METAR Information for EQBH in Camp Bastion, Afghanistan (site inactive)

The following information is known about EQBH. 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: 31° 52' 0" N (deg min sec), 31.8666° (decimal), 3152.00N (LORAN)
Longitude: 64° 11' 39" E (deg min sec), 64.1941° (decimal), 06411.65E (LORAN)
Elevation: 900 metres (2953 feet) -- validated against 886 metres (2907 feet) from Google
Location: Camp Bastion, Afghanistan

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

Can you help with location quality? Please indicate if the marker on the map points at the weather instrument cluster:

The location information for this site was gathered from 4 data sources. This position has been modified based on user feedback.

Show location history.

Date	Latitude	Longitude	Elevation	Name
2007-09-27	31.8500	64.2000	900	Camp Bastion, AF
2007-11-13	31.8500	64.2000	900	Camp Bastion,
2007-11-29	31.8500	64.2000	900	Camp Bastion
2009-10-14	31.8500	64.2000	900	Camp Bastion, AF
2011-01-23	31.8666	64.1941	900	Camp Bastion
2011-04-28	31.8500	64.2000	900	Camp Bastion, Afghanistan
2011-05-07	31.8666	64.1941	900	Camp Bastion, Afghanistan

The position of the clicked point on the map is:

The position of the 'EQBH' 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 have pictures of this location, then please upload them to Flickr (detailed instructions) and add the two tags 'wxtagged' and 'wx:metar=eqbh'. If the picture is of the weather station itself, then please also add the 'wx:station' tag as well. Please geotag your images, and those coordinates may be used in the estimation of the location of this site.

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:metar=eqbh -- 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
CW8030	776.1 miles	Southeast	Rajkot, IN (lat 22.2863°, long 70.7692°, altitude 160 metres) (data present)
VU2FD	776.2 miles	Southeast	Rajkot, IN (lat 22.2842°, long 70.7683°, altitude 120 metres)
DW2839	776.6 miles	Southeast	Rajkot, IN (lat 22.2933°, long 70.7970°, altitude 143 metres)
DW7593	812.7 miles	East	New Delhi, IN (lat 28.5305°, long 77.2408°, altitude 248 metres) (data present)
KB7BSA	1251.7 miles	East	Mentone, AL US (lat 34.5269°, long 85.6283°, altitude 524 metres) (data present)
TA9J-5	1319.3 miles	Northwest	Kars, TR (lat 40.5840°, long 43.0688°, altitude 1768 metres) (data present)
EW0167	1414.4 miles	Southeast	Davanagere, IN (lat 14.4450°, long 75.9120°, altitude 600 metres) (data present)
EW0882	1581.0 miles	Southeast	Hosur (lat 12.7312°, long 77.8070°, altitude 2883 metres) (data present)
DW5950	1647.6 miles	West	Amyun, LB (lat 34.3005°, long 35.8204°, altitude 324 metres) (data present)
DW7516	1656.0 miles	West	Ajaltoun, LB (lat 33.9632°, long 35.6921°, altitude 812 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 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
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