CWOP Information for DW6082 (D6082) in Borgarnes, IS (site inactive)

The following information is known about DW6082. 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: 64° 32' 0" N (deg min sec), 64.5333° (decimal), 6432.00N (LORAN)
Longitude: 21° 31' 35" W (deg min sec), -21.5263° (decimal), 02131.58W (LORAN)
Elevation: 63 metres (207 feet) -- validated against 63 metres (208 feet) from Google
Location: Borgarnes, IS
Weather station Manager/Operator: Bardur
Station type/software: Davis Vantage Pro 2 Plus with Weatherlink-IP

The site location should be at the mark shown -- or very close. Clicking within the map area (or you can drag the 'DW6082' 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.

Date	Latitude	Longitude	Elevation	Name
2010-10-26	64.5333	-21.5263	63	Borgarnes, IS

The position of the clicked point on the map is:

The position of the 'DW6082' marker on the map is:

Latitude: dummy (deg min sec), dummy (decimal), dummy (LORAN)
Longitude: dummy (deg min sec), dummy (decimal), dummy (LORAN)

There are no photographs of the station. If you are the site operator and have pictures of this location, then please email them to d6082@photo.gladstonefamily.net.

Picture Submission

There are two ways to submit pictures. If you are a flickr user, then see the flickr section below. Otherwise you can simply email the pictures as follows:

Email the pictures to d6082@photo.gladstonefamily.net.
If you use a smartphone that embeds the GPS coordinates in the pictures, then you can send any picture of a weather station to gps@photo.gladstonefamily.net and it will be associated with the correct station automatically.

Flickr Upload

Uploading picktures to flickr.com is easy. If you do not have a free flickr account, then you need to create one. Just go to flickr and click the 'Create your account' button. You can use a google account if you have one.

Once logged in, click on 'Upload Photos & Video'. Next click on 'Choose Photos and Videos', and walk through the process to upload your pictures. They will automatically be resized appropriately.

After the upload is complete, it will ask you to add titles, tags and descriptions. The key step is to add tags as follows:

wxtagged -- this indicates that this picture is of a weather station or surrounding area
wx:cwop=d6082 -- this indicates the site of which this is a picture
wxstation -- add this tag if the picture includes the weather station.

If you had to create your account, then you must upload at least five pictures. It will also take longer for your pictures to appear (a week or so). Otherwise, the pictures should appear after 24-48 hours.

You can try to find photographs from the area surrounding the site marker by clicking on Find nearby photographs. (There are some) (There are none) (There may be some) (Automatically loaded if any)

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 .

Site	Distance		Location
EW8601	19.2 miles	Northeast	Borgarnes, IS (lat 64.7102°, long -21.0270°, altitude 120 metres) (data present)
TF3VP	22.2 miles	Southwest	REYKJAVIK, IS (lat 64.2412°, long -21.8373°, altitude 10 metres) (data present)
EW5887	31.6 miles	Southeast	Selfoss, IS (lat 64.1237°, long -21.0612°, altitude 101 metres) (data present)
DW2431	32.2 miles	South	Kopavogur, IS (lat 64.0855°, long -21.8198°, altitude 139 metres) (data present)
DW1449	658.4 miles	Southeast	Axelvold, SE (lat 55.9612°, long -13.1005°, altitude 81 metres) (data present)
GW0840	662.6 miles	Southeast	Stornoway (lat 58.2145°, long -6.3797°, altitude 0 metres) (data present)
FW6164	663.2 miles	Southeast	Stornoway, UK (lat 58.2000°, long -6.3833°, altitude 15 metres) (data present)
EW7418	700.3 miles	Southeast	Portree, UK (lat 57.4717°, long -6.4220°, altitude 67 metres) (data present)
EW5413	701.1 miles	Southeast	Lochinver, UK (lat 58.1490°, long -4.9718°, altitude 79 metres) (data present)
CW5436	710.5 miles	Southeast	Stromness, UK (lat 58.9233°, long -3.2137°, altitude 8 metres) (data present)

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 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 Bardur
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