CWOP Information for DW5605 (D5605) in Freedom, OK, US (site inactive)

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Registered Location

Latitude: 36° 50' 32" N (deg min sec), 36.8423° (decimal), 3650.54N (LORAN)
Longitude: 98° 56' 5" W (deg min sec), -98.9347° (decimal), 09856.08W (LORAN)
Elevation: 558 metres (1830 feet) -- validated against 571 metres (1872 feet) from NED 1/3rd arc-second: Eastern United States
Location: Freedom, OK, US
County: Woods, OK
Forecast Office: Oklahoma City (OUN)
Weather station Manager/Operator: HD
Station type/software: Weather Station Data Logger 3.4.2 / WMR100

The site location should be at the mark shown -- or very close. Clicking within the map area (or you can drag the 'DW5605' 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 email them to d5605@photo.gladstonefamily.net.

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.

Weather data was seen at findu.com around 3734 days ago on 2013-12-27.

A recently received report from this station was

DW5605>APRS,TCPXX*,qAX,CWOP-3:/271138z3650.54N/09856.08W_256/000g000t028r000P000h72b10248ewsdl342h232

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.

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: Oklahoma City (OUN) .

SiteDistanceLocation
DW77320.6 milesWest Alva, OK, US (lat 36.8443°, long -98.9453°, altitude 557 metres) (data present)
GW214873.9 milesNorth BELPRE, KS, US (lat 37.9053°, long -99.0643°, altitude 631 metres) (data present)
GW042175.9 milesNorth Belpre, KS, US (lat 37.9310°, long -99.1093°, altitude 637 metres) (data present)
DW497492.5 milesEast Blackwell, OK, US (lat 36.8370°, long -97.2637°, altitude 311 metres) (data present)
KF0EZB92.8 milesNorth Larned, KS, US (lat 38.1778°, long -99.0927°, altitude 615 metres) (data present)
GW185992.9 milesNortheast GODDARD, KS, US (lat 37.5965°, long -97.5395°, altitude 425 metres) (data present)
FW887197.7 milesNorthwest Cimarron, KS, US (lat 37.6924°, long -100.3522°, altitude 825 metres) (data present)
GW344697.9 milesNorthwest MONTEZUMA, KS, US (lat 37.5943°, long -100.4402°, altitude 846 metres) (data present)
GW0352100.6 milesNortheast Haysville, KS, US (lat 37.5298°, long -97.3253°, altitude 380 metres) (data present)
FW0695101.4 milesNortheast Hutchinson, KS, US (lat 38.0803°, long -97.9445°, altitude 470 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 Siting Guide (PDF): This is a guide to siting and operating a CWOP station. This is a must-read document.

Another CWOP Guide (PDF): This is another guide to siting and operating a CWOP station. This is a must-read document.

Urban Siting and Operations (PDF): This is a guide to siting and operating a CWOP station in an urban environment.

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 Sunday, 28 February 2016
Questions for this weather station owner/operator to HD
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