CWOP Information for DW0292 (D0292) in Remlap, AL US

The following information is known about DW0292. 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° 50' 48" N (deg min sec), 33.8467° (decimal), 3350.80N (LORAN)
Longitude: 86° 36' 47" W (deg min sec), -86.6131° (decimal), 08636.79W (LORAN)
Elevation: 245 metres (804 feet) -- validated against 244 metres (799 feet) from NED 1/3rd arc-second: Eastern Contiguous U.S.
Location: Remlap, AL US
County: Blount, AL
Forecast Office: Birmingham (BMX)
Site Manager/Operator: Rick
Station type/software: Weather Underground / HeavyWeather Uploader 2.1.6 / WS-23xx

The site location should be at the mark shown -- or very close. Clicking within the map area (or you can drag the 'DW0292' 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
2008-04-08	33.8030	-86.7963	250	Remlap, AL US
2009-03-30	33.8466	-86.6131	245	Remlap, AL US
2010-05-14	33.8467	-86.6131	245	Remlap, AL US

The position of the clicked point on the map is:

The position of the 'DW0292' 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=d0292'. 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=d0292 -- 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 from MADIS, but data is flowing into findu.com (from APRS). Your station may not be included in the region covered by MADIS. Sorry.

A recently received report from this station was

DW0292>APRS,TCPXX*,qAX,CWOP-3:@211249z3350.80N/08636.79W_045/000g000t031r000p000P000h89b10211eWUHU21623XXSP.

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.

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APRS Location

APRS Location recorded at 2012-Feb-13 02:11 UTC
Latitude: 33° 58' 21" N (deg min sec), 33.9725° (decimal), 3358.35N (LORAN)
Longitude: 86° 38' 10" W (deg min sec), -86.6362° (decimal), 08638.17W (LORAN)

The location reported in the weather reports (via APRS) is significantly different to the registered location above. In particular, the difference is about 8.8 miles. If you have changed your location (or software) since the time above, then this can be a false alarm. Check the location currently being reported at findu.com.

Please check which location is correct. If the registered location is incorrect, then you can correct it by dragging the marker above and using the 'send the updated information link'. If the APRS location is incorrect, then you must enter the correct coordinates into your software which generates the weather report (APRS) messages. Note that the various different types of software take the location in different formats, so be sure to use the correct format when entering the latitude and longitude.

Data Status

Data is being received for this station, but until the end of day processing has been run (about 12 hours after the end of the UTC day), the graphs will not appear.

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: Birmingham (BMX) .

Site	Distance		Location
AE4TX	7.6 miles	Northwest	Hayden, AL US (lat 33.9009°, long -86.7274°, altitude 171 metres)
DW0123	8.8 miles	South	Clay, AL US (lat 33.7283°, long -86.5583°, altitude 316 metres)
N4XWC	13.3 miles	West	Hayden, AL US (lat 33.8692°, long -86.8435°, altitude 257 metres) (data present)
DW2554	13.7 miles	South	Trussville, AL US (lat 33.6606°, long -86.5315°, altitude 297 metres) (data present)
W4ZAC	14.6 miles	Southeast	Odenville, AL US (lat 33.6905°, long -86.4416°, altitude 268 metres) (data present)
DW5411	14.8 miles	Southeast	Margaret, AL US (lat 33.6595°, long -86.4875°, altitude 252 metres) (data present)
K20A	16.0 miles	Northeast	Oneonta Robbins Field, AL, United States of America (lat 33.9723°, long -86.3794°, altitude 347 metres)
DW9005	19.1 miles	South	Moody, AL US (lat 33.5905°, long -86.4910°, altitude 212 metres) (data present)
KVUZ	20.7 miles	Southwest	Vulcan Vor, US (lat 33.6667°, long -86.9000°, altitude 250 metres)
KBHM	20.9 miles	South	BIRMINGHAM INT'L AIRPORT, AL, United States (lat 33.5655°, long -86.7449°, altitude 192 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
Questions for this weather station owner/operator to Rick
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