Synop Information for 89087 in Thiel Mountains Aws, -, Antarctica (the territory South of 60 deg S) (site inactive)

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Registered Location

The location information for this site was gathered from 4 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
2009-01-12	-85.2000	-87.8800	1634	Thiel Mountains Aws, Stations Operated By The United Kingdom
2010-10-22	-85.2000	-87.8800	1634	Thiel Mountains Aws Thiel Mountains Aws, -, Antarctica (the territory South of 60 deg S)
2010-11-25	-85.2000	-87.8800	1634	Thiel Mountains Aws, -, Antarctica (the territory South of 60 deg S)
2012-02-20	-85.2000	-87.8800	1634	Thiel Mountains Aws, -, Antarctica (the territory South of 60 deg S)

The position of the clicked point on the map is:

The position of the '89087' 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 89087@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 89087@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:wmo=89087 -- 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)

Status: 3 found.

If any images are of the weather station, then please click on those images, and add the 'wxtagged' and 'wx:wmo=89087' tags to those images. For the station itself, please add the 'wx:station' tag as well. Some users do not permit other users to add tags to their images. In these cases, just add a comment to the picture asking the photographer to add the tags themselves.

Neighboring Stations

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

Location Formats

Resources

Site	Distance		Location
GW1513	3161.4 miles	North	LAGO PAIMUN - NEUQUEN, AR (lat -39.7008°, long -71.5872°, altitude 925 metres) (data present)
CW6899	3182.3 miles	East	Oamaru, NZ (lat -45.1117°, long 170.9385°, altitude 62 metres) (data present)
GW3376	3183.0 miles	North	Litchfield, IL, US (lat -39.1833°, long -89.6500°, altitude 690 metres) (data present)
GW0083	3191.8 miles	West	Te One, NZ (lat -43.9338°, long -176.5280°, altitude 11 metres) (data present)
FW0696	3192.5 miles	East	Naseby, NZ (lat -45.0267°, long 170.1450°, altitude 581 metres) (data present)
GW1514	3195.0 miles	North	ALUMINE, AR (lat -39.2315°, long -70.9262°, altitude 987 metres) (data present)
GW0107	3203.9 miles	West	Kaingaroa, NZ (lat -43.7357°, long -176.2663°, altitude 15 metres) (data present)
FW6887	3219.1 miles	North	Neuquan, AR (lat -38.9313°, long -69.1977°, altitude 587 metres) (data present)
GW0580	3276.3 miles	East	Lyttelton, NZ (lat -43.5978°, long 172.7222°, altitude 95 metres) (data present)
FW4661	3279.8 miles	East	Christchurch, NZ (lat -43.5530°, long 172.6488°, altitude 12 metres) (data present)

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.

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.