CWOP Information for CW8430 (C8430) in Randolph 1437A, UT US

The following information is known about CW8430. 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: 41° 40' 17" N (deg min sec), 41.6715° (decimal), 4140.29N (LORAN)
Longitude: 111° 11' 13" W (deg min sec), -111.1869° (decimal), 11111.21W (LORAN)
Elevation: 1929 metres (6329 feet) -- validated against 1918 metres (6294 feet) from NED Contiguous U. S. 1/3W arc second elevation data
Location: Randolph 1437A, UT US
County: Rich, UT
Forecast Office: Salt Lake City (SLC)
Site Manager/Operator: Robert
Station type/software: Davis Vantage Pro 2/Vue with Weatherlink

The site location should be at the mark shown -- or very close. Clicking within the map area (or you can drag the 'CW8430' 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
2007-08-21	41.7000	-111.2000	1929	Randolph, UT US
2007-09-21	41.6715	-111.1869	1929	Randolph UDOT, UT US
2009-06-23	41.6715	-111.1869	1929	Randolph 1437A, UT US

The position of the clicked point on the map is:

The position of the 'CW8430' 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=c8430'. 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=c8430 -- 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)

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 353 days ago on 2011-02-24.

A recently received report from this station was

CW8430>APRS,TCPXX*,qAX,CWOP-1:@241346z4142.00N/11112.00W_270/002g005t007r000p000P000h82b10096.DsVP

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.

A reasonably recent weather report (353 days ago) received from this station was
CW8430>APRS,TCPXX*,qAX,CWOP-1:@241346z4142.00N/11112.00W_270/002g005t007r000p000P000h82b10096.DsVP

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: Salt Lake City (SLC) .

Site	Distance		Location
CW8429	12.6 miles	Northwest	Laketown 1437, UT US (lat 41.8276°, long -111.3128°, altitude 1826 metres) (data present)
CW6875	19.5 miles	Northwest	Garden City, UT US (lat 41.9106°, long -111.3872°, altitude 1816 metres) (data present)
AN687	22.2 miles	South	Murphy Ridge, WY, United States of America (lat 41.3694°, long -111.0419°, altitude 2129 metres) (data present)
KF6RAL-5	24.3 miles	North	Chokecherry Hollow, ID US (lat 42.0188°, long -111.2566°, altitude 1837 metres) (data present)
CW8914	25.1 miles	Northwest	Logan Summit 1445, UT US (lat 41.9537°, long -111.4920°, altitude 2321 metres)
KU06	28.3 miles	Northeast	Cokeville Municipal Airport, United States of America (lat 42.0458°, long -110.9660°, altitude 1911 metres)
KEVW	28.7 miles	South	EVANSTON-UINTA COUNTY FIELD, WY, United States (lat 41.2731°, long -111.0306°, altitude 2177 metres) (data present)
N7UWX-4	32.9 miles	West	River Heights, UT US (lat 41.7180°, long -111.8202°, altitude 1385 metres) (data present)
WA7MXZ-2	33.3 miles	West	Logan, UT US (lat 41.7275°, long -111.8281°, altitude 1385 metres) (data present)
KFIR	33.7 miles	Southeast	First Divide, WY, United States (lat 41.3000°, long -110.7667°, altitude 2294 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
Page layout last modified Wednesday, 08 February 2012
Questions for this weather station owner/operator to Robert
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