CWOP Information for CU3AA (AS499) in Heroismo, PT

The following information is known about CU3AA. 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: 38° 39' 0" N (deg min sec), 38.6500° (decimal), 3839.00N (LORAN)
Longitude: 27° 13' 0" W (deg min sec), -27.2167° (decimal), 02713.00W (LORAN)
Elevation: 10 meters (32 feet) -- validated against 0 meters (0 feet) from SRTM.C_20TO43_3
Location: Heroismo, PT
Station type/software: Virtual Weather Station / WMR968

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 'CU3AA' 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=as499'. 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.

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
085111.2 milesNorth Angra Do Heroismo (acores), Portugal (lat 38.6667°, long -27.2167°, altitude 76 meters) (data present)
085089.9 milesNortheast Lajes/santa Rita (acores), Portugal (lat 38.7333°, long -27.0667°, altitude 113 meters)
LPLA10.3 milesNortheast Lajes Acores, Portugal (lat 38.7618°, long -27.0908°, altitude 55 meters) (data present)
LPSJ51.8 milesWest Sao Jorge (lat 38.6655°, long -28.1758°, altitude 94 meters)
LPGR53.4 milesNorthwest Graciosa Is Azor, PT (lat 39.0922°, long -28.0298°, altitude 26 meters)
LPPI66.5 milesWest Rpico Is Azores, PT (lat 38.5543°, long -28.4413°, altitude 33 meters)
0850677.1 milesWest Horta (acores), Portugal (lat 38.5167°, long -28.6333°, altitude 62 meters) (data present)
LPHR81.6 milesWest Horta / Castelo Branco, Portugal (lat 38.5199°, long -28.7159°, altitude 41 meters) (data present)
LPPD103.8 milesSoutheast Ponta Delgada / Nordela, Portugal (lat 37.7412°, long -25.6979°, altitude 72 meters) (data present)
08513104.8 milesSoutheast Ponta Delgada/obs. (acores), Portugal (lat 37.7500°, long -25.6667°, altitude 36 meters)

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 Saturday, 29 November 2008
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