Site Information for K4R5 (4R5) in La Pointe Madeline Island, WI, United States of America

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Registered Location

Latitude: 46° 47' 19" N (deg min sec), 46.7887° (decimal), 4647.32N (LORAN)
Longitude: 90° 45' 31" W (deg min sec), -90.7587° (decimal), 09045.52W (LORAN)
Elevation: 198 metres (649 feet) -- validated against 194 metres (636 feet) from NED Contiguous U. S. 1/3E arc second elevation data
Location: La Pointe Madeline Island, WI, United States of America
County: Ashland, WI
Forecast Office: Duluth (DLH)

The site location should be at the mark shown -- or very close. Clicking within the map area (or you can drag the 'K4R5' 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 5 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.

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=k4r5'. 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.

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 . For stations covered by your Forecast Office: Duluth (DLH) .

SiteDistanceLocation
DW62221.6 milesSouthwest La Pointe, WI US (lat 46.7788°, long -90.7897°, altitude 186 metres) (data present)
DW62523.0 milesNorthwest Bayfield, WI US (lat 46.8122°, long -90.8120°, altitude 184 metres) (data present)
W9PPN4.5 milesWest Bayfield, WI US (lat 46.8108°, long -90.8484°, altitude 349 metres) (data present)
AN64512.4 milesSouth BAD RIVER TRIBAL SCHOOL - ODANAH, WI, United States of America (lat 46.6144°, long -90.6986°, altitude 184 metres) (data present)
WD9U15.3 milesSouth Ashland, WI US (lat 46.5830°, long -90.8792°, altitude 213 metres) (data present)
DW645115.5 milesSouthwest Ashland, WI US (lat 46.5823°, long -90.8840°, altitude 210 metres) (data present)
KASX18.3 milesSouthwest ASHLAND KENNEDY MEMORIAL, WI, United States (lat 46.5485°, long -90.9190°, altitude 251 metres) (data present)
K29Y20.4 milesNorth Devils Island Light Station, WI, United States (lat 47.0833°, long -90.7333°, altitude 192 metres)
KIWD34.8 milesSoutheast Ironwood, Gogebic-Iron County Airport, MI, United States (lat 46.5275°, long -90.1314°, altitude 375 metres) (data present)
KY7736.3 milesSouthwest Iron River Bayfield County, WI, United States of America (lat 46.5763°, long -91.4585°, altitude 348 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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