CWOP Information for CW5970 (C5970) in Goldendale, WA, US (site inactive)

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Registered Location

Latitude: 45° 49' 43" N (deg min sec), 45.8285° (decimal), 4549.71N (LORAN)
Longitude: 120° 48' 9" W (deg min sec), -120.8025° (decimal), 12048.15W (LORAN)
Elevation: 513 metres (1683 feet) -- validated against 510 metres (1674 feet) from NED Contiguous U. S. 1/3W arc second elevation data
Location: Goldendale, WA, US
County: Klickitat, WA
Forecast Office: Pendleton (PDT)
Weather station Manager/Operator: Goldendale
Station type/software: Cumulus/WMR928

The site location should be at the mark shown -- or very close. Clicking within the map area (or you can drag the 'CW5970' 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. Show location history.

There are no photographs of the station. If you are the site operator and have pictures of this location, then please email them to c5970@photo.gladstonefamily.net.

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.

Weather data was seen at findu.com around 2036 days ago on 2018-08-30.

A recently received report from this station was

CW5970>APRS,TCPXX*,qAX,CWOP-4:@220656z4549.70N/12048.13W_000/000g000t000r000p000P000h01b00000eCumulusWMR928

If this is not a weather report, then your station may not be transmitting weather reports, and this may be the problem. Check the recent reports at findu.com to see if any look like weather reports.

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: Pendleton (PDT) .

SiteDistanceLocation
EW08598.6 milesSouthwest Centerville, WA, US (lat 45.7392°, long -120.9268°, altitude 483 metres) (data present)
GW228217.8 milesSouth WASCO, OR, US (lat 45.5823°, long -120.6925°, altitude 423 metres) (data present)
FW236221.0 milesSouthwest Hood River, OR, US (lat 45.6338°, long -121.1362°, altitude 71 metres) (data present)
DW962721.0 milesWest Lyle, WA, US (lat 45.7338°, long -121.2168°, altitude 459 metres) (data present)
FW692223.0 milesSouthwest Hood River, OR, US (lat 45.5372°, long -121.0337°, altitude 348 metres) (data present)
FW692024.0 milesSouthwest Hood River, OR, US (lat 45.5833°, long -121.1528°, altitude 235 metres) (data present)
EW155225.0 milesWest Lyle, WA, US (lat 45.6968°, long -121.2850°, altitude 100 metres) (data present)
FW564225.5 milesSouthwest Hood River, OR, US (lat 45.5842°, long -121.1967°, altitude 190 metres) (data present)
EW962725.6 milesSouthwest Hood River, OR, US (lat 45.6010°, long -121.2218°, altitude 193 metres) (data present)
FW244626.0 milesSouthwest Hood River, OR, US (lat 45.5700°, long -121.1943°, altitude 320 metres) (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 Siting Guide (PDF): This is a guide to siting and operating a CWOP station. This is a must-read document.

Another CWOP Guide (PDF): This is another guide to siting and operating a CWOP station. This is a must-read document.

Urban Siting and Operations (PDF): This is a guide to siting and operating a CWOP station in an urban environment.

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 Sunday, 28 February 2016
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