CWOP Information for CW8306 (C8306) in Winnipeg, MB CA (site inactive)

The following information is known about CW8306. 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: 49° 47' 28" N (deg min sec), 49.7910° (decimal), 4947.46N (LORAN)
Longitude: 97° 8' 46" W (deg min sec), -97.1460° (decimal), 09708.76W (LORAN)
Elevation: 232 metres (760 feet) -- validated against 234 metres (768 feet) from SRTM.C_1TO19_3
Location: Winnipeg, MB CA
Station type/software: Lightsoft Weather Center v1.00Build 64

The site location should be at the mark shown -- or very close. Clicking within the map area (or you can drag the 'CW8306' 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 upload them to Flickr (detailed instructions) and add the two tags 'wxtagged' and 'wx:cwop=c8306'. 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
CXWI6.4 milesNorth Winnipeg, CA (lat 49.8833°, long -97.1333°, altitude 251 metres)
CXWN6.8 milesNorth Winnipeg The Forks, Man., Canada (lat 49.8885°, long -97.1296°, altitude 230 metres) (data present)
CWWG7.0 milesNorth Prairie Weather Centre, Canada (lat 49.8924°, long -97.1404°, altitude 228 metres)
VE4TJR7.4 milesNorthwest Winnipeg, MB CA (lat 49.8840°, long -97.2278°, altitude 237 metres)
CJL58.9 milesNortheast Winnipeg / Lyncrest Airport, Canada (lat 49.8525°, long -96.9714°, altitude 236 metres)
CZWG9.1 milesNorthwest Winnipeg Centre (ACC), MB, Canada (lat 49.8999°, long -97.2596°, altitude 229 metres)
CWWI9.5 milesNorthwest Winnipeg Cfwo, Canada (lat 49.9167°, long -97.2333°, altitude 0 metres)
CYWG9.5 milesNorthwest Winnipeg Int. Airportman., Canada (lat 49.9167°, long -97.2333°, altitude 239 metres) (data present)
CXWG9.8 milesNorthwest Winnipeg A Cs, MN, CA (lat 49.9167°, long -97.2494°, altitude 239 metres) (data present)
DW514310.8 milesNorth Winnipeg, MB CA (lat 49.9406°, long -97.0775°, altitude 238 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
Page layout last modified Wednesday, 08 February 2012
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