CWOP Information for DW4216 (D4216) in Sydney, AU (site inactive)

The following information is known about DW4216. 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° 48' 19" S (deg min sec), -33.8052° (decimal), 3348.31S (LORAN)
Longitude: 150° 58' 11" E (deg min sec), 150.9697° (decimal), 15058.18E (LORAN)
Elevation: 26 metres (85 feet) -- validated against 23 metres (75 feet) from SRTM 3 arc-second: Southern Africa: Australia: SE Asia
Location: Sydney, AU
Station type/software: Cumulus/WS2300, WeatherSnoop / 2300

The site location should be at the mark shown -- or very close. Clicking within the map area (or you can drag the 'DW4216' 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=d4216'. 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
YWST1.1 milesEast Westmead Hospital Helipad, NSW, Australia (lat -33.8052°, long 150.9893°, altitude 9 metres)
947642.9 milesEast Parramatta North (mason Drive), Australia (lat -33.7917°, long 151.0181°, altitude 55 metres) (data present)
947363.4 milesWest Prospect Reservoir, Australia (lat -33.8192°, long 150.9128°, altitude 61 metres) (data present)
YRSH3.7 milesSoutheast Rosehill Heliport Airport, NSW, Australia (lat -33.8317°, long 151.0250°, altitude 1 metres)
DW78354.7 milesNorth Castle Hill, AU (lat -33.7413°, long 151.0000°, altitude 150 metres) (data present)
CW13244.8 milesNortheast Sydney Hills, AU (lat -33.7530°, long 151.0256°, altitude 119 metres) (data present)
CW93135.3 milesNorthwest Blacktown, AU (lat -33.7685°, long 150.8880°, altitude 61 metres)
957656.4 milesSoutheast Sydney Olympic Park Aws, Australia (lat -33.8522°, long 151.0647°, altitude 28 metres) (data present)
947607.2 milesSouthwest Horsley Park Equestrian Centre, Australia (lat -33.8511°, long 150.8567°, altitude 100 metres) (data present)
YSBK8.3 milesSouth Bankstown Airport Aws, Australia (lat -33.9247°, long 150.9870°, altitude 8 metres) (data present)

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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