CWOP Information for CW3072 (C3072) in Canaan Valley, WV US (site inactive)

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Registered Location

Latitude: 39° 0' 8" N (deg min sec), 39.0023° (decimal), 3900.14N (LORAN)
Longitude: 79° 28' 6" W (deg min sec), -79.4685° (decimal), 07928.11W (LORAN)
Elevation: 1130 meters (3707 feet) -- validated against 1134 meters (3722 feet) from NED Contiguous U. S. 1/3E arc second elevation data
Location: Canaan Valley, WV US
County: Tucker, WV
Forecast Office: Pittsburgh (PBZ)
Station type/software: VPLive 1.1.8 / Davis Vantage Pro 2

The site location should be at the mark shown -- or very close. Clicking within the map area (or you can drag the 'CW3072' 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.

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APRS Status

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

Weather data was seen at findu.com around 396 days ago on 2008-06-03.

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: Pittsburgh (PBZ) .

SiteDistanceLocation
WV624.2 milesNortheast Windwood Fly In Resort (lat 39.0551°, long -79.4314°, altitude 978 meters)
CW09576.4 milesSouthwest Harman, WV US (lat 38.9203°, long -79.5222°, altitude 731 meters) (data present)
KW9917.3 milesEast Petersburg, WV, United States (lat 38.9949°, long -79.1459°, altitude 292 meters) (data present)
CW175619.4 milesNortheast Maysville, WV US (lat 39.1330°, long -79.1491°, altitude 440 meters) (data present)
KEKN22.2 milesWest Elkins/randolph , WV, United States (lat 38.8853°, long -79.8528°, altitude 609 meters) (data present)
CW515827.6 milesEast Moorefield, WV US (lat 39.0658°, long -78.9605°, altitude 269 meters) (data present)
K3G532.7 milesNorth Dawson Aaf (lat 39.4501°, long -79.6664°, altitude 385 meters)
CW974533.2 milesNorth Deep Creek, MD US (lat 39.4650°, long -79.3042°, altitude 749 meters) (data present)
K79D33.9 milesWest Philippi Barbour Co Rgnl (lat 39.1662°, long -80.0626°, altitude 542 meters)
CW784834.0 milesEast Moorefield, WV US (lat 39.1465°, long -78.8630°, altitude 535 meters) (data present)

The sites marked above thus did not report continuously during the analysis period, so the offsets may (probably will) not be accurate.

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, 29 March 2009
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