CWOP Information for CW8387 (C8387) in Dothan, AL US (site inactive)

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Registered Location

Latitude: 31° 13' 43" N (deg min sec), 31.2285° (decimal), 3113.71N (LORAN)
Longitude: 85° 27' 11" W (deg min sec), -85.4531° (decimal), 08527.19W (LORAN)
Elevation: 98 metres (320 feet) -- validated against 100 metres (328 feet) from SRTM 1 arc-second: Contiguous U.S.
Location: Dothan, AL US
County: Houston, AL
County warning area: TAE
Station type/software: Virtual Weather Station / WMR968

The site location should be at the mark shown -- or very close. Clicking within the map area (or you can drag the 'CW8387' 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
2008-08-28	31.2160	-85.4330	91	Dothan, AL US
2008-09-11	31.2157	-85.4327	91	Dothan, AL US
2008-09-12	31.2157	-85.4327	80	Dothan, AL US
2009-10-13	31.2285	-85.4531	97	Dothan, AL US

The position of the clicked point on the map is:

The position of the 'CW8387' marker on the map is:

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

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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 800 days ago on 2009-12-03.

A recently received report from this station was

CW8387>APRS,TCPXX*,qAX,CWOP-4:@021258z3113.72N/08527.18W_217/003g003t064r012P035p150h98b10042v8

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 in your County Warning Area: TAE .

Site	Distance		Location
DW8111	5.1 miles	Southeast	Dothan, AL US (lat 31.1855°, long -85.3825°, altitude 98 metres)
KDHN	6.4 miles	North	DOTHAN AIRPORT, AL, United States (lat 31.3214°, long -85.4497°, altitude 122 metres) (data present)
N3FU	6.9 miles	Northeast	Dothan, AL US (lat 31.2986°, long -85.3691°, altitude 92 metres) (data present)
DW6334	9.3 miles	Northeast	Headland, AL US (lat 31.3378°, long -85.3601°, altitude 112 metres) (data present)
K0J6	12.6 miles	Northeast	Headland Municipal Airport, United States of America (lat 31.3641°, long -85.3117°, altitude 109 metres)
DW2730	13.4 miles	West	Hartford, AL US (lat 31.1761°, long -85.6703°, altitude 88 metres) (data present)
KFHK	14.0 miles	Northwest	Fort Rucker/ozark Knox Ahp, AL, United States of America (lat 31.3168°, long -85.6666°, altitude 68 metres)
KHEY	14.4 miles	Northwest	Hanchey AHP / Ozark, AL, United States (lat 31.3460°, long -85.6540°, altitude 97 metres)
KOZR	15.7 miles	West	Cairns Army Air Field / Ozark, AL, United States (lat 31.2758°, long -85.7134°, altitude 91 metres) (data present)
KEOX	16.0 miles	North	Ft Rucker 88d, US (lat 31.4603°, long -85.4594°, altitude 132 metres)

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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