CWOP Information for ZL2THM-5 (AS540) in Wellington, NZ

The following information is known about ZL2THM-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: 41° 16' 50" S (deg min sec), -41.2807° (decimal), 4116.84S (LORAN)
Longitude: 174° 43' 53" E (deg min sec), 174.7315° (decimal), 17443.89E (LORAN)
Elevation: 235 meters (771 feet) -- validated against 235 meters (771 feet) from SRTM.C_AUS_3
Location: Wellington, NZ
Station type/software: FreeWX

The site location should be at the mark shown -- or very close. Clicking within the map area (or you can drag the 'ZL2THM-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.

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=as540'. 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
NZWN5.0 milesSoutheast Wellington Airport (lat -41.3272°, long 174.8053°, altitude 8 meters) (data present)
934395.1 milesSoutheast Wellington Aero Aws, New Zealand (lat -41.3333°, long 174.8000°, altitude 12 meters) (data present)
934315.3 milesWest Outlook Hill, New Zealand (lat -41.3000°, long 174.6333°, altitude 548 meters)
CW19145.9 milesSoutheast Wellington, NZ (lat -41.3335°, long 174.8210°, altitude 72 meters) (data present)
CW53006.4 milesNortheast Wellington, NZ (lat -41.2033°, long 174.7997°, altitude 200 meters) (data present)
934406.4 milesSoutheast Beacon Hill, New Zealand (lat -41.3333°, long 174.8333°, altitude 131 meters)
9343013.8 milesNorth Mana Island Aws, New Zealand (lat -41.0833°, long 174.7667°, altitude 100 meters)
DW011814.8 milesNortheast Pauatahanui, NZ (lat -41.1207°, long 174.9191°, altitude 85 meters) (data present)
CW773615.8 milesNortheast Lower Hutt, NZ (lat -41.1572°, long 174.9877°, altitude 130 meters) (data present)
CW442317.0 milesNortheast Pinehaven, NZ (lat -41.1670°, long 175.0215°, altitude 150 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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