MesoWest Information for 0670W in Penn State Center Pittsburgh, PA, United States Of America (site inactive)

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Registered Location

Latitude: 40° 27' 36" N (deg min sec), 40.4600° (decimal), 4027.60N (LORAN)
Longitude: 79° 54' 42" W (deg min sec), -79.9117° (decimal), 07954.70W (LORAN)
Elevation: 283 metres (928 feet) -- validated against 285 metres (935 feet) from Geonames
Location: Penn State Center Pittsburgh, PA, United States Of America
County: Allegheny, PA
Data provider: WEATHERSTE
Forecast Office: Pittsburgh (PBZ)

The site location should be at the mark shown -- or very close. Clicking within the map area (or you can drag the '0670W' 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.

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The location information for this site was gathered from 1 data source. 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 email them to 0670w@photo.gladstonefamily.net.

You can try to find photographs from the area surrounding the site marker by clicking on Find nearby photographs.

Data Status

Data is being received for this station, but until the end of day processing has been run (about 12 hours after the end of the UTC day), the graphs will not appear.

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: Pittsburgh (PBZ) .

SiteDistanceLocation
FW88273.5 milesSoutheast Forest Hills, PA, US (lat 40.4297°, long -79.8587°, altitude 295 metres) (data present)
EW43364.9 milesEast Churchill, PA, US (lat 40.4372°, long -79.8242°, altitude 310 metres) (data present)
EW78975.6 milesSouthwest Pittsburgh, PA, US (lat 40.4017°, long -79.9847°, altitude 370 metres) (data present)
EW14546.5 milesSoutheast Monroeville, PA, US (lat 40.4155°, long -79.8020°, altitude 315 metres) (data present)
GW02367.0 milesWest Pittsburgh, PA, US (lat 40.4825°, long -80.0408°, altitude 282 metres) (data present)
K3BAK-138.4 milesSouthwest Castle Shannon, PA, US (lat 40.3655°, long -80.0108°, altitude 347 metres) (data present)
EW84549.0 milesSoutheast White Oak, PA, US (lat 40.3480°, long -79.8247°, altitude 330 metres) (data present)
GW281810.8 milesNorthwest Pittsburgh, PA, US (lat 40.5758°, long -80.0505°, altitude 1160 metres) (data present)
EW424311.2 milesNorthwest Pittsburgh, PA, US (lat 40.5672°, long -80.0707°, altitude 360 metres) (data present)
GW364411.4 milesNorthwest PITTSBURGH, PA, US (lat 40.5853°, long -80.0522°, altitude 1200 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
Page layout last modified Sunday, 28 February 2016
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