Site Information for KAJR (AJR) in Habersham Co

The following information is known about KAJR. 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: 34° 30' 0" N (deg min sec), 34.4999° (decimal), 3429.99N (LORAN)
Longitude: 83° 33' 24" W (deg min sec), -83.5567° (decimal), 08333.40W (LORAN)
Elevation: 441 meters (1446 feet) -- validated against 436 meters (1431 feet) from NED Contiguous U. S. 1/3E arc second elevation data
Location: Habersham Co
County: Habersham, GA
Forecast Office: Greenville/Spartanburg (GSP)
Site Manager/Operator: Lewis Canup, County Mgr (Tel: 706-754-6264)

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

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=kajr'. 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: Greenville/Spartanburg (GSP) .

SiteDistanceLocation
CW605612.3 milesSouthwest Lula, GA US (lat 34.3687°, long -83.7025°, altitude 1260 meters) (data present)
KG4CVZ16.1 milesNortheast Tallulah Falls, GA US (lat 34.7122°, long -83.4399°, altitude 512 meters) (data present)
KTOC16.2 milesNortheast Toccoa Rg Letourneau Fld (lat 34.5928°, long -83.2964°, altitude 303 meters)
AB4GS17.7 milesWest Murrayville, GA US (lat 34.4555°, long -83.8618°, altitude 412 meters) (data present)
CW706418.1 milesNortheast Tallulah Falls, GA US (lat 34.7322°, long -83.4092°, altitude 691 meters)
KODF20.1 milesNortheast Toccoa Vor, US (lat 34.7000°, long -83.3000°, altitude 567 meters)
3GE322.1 milesEast Broad River Air Park (lat 34.4119°, long -83.1842°, altitude 210 meters)
KGVL22.2 milesSouthwest Gainsvil/gilmer ,ga, United States (lat 34.2719°, long -83.8303°, altitude 388 meters) (data present)
K19A22.5 milesSouth Jackson Co (lat 34.1740°, long -83.5607°, altitude 289 meters)
CW745023.0 milesSouthwest Gainesville, GA US (lat 34.3370°, long -83.9087°, altitude 333 meters)

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 Monday, 04 February 2008
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