Site Information for K1L0 (1L0) in Reserve St John The Baptist Parish, LA, United States of America

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Registered Location

Latitude: 30° 5' 13" N (deg min sec), 30.0870° (decimal), 3005.22N (LORAN)
Longitude: 90° 34' 58" W (deg min sec), -90.5827° (decimal), 09034.96W (LORAN)
Elevation: 2 metres (7 feet) -- validated against 2 metres (6 feet) from NED 1/9th arc-second: Alabama-Louisiana-Mississippi Coast
Location: Reserve St John The Baptist Parish, LA, United States of America
County: St. John the Baptist, LA
Forecast Office: New Orleans/Baton Rouge (LIX)

The site location should be at the mark shown -- or very close. Clicking within the map area (or you can drag the 'K1L0' 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.

The location information for this site was gathered from 4 data sources. The source which most closely matches the consensus is chosen. Many of these sources only report the location to the nearest minute (or hundredth of degree). This can lead to the marker being placed noticeably incorrectly. Please see Discussion of Location Errors for more information. Show location history.

Date	Latitude	Longitude	Elevation	Name
2007-11-28	30.0870	-90.5826	2	Saint John The Baptist Parish
2007-12-03	30.0870	-90.5826	2	Saint John The Baptist Parish
2009-10-16	30.0870	-90.5826	2	Saint John the Baptist Parish Airport, United States of America
2010-06-01	30.0870	-90.5826	2	St John The Baptist Parish, LA, United States of America
2010-10-01	30.0870	-90.5827	2	Reserve St John The Baptist Parish, LA, United States of America
2010-10-08	30.0870	-90.5826	2	St John The Baptist Parish Airport, United States of America
2010-10-22	30.0870	-90.5827	2	Reserve St John The Baptist Parish, LA, United States of America

The position of the clicked point on the map is:

The position of the 'K1L0' 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=k1l0'. 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=k1l0 -- 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 . For stations covered by your Forecast Office: New Orleans/Baton Rouge (LIX) .

Site	Distance		Location
CW7580	7.1 miles	West	Gramercy, LA US (lat 30.0634°, long -90.6987°, altitude 4 metres) (data present)
KE5JZM-1	7.5 miles	West	Lutcher, LA US (lat 30.0494°, long -90.7004°, altitude 7 metres) (data present)
KA5ZCI	8.3 miles	East	Laplace, LA US (lat 30.0602°, long -90.4483°, altitude 2 metres) (data present)
CW5600	8.6 miles	Southwest	Paulina, LA US (lat 30.0393°, long -90.7147°, altitude 6 metres) (data present)
DW3284	13.6 miles	Northwest	Sorrento, LA US (lat 30.1733°, long -90.7877°, altitude 1 metres)
DW9347	18.0 miles	East	Metairie, LA US (lat 30.0128°, long -90.2942°, altitude 10 metres) (data present)
AN243	18.8 miles	East	Kenner, LA, United States of America (lat 30.0411°, long -90.2728°, altitude 0 metres) (data present)
DW2028	19.4 miles	Southeast	Luling, LA US (lat 29.8988°, long -90.3422°, altitude 3 metres) (data present)
DW5921	19.8 miles	Southeast	Luling, LA US (lat 29.8890°, long -90.3444°, altitude 4 metres) (data present)
1L50	20.3 miles	Northwest	Cal Mire (lat 30.2241°, long -90.8820°, altitude 4 metres)

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
Page layout last modified Wednesday, 08 February 2012
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