CWOP Information for CW8068 (C8068) in Orange, AU (site inactive)

The following information is known about CW8068. 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: 33° 23' 7" S (deg min sec), -33.3852° (decimal), 3323.11S (LORAN)
Longitude: 149° 15' 39" E (deg min sec), 149.2609° (decimal), 14915.65E (LORAN)
Elevation: 887 metres (2910 feet) -- validated against 887 metres (2910 feet) from SRTM 3 arc-second: Africa and SE Asia and Australia
Location: Orange, AU
Station type/software: Davis Vantage Pro 2 Plus with Weatherlink

The site location should be at the mark shown -- or very close. Clicking within the map area (or you can drag the 'CW8068' 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.

Date	Latitude	Longitude	Elevation	Name
2007-06-04	-33.4000	149.3000	870	Orange, AU
2009-02-10	-33.4000	149.3000	870	Orange, AU
2009-02-10	-33.3852	149.2609	887	Orange, AU

The position of the clicked point on the map is:

The position of the 'CW8068' marker on the map is:

Latitude: dummy (deg min sec), dummy (decimal), dummy (LORAN)
Longitude: dummy (deg min sec), dummy (decimal), dummy (LORAN)

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=c8068'. If the picture is of the weather station itself, then please also add the 'wx:station' tag as well.

Flickr Upload

Uploading picktures to flickr.com is easy. If you do not have a free flickr account, then you need to create one. Just go to flickr and click the 'Create your account' button. You can use a google account if you have one.

Once logged in, click on 'Upload Photos & Video'. Next click on 'Choose Photos and Videos', and walk through the process to upload your pictures. They will automatically be resized appropriately.

After the upload is complete, it will ask you to add titles, tags and descriptions. The key step is to add tags as follows:

wxtagged -- this indicates that this picture is of a weather station or surrounding area
wx:cwop=c8068 -- this indicates the site of which this is a picture
wxstation -- add this tag if the picture includes the weather station.

If you had to create your account, then you must upload at least five pictures. It will also take longer for your pictures to appear (a week or so). Otherwise, the pictures should appear after 24-48 hours.

You can try to find photographs from the area surrounding the site marker by clicking on Find nearby photographs. (There are some) (There are none) (There may be some) (Automatically loaded if any)

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 .

Site	Distance		Location
YORG	7.4 miles	West	Orange Airport, NSW, Australia (lat -33.3817°, long 149.1330°, altitude 949 metres)
95726	7.7 miles	West	Orange Airport Aws, Australia (lat -33.3814°, long 149.1269°, altitude 948 metres) (data present)
94726	8.0 miles	West	Orange Airport Comparison, Australia (lat -33.3814°, long 149.1228°, altitude 949 metres)
VK2BLO-1	10.7 miles	Northwest	Orange, NSW AU (lat -33.2982°, long 149.1080°, altitude 889 metres) (data present)
DW4085	11.0 miles	West	Orange, NSW AU (lat -33.3730°, long 149.0708°, altitude 960 metres) (data present)
95725	11.2 miles	Northwest	Orange Agricultural Institute, Australia (lat -33.3211°, long 149.0828°, altitude 922 metres) (data present)
CW8496	16.7 miles	West	Orange, AU (lat -33.3234°, long 148.9806°, altitude 1042 metres) (data present)
94730	17.3 miles	East	Bathurst Agricultural Station, Australia (lat -33.4289°, long 149.5558°, altitude 713 metres) (data present)
YBTH	22.8 miles	East	Bathurst Airport, Australia (lat -33.4119°, long 149.6539°, altitude 745 metres) (data present)
95735	38.9 miles	Southeast	Oberon (springbank), Australia (lat -33.6775°, long 149.8375°, altitude 1095 metres) (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.

Overall website comments, problems etc to Philip Gladstone
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