, altitude 615 metres)
LFNW	18.3 miles	Northeast	Puivert Airport, K, France (lat 42.9114°, long 2.0561°, altitude 490 metres)
LFDJ	22.4 miles	North	Pamiers-Les Pujols Airport, N, France (lat 43.0906°, long 1.6958°, altitude 339 metres)
07738	23.0 miles	Southeast	Les Escaldes, K, France (lat 42.4833°, long 1.9833°, altitude 1432 metres)
LFNQ	24.4 miles	Southeast	Mont Louis La Quillane Airport, K, France (lat 42.5436°, long 2.1200°, altitude 1710 metres)
07740	25.4 miles	Southeast	Saint Leocadie, K, France (lat 42.4500°, long 2.0000°, altitude 1328 metres)
LFYS	25.9 miles	Southeast	Ste Léocadie\|Sainte-Leocadie Airport, K, France (lat 42.4472°, long 2.0108°, altitude 1320 metres)
08940	27.0 miles	West	Tavescan, Spain (lat 42.6375°, long 1.2519°, altitude 1100 metres)
LECD	27.1 miles	South	La Cerdanya Airport, CT, Spain (lat 42.3864°, long 1.8667°, altitude 1092 metres)
F6DEV-5	28.2 miles	Northwest	Rimont, FR (lat 42.9933°, long 1.2873°, altitude 522 metres)

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.

Overall website comments, problems etc to Philip Gladstone
Page layout last modified Wednesday, 08 February 2012
Questions for this weather station owner/operator to René
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