Site Information for KMDS (MDS) in Madison Muni

The following information is known about KMDS. 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: 44° 0' 57" N (deg min sec), 44.0160° (decimal), 4400.96N (LORAN)
Longitude: 97° 5' 9" W (deg min sec), -97.0859° (decimal), 09705.16W (LORAN)
Elevation: 523 meters (1716 feet) -- validated against 521 meters (1710 feet) from NED Contiguous U. S. 1/3E arc second elevation data
Location: Madison Muni
County: Lake, SD
Forecast Office: Sioux Falls (FSD)
Site Manager/Operator: Chris Funk (Tel: 605-256-9774)

The site location should be at the mark shown -- or very close. Clicking within the map area (or you can drag the 'KMDS' 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=kmds'. 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: Sioux Falls (FSD) .

SiteDistanceLocation
9SD923.7 milesSoutheast Weelborg (lat 43.8066°, long -96.7089°, altitude 473 meters)
KBKX24.0 milesNortheast Brookings, SD, United States (lat 44.3048°, long -96.8169°, altitude 502 meters) (data present)
K4P324.5 milesEast Flandreau Muni (lat 44.0039°, long -96.5931°, altitude 501 meters)
KC0OFZ33.6 milesNortheast Elkton, SD US (lat 44.2317°, long -96.4795°, altitude 533 meters) (data present)
KFSD34.5 milesSoutheast Sioux Falls/foss, SD, United States (lat 43.5778°, long -96.7539°, altitude 435 meters) (data present)
DW068736.2 milesSouth Sioux Falls, SD US (lat 43.5283°, long -96.8230°, altitude 459 meters) (data present)
CW287236.3 milesSouth Sioux Falls, SD US (lat 43.5270°, long -96.8225°, altitude 459 meters)
N6SLN36.8 milesSoutheast Sioux Falls, SD US (lat 43.5420°, long -96.7510°, altitude 442 meters)
K6E537.1 milesNorthwest Wilder (lat 44.4308°, long -97.5612°, altitude 526 meters)
KPQN39.2 milesEast Pipestone (awos), MN, United States (lat 43.9833°, long -96.3003°, altitude 529 meters) (data present)

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, 29 November 2008
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