CWOP Information for DW1184 (D1184) in Lytton, BC CA

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Registered Location

Latitude: 50° 15' 17" N (deg min sec), 50.2547° (decimal), 5015.28N (LORAN)
Longitude: 121° 36' 41" W (deg min sec), -121.6113° (decimal), 12136.68W (LORAN)
Elevation: 260 metres (853 feet) -- validated against 244 metres (801 feet) from SRTM.C_1TO19_3
Location: Lytton, BC CA
Site Manager/Operator: Steve
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 'DW1184' 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.

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=d1184'. 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.

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
CVLY2.5 milesSoutheast Lytton Rcs, BC, CA (lat 50.2244°, long -121.5819°, altitude 225 metres) (data present)
CWLY2.5 milesSoutheast Lytton, B. C., Canada (lat 50.2243°, long -121.5814°, altitude 229 metres) (data present)
CW437617.0 milesNorth Askom Valley, BC CA (lat 50.4937°, long -121.7046°, altitude 370 metres) (data present)
CAR331.6 milesNorthwest Lillooet Airport, Canada (lat 50.6747°, long -121.8936°, altitude 402 metres)
CWKF32.9 milesNorthwest Lillooet, BC, CA (lat 50.6836°, long -121.9342°, altitude 235 metres) (data present)
CYZA33.4 milesNortheast Ashcroft, BC, Canada (lat 50.7000°, long -121.3167°, altitude 488 metres)
CVAS34.6 milesNortheast Ashcroft, Canada (lat 50.7083°, long -121.2814°, altitude 327 metres) (data present)
CAZ538.2 milesNorth Cache Creek-Ashcroft Regional Airport, Canada (lat 50.7751°, long -121.3212°, altitude 619 metres)
CVME38.2 milesEast Merritt, Canada (lat 50.1125°, long -120.7781°, altitude 591 metres) (data present)
CAD539.3 milesEast Merritt Airport, Canada (lat 50.1228°, long -120.7472°, altitude 633 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 Steve
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