Site Information for PAAM in Driftwood Bay Air Force Station Airport, United States of America

The following information is known about PAAM. 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: 53° 58' 23" N (deg min sec), 53.9729° (decimal), 5358.38N (LORAN)
Longitude: 166° 51' 30" W (deg min sec), -166.8585° (decimal), 16651.51W (LORAN)
Elevation: 7 metres (23 feet) -- validated against 7 metres (22 feet) from NED 2 arc-second: Alaska
Location: Driftwood Bay Air Force Station Airport, United States of America
Borough: Aleutians West, AK
Forecast Office: Anchorage (AFC)

The site location should be at the mark shown -- or very close. Clicking within the map area (or you can drag the 'PAAM' 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 4 data sources. The possible locations for this site are up to 699.2 miles away. This makes it possible that the location chosen is incorrect. 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=paam'. 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: Anchorage (AFC) .

SiteDistanceLocation
PADU13.8 milesEast Unalaska, Unalaska Airport, AK, United States (lat 53.9001°, long -166.5435°, altitude 4 metres) (data present)
7048913.8 milesEast Dutch Harbor, US (lat 53.9001°, long -166.5435°, altitude 4 metres)
KDUT14.6 milesSoutheast Dutch Harbor, AK, United States (lat 53.8900°, long -166.5300°, altitude 4 metres)
KKQA45.2 milesEast Akutan, AK, United States of America (lat 54.1339°, long -165.7784°, altitude 0 metres)
KKCN48.8 milesSouthwest Chernofski Harbor, AK, United States of America (lat 53.3991°, long -167.5519°, altitude 0 metres)
PA0259.8 milesSouthwest Umnak Island Fort Glenn, AK, United States of America (lat 53.3670°, long -167.9000°, altitude 39 metres)
PACS89.0 milesNortheast Cape Sarichef Airport, AK, United States (lat 54.6000°, long -164.9333°, altitude 9 metres)
PAKO108.7 milesSouthwest Nikolski, AK, United States (lat 52.9416°, long -168.8490°, altitude 21 metres)
PIKO108.7 milesSouthwest Nikolski As (lat 52.9416°, long -168.8490°, altitude 23 metres)
KIKO108.7 milesSouthwest Nikolski, United States Of America (lat 52.9416°, long -168.8490°, altitude 23 metres)

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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