Synop Information for ORBM (40608) in Mosul, Iraq (site inactive)

The following information is known about ORBM. 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: 36° 18' 21" N (deg min sec), 36.3058° (decimal), 3618.35N (LORAN)
Longitude: 43° 8' 51" E (deg min sec), 43.1474° (decimal), 04308.84E (LORAN)
Elevation: 223 metres (732 feet) -- validated against 213 metres (699 feet) from SRTM.C_20TO43_3
WMO Id: 40608
Location: Mosul, Iraq

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

Can you help with location quality? Please indicate if the marker on the map points at the weather instrument cluster:

The location information for this site was gathered from 9 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	36.3200	43.1500	223	Mosul (irq-afb), IQ
2007-11-29	36.3200	43.1500	223	Mosul, IQ
2009-09-08	36.3058	43.1474	223	Mosul
2010-10-01	36.3058	43.1474	216	Mosul (irq-afb), IQ
2011-01-23	36.3058	43.1474	216	Mosul International Airport, Iraq
2011-01-24	36.3058	43.1474	219	Mosul (irq-afb), IQ
2011-03-27	36.3058	43.1474	223	Mosul (irq-afb), IQ
2011-04-18	36.3058	43.1474	223	Mosul, Iraq
2015-05-07	36.3060	43.1470	223	Mosul (irq-afb), IQ

The position of the clicked point on the map is:

The position of the 'ORBM' 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 email them to orbm@photo.gladstonefamily.net.

Picture Submission

There are two ways to submit pictures. If you are a flickr user, then see the flickr section below. Otherwise you can simply email the pictures as follows:

Email the pictures to orbm@photo.gladstonefamily.net.
If you use a smartphone that embeds the GPS coordinates in the pictures, then you can send any picture of a weather station to gps@photo.gladstonefamily.net and it will be associated with the correct station automatically.

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=orbm -- 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 .

Site	Distance		Location
FW2969	465.7 miles	West	Baaqline, LB (lat 33.6833°, long 35.5735°, altitude 875 metres) (data present)
GW2352	505.4 miles	Southwest	KARMIEL, IL (lat 32.8992°, long 35.2893°, altitude 303 metres) (data present)
GW1410	518.1 miles	Southwest	KIRYAT ATA, IL (lat 32.8058°, long 35.1014°, altitude 10 metres) (data present)
FW8669	523.0 miles	West	Ayia Napa, CY (lat 34.9948°, long 33.9783°, altitude 23 metres) (data present)
FW0735	543.6 miles	West	Larnaca (lat 34.8922°, long 33.6347°, altitude 30 metres) (data present)
GW1000	547.1 miles	Southwest	Beaman, IA, US (lat 32.1287°, long 35.0177°, altitude 994 metres) (data present)
CW0641	552.7 miles	Southwest	Jerusalem, IL (lat 31.7692°, long 35.2022°, altitude 820 metres) (data present)
FW8667	560.0 miles	Southeast	Salmiya, KW (lat 29.3390°, long 48.0615°, altitude 4 metres) (data present)
CW0933	566.5 miles	Southwest	Nes Tziona, IL (lat 31.9103°, long 34.7925°, altitude 63 metres) (data present)
GW4592	566.6 miles	Southwest	NESS ZIONA, IL (lat 31.9103°, long 34.7923°, altitude 62 metres) (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 Siting Guide (PDF): This is a guide to siting and operating a CWOP station. This is a must-read document.

Another CWOP Guide (PDF): This is another guide to siting and operating a CWOP station. This is a must-read document.

Urban Siting and Operations (PDF): This is a guide to siting and operating a CWOP station in an urban environment.

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
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