CWOP Information for DW5187 (D5187) in Aurora, ON CA (site inactive)

The following information is known about DW5187. 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: 43° 59' 43" N (deg min sec), 43.9952° (decimal), 4359.71N (LORAN)
Longitude: 79° 27' 49" W (deg min sec), -79.4635° (decimal), 07927.81W (LORAN)
Elevation: 274 metres (900 feet) -- validated against 275 metres (901 feet) from NED 1/3rd arc-second: Eastern United States
Location: Aurora, ON CA
Station type/software: wview 5.17.3

The site location should be at the mark shown -- or very close. Clicking within the map area (or you can drag the 'DW5187' 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=d5187'. 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
VE3CGR-60.0 milesSouth Aurora, ON CA (lat 43.9952°, long -79.4635°, altitude 274 metres) (data present)
DW74923.1 milesNortheast Newmarket, CA (lat 44.0354°, long -79.4349°, altitude 278 metres) (data present)
716025.5 milesWest King Radar, Canada (lat 43.9667°, long -79.5667°, altitude 390 metres)
CWKR5.9 milesWest King Radar Site, Canada (lat 43.9639°, long -79.5739°, altitude 390 metres)
CGEO10.1 milesSoutheast Weaverville, ON, Canada (lat 43.8667°, long -79.3667°, altitude 198 metres)
CYKZ10.1 milesSoutheast Toronto Buttonville, Canada (lat 43.8660°, long -79.3681°, altitude 198 metres) (data present)
CNU810.8 milesEast Markham Airport, Canada (lat 43.9358°, long -79.2622°, altitude 245 metres)
CW861811.2 milesSoutheast Unionville, ON CA (lat 43.8755°, long -79.3129°, altitude 179 metres) (data present)
CWHD11.3 milesSouth Toronto 407 and Yonge, ON, Canada (lat 43.8333°, long -79.4333°, altitude 195 metres)
DW630411.3 milesEast Stouffville, ON CA (lat 43.9788°, long -79.2368°, altitude 291 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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