CWOP Information for DW0316 (D0316) in Plentywood, MT US (site inactive)

The following information is known about DW0316. 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: 48° 46' 0" N (deg min sec), 48.7667° (decimal), 4846.00N (LORAN)
Longitude: 104° 33' 0" W (deg min sec), -104.5500° (decimal), 10433.00W (LORAN)
Elevation: 2037 metres (6683 feet)
Location: Plentywood, MT US
County: Sheridan, MT
Forecast Office: Glasgow (GGW)

The elevation does not correspond with the estimated elevation (617 metres (2023 feet) -- source NED Contiguous U. S. 1/3W arc second elevation data) at that point. It seems probable that the elevation was entered as feet rather than as metres. Please use the 'send the updated information' link below to update the location or elevation.

The site coordinates appear to be of low precision, and the station may be anywhere within the marked area. Clicking within the map area (or you can drag the 'DW0316' 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 best way to get elevation is to consult a topographic map. Make sure that you know whether the contours are marked in feet or metres. Note that handheld GPS receivers do not provide readings of elevation accurate to better than 10-20 metres (technical discussion). If you do not have access to a topographic map, then a GPS receiver is acceptable, but make sure that it is operating in 3D mode and let it average the position for at least five minutes.

For more information on reading maps, please see the Topo Map Reading Guide -- in particular it discusses how to read contours.

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=d0316'. 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.

APRS Status

No data has been seen recently. Please check at findu.com to see if your data is being seen there.

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: Glasgow (GGW) .

SiteDistanceLocation
KPWD1.8 milesNortheast Plentywood, US (lat 48.7903°, long -104.5338°, altitude 685 metres)
K7SAM23.4 milesWest Flaxville, MT US (lat 48.7942°, long -105.0622°, altitude 751 metres) (data present)
K9S240.6 milesWest Scobey, US (lat 48.8077°, long -105.4395°, altitude 741 metres) (data present)
CKK341.8 milesNorthwest Scobey Border Station Airport, Canada (lat 49.0000°, long -105.3989°, altitude 762 metres)
K8U341.9 milesNorthwest Scobey Border Station /east Poplar Intl/, MT, United States of America (lat 49.0000°, long -105.4005°, altitude 762 metres)
KS8542.5 milesSouth Culbertson Big Sky Field, MT, United States of America (lat 48.1533°, long -104.5041°, altitude 595 metres)
DW593843.1 milesSouth Culbertson, MT US (lat 48.1445°, long -104.4970°, altitude 587 metres) (data present)
CWAQ46.7 milesNorthwest Coronach Spc, Canada (lat 49.0500°, long -105.4833°, altitude 756 metres) (data present)
DW595947.2 milesSouth Charlie Creek, MT US (lat 48.1050°, long -104.7983°, altitude 631 metres) (data present)
CKF249.6 milesNorth Radville Airport, Canada (lat 49.4606°, long -104.2717°, altitude 629 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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