Site Information for K53S in Point Wilson Coast Guard Light Station, WA, United States of America

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Registered Location

Latitude: 48° 8' 38" N (deg min sec), 48.1439° (decimal), 4808.63N (LORAN)
Longitude: 122° 45' 17" W (deg min sec), -122.7548° (decimal), 12245.29W (LORAN)
Elevation: 8 meters (26 feet) -- validated against 2 meters (7 feet) from NED Contiguous U. S. 1/3W arc second elevation data
Location: Point Wilson Coast Guard Light Station, WA, United States of America

The site location should be at the mark shown -- or very close. Clicking within the map area (or you can drag the 'K53S' 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 2 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.

The station (or view from the station) is shown here. You can choose the view direction to see the surroundings. Other information (and somewhat larger images) can be found by clicking on the picture.

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 .

SiteDistanceLocation
CW83160.6 milesSouthwest Port Townsend, WA US (lat 48.1358°, long -122.7605°, altitude 7 meters)
CW10351.4 milesSouth Port Townsend, WA US (lat 48.1247°, long -122.7620°, altitude 71 meters)
CW85762.3 milesSouth Port Townsend, WA US (lat 48.1120°, long -122.7676°, altitude 58 meters) (data present)
KNRA6.4 milesNortheast Coupeville, WA (lat 48.1883°, long -122.6319°, altitude 60 meters)
K0S96.7 milesSouthwest Jefferson Co Intl (lat 48.0538°, long -122.8106°, altitude 32 meters)
KOKH8.3 milesNortheast Wes Lupien, WA (lat 48.2515°, long -122.6737°, altitude 50 meters) (data present)
K76S8.3 milesNortheast Oak Harbor Arpt, WA (lat 48.2515°, long -122.6736°, altitude 58 meters)
727968.4 milesNortheast Oak Harbor Airpa, US (lat 48.2500°, long -122.6667°, altitude 58 meters)
CW723310.8 milesEast Camano Island, WA US (lat 48.1675°, long -122.5238°, altitude 20 meters)
DW028811.3 milesNorth Oak Harbor, WA US (lat 48.3047°, long -122.7128°, altitude 11 meters) (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.


Website comments, problems etc to
Philip Gladstone

Last modified Saturday, 12 July 2008
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