CWOP Information for CW4420 (C4420) in Balsam Township, MN US

The following information is known about CW4420. 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: 47° 30' 50" N (deg min sec), 47.5138° (decimal), 4730.83N (LORAN)
Longitude: 93° 23' 40" W (deg min sec), -93.3945° (decimal), 09323.67W (LORAN)
Elevation: 421 meters (1381 feet) -- validated against 420 meters (1379 feet) from NED Contiguous U. S. 1/3E arc second elevation data
Location: Balsam Township, MN US
County: Itasca, MN
Forecast Office: Duluth (DLH)
Station type/software: Virtual Weather Station / Davis Vantage Pro

The site location should be at the mark shown -- or very close. Clicking within the map area (or you can drag the 'CW4420' 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=c4420'. 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: Duluth (DLH) .

SiteDistanceLocation
CW049920.2 milesSouthwest Grand Rapids, MN US (lat 47.2548°, long -93.5943°, altitude 413 meters)
KB0BK21.1 milesSouthwest Cohasset, MN US (lat 47.2403°, long -93.5943°, altitude 397 meters) (data present)
KGPZ21.6 milesSouth Grand Rapids, MN, United States (lat 47.2111°, long -93.5098°, altitude 413 meters) (data present)
K85D21.9 milesNorthwest Bigfork Muni, MN, United States (lat 47.7800°, long -93.6500°, altitude 409 meters)
KFOZ22.1 milesNorthwest Bigfork, MN, United States (lat 47.7828°, long -93.6502°, altitude 411 meters) (data present)
KHIB27.4 milesEast Hibbing, MN, United States (lat 47.3866°, long -92.8390°, altitude 412 meters) (data present)
KCQM39.1 milesNortheast Cook, MN, United States (lat 47.8219°, long -92.6894°, altitude 404 meters) (data present)
KB2TYG40.2 milesNorth Nett Lake, MN US (lat 48.0845°, long -93.2337°, altitude 100 meters)
KEVM42.3 milesEast Eveleth Muni, MN, United States (lat 47.4251°, long -92.4985°, altitude 421 meters) (data present)
KORB42.8 milesNortheast Orr, MN, United States (lat 48.0159°, long -92.8561°, altitude 399 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 Monday, 01 September 2008
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