Site Information for CWWG in Prairie Weather Centre, Canada

The following information is known about CWWG. 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° 53' 33" N (deg min sec), 49.8924° (decimal), 4953.54N (LORAN)
Longitude: 97° 8' 25" W (deg min sec), -97.1404° (decimal), 09708.42W (LORAN)
Elevation: 228 metres (748 feet) -- validated against 227 metres (745 feet) from Google
Location: Prairie Weather Centre, Canada

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

The location information for this site was gathered from 3 data sources. This position has been modified based on user feedback. The user provided this information: 900-266 Graham Avenue, Winnipeg MB, R3C 3V4

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There are no photographs of the station. If you have pictures of this location, then please upload them to Flickr (detailed instructions) and add the two tags 'wxtagged' and 'wx:metar=cwwg'. If the picture is of the weather station itself, then please also add the 'wx:station' tag as well. Please geotag your images, and those coordinates may be used in the estimation of the location of this site.

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
CXWN0.6 milesSoutheast Winnipeg The Forks, Man., Canada (lat 49.8885°, long -97.1296°, altitude 230 metres) (data present)
CXWI0.7 milesSoutheast Winnipeg, CA (lat 49.8833°, long -97.1333°, altitude 251 metres)
VE4TJR3.9 milesWest Winnipeg, MB CA (lat 49.8840°, long -97.2278°, altitude 237 metres)
DW51434.4 milesNortheast Winnipeg, MB CA (lat 49.9406°, long -97.0775°, altitude 238 metres) (data present)
CWWI4.5 milesWest Winnipeg Cfwo, Canada (lat 49.9167°, long -97.2333°, altitude 0 metres)
CYWG4.5 milesWest Winnipeg Int. Airportman., Canada (lat 49.9167°, long -97.2333°, altitude 239 metres) (data present)
CXWG5.1 milesWest Winnipeg A Cs, MN, CA (lat 49.9167°, long -97.2494°, altitude 239 metres) (data present)
CZWG5.3 milesWest Winnipeg Centre (ACC), MB, Canada (lat 49.8999°, long -97.2596°, altitude 229 metres)
CJL58.0 milesEast Winnipeg / Lyncrest Airport, Canada (lat 49.8525°, long -96.9714°, altitude 236 metres)
CYAV12.3 milesNortheast Winnipeg Saint Andrews Airport, MB, Canada (lat 50.0564°, long -97.0325°, altitude 231 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
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