AFD Information for CYSM (71934) in Fort Smith, N. W. T., Canada (site inactive)

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Registered Location

Latitude: 60° 1' 35" N (deg min sec), 60.0264° (decimal), 6001.58N (LORAN)
Longitude: 111° 55' 44" W (deg min sec), -111.9290° (decimal), 11155.74W (LORAN)
Elevation: 205 metres (671 feet) -- validated against 203 metres (666 feet) from Google
WMO Id: 71934
Location: Fort Smith, N. W. T., Canada
Data provider: NAVCAN

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 15 data sources. This position has been modified based on user feedback.

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Date	Latitude	Longitude	Elevation	Name
2007-08-24	60.0203	-111.9619	203	Fort Smith, NT, Canada
2007-08-28	60.0203	-111.9619	205	Fort Smith, NT, Canada
2007-11-28	60.0200	-111.9500	203	Fort Smith Airpo, CA
2007-11-29	60.0200	-111.9500	203	Fort Smith A, Nwt, CA
2007-11-29	60.0200	-111.9500	205	Fort Smith A, Nwt, CA
2007-12-09	60.0203	-111.9619	205	Fort Smith, NT, CA
2007-12-09	60.0264	-111.9290	205	Fort Smith, NT, CA
2009-10-14	60.0264	-111.9290	205	Fort Smith Airpo, CA
2010-01-13	60.0264	-111.9290	204	Fort Smith, NT, Canada
2010-06-01	60.0264	-111.9290	203	Fort Smith, NT, Canada
2010-06-08	60.0264	-111.9290	205	Fort Smith, NT, Canada
2011-04-28	60.0203	-111.9619	205	Fort Smith, N. W. T., Canada
2011-06-19	60.0264	-111.9290	203	Fort Smith, N. W. T., Canada
2011-06-20	60.0264	-111.9290	205	Fort Smith, N. W. T., Canada
2012-02-20	60.0264	-111.9290	205	Fort Smith, N. W. T., Canada
2013-09-23	60.0264	-111.9290	204	Fort Smith, N. W. T., Canada
2015-05-07	60.0203	-111.9619	205	Fort Smith Upper Air Site, NT, Canada

Source	Latitude	Longitude	Elevation	Place	Miles	Map
Master Location Identifier DB	60.0262	-111.9295	204	Fort Smith Upper Air Site, NT, Canada [71934]	0.0	Center
Master Location Identifier DB	60.0262	-111.9295	204	Fort Smith Upper Air Site, NT, Canada [CYSM]	0.0	Center	Include
CA	60.0261	-111.9294	204	Fort Smith Ua, NWT, Canada [CYSM]	0.0	Center	Include
CA	60.0261	-111.9294	204	Fort Smith Ua, NWT, Canada [71934]	0.0	Center	Include
Update	60.0264	-111.9290		[CYSM]	0.0	Center	Include
METARTable	60.0300	-111.9300	203	Fort Smith, NT, Canada [71934]	0.3	Center	Include
METARTable	60.0300	-111.9300	203	Fort Smith, NT, Canada [CYSM]	0.3	Center	Include
ISH	60.0200	-111.9200	204	Fort Smith Ua - Nt, Caribbean Area and Central America [CYSM]	0.8	Center	Include
ISH	60.0200	-111.9200	204	Fort Smith Ua - Nt, Caribbean Area and Central America [71934]	0.8	Center	Include
RAOB	60.0200	-111.9500	203	Fort Smith, NT, Canada [CYSM]	0.8	Center	Include
RAOB	60.0200	-111.9500	203	Fort Smith, NT, Canada [71934]	0.8	Center	Include
NSD	60.0200	-111.9500	203	Fort Smith, N. W. T., Canada [CYSM]	1.0	Center	Include
Mesowest	60.0200	-111.9500	203	Fort Smith: N. W. T., NT, Canada [CYSM]	1.0	Center	Include
Mesowest	60.0200	-111.9500	203	Fort Smith: N. W. T., NT, Canada [71934]	1.0	Center	Include
FMI	60.0200	-111.9500	205	Fort Smith, Canada [71934]	1.0	Center	Include
FMI	60.0200	-111.9500	205	Fort Smith, Canada [CYSM]	1.0	Center	Include
Master Location Identifier DB	60.0203	-111.9619	205	Fort Smith Airport, NT, Canada [71934]	1.2	Center	Include
Master Location Identifier DB	60.0203	-111.9619	205	Fort Smith Airport, NT, Canada [CYSM]	1.2	Center	Include
CA	60.0203	-111.9619	205	Fort Smith A, NWT, Canada [CYSM]	1.2	Center	Include
CA	60.0203	-111.9619	205	Fort Smith A, NWT, Canada [71934]	1.2	Center	Include
[340]	60.0203	-111.9619	205	Fort Smith A, Nwt, Canada [71934]	1.2	Center	Include
DAFIF ARPT	60.0203	-111.9619	204	Fort Smith [CYSM]	1.2	Center	Include
OurAirports	60.0203	-111.9620	204	Fort Smith Airport, Canada [CYSM]	1.2	Center	Include
AFD	60.0186	-111.9666	204	Fort Smith A, AB, Canada [CYSM]	1.4	Center	Include
GHCN	60.0167	-111.9667	205	Fort Smith A, Canada [71934]	1.5	Center	Include
NCEP	60.0100	-111.9600	205	Fort Smith, NT, CA [CYSM]	1.6	Center	Include

The position of the clicked point on the map is:

The position of the 'CYSM' 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 cysm@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 cysm@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:id=cysm -- 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)

Data Status

Over the last 3 days, no data was seen on the following dates: 2024-04-17.

Recent observations from this weather station can be downloaded as a CSV file suitable for importing into various spreadsheet programs: last 7 days, last 14 days, last 28 days, last 56 days. This data can also be linked directly from Excel using a Web Query. The main link goes to the page with the data on it, and the IQY link is the Web Query that will access it: last 7 days (IQY: last 7 days), last 14 days (IQY: last 14 days), last 28 days (IQY: last 28 days), last 56 days (IQY: last 56 days).

All the means and standard deviations shown below are from the last 3 days. Change analysis period to Last 7 days Last 14 days Last 4 weeks Last 8 weeks Last 13 weeks Last 26 weeks Last 39 weeks Last 52 weeks

By default, the longer analysis periods display graphs that show the long term performance of this station. The graphs show the mean error over time, and include error bars which are one standard deviation long. This provides an easy way to see if there are any underlying trends in the data. Note that a 'step' in your data does not (necessarily) mean that something happened to your station. It could mean that another station came online in the local area, and they are changing the analysis.

The analysis is performed by MADIS. This web page just provides visualization of the data that MADIS produces. There are a number of very knowledgeable people who participate on the WXQC Mailing List who do understand exactly how MADIS works and can resolve issues when the analysis seems to be broken. However, in most cases, the station readings are at fault, or the software that is transmitting the data to CWOP. Please check those paths first.

You can also see how this station compares with other stations.

A recently received weather report from this station was

Neighboring Stations

This is a list of stations that are close to this station. You can look at those for comparison purposes. The average difference between your station and each station below is listed as well. This may allow you to detect local stations which are erroneous. You can also use these numbers to adjust your instruments -- especially if a number of ASOS stations have similar differences to your station. Also, try increasing the analysis period to more than the default 28 days. The difference is only given if both stations report reasonably often during each day. Some stations only report every 6 hours, and this makes the average of less interest. In this case, the average is not displayed. The values reported are the differences between this station and the neighboring station. I.e. if the difference is positive, then this station is reading higher than the neighboring station. Since this station has not been reporting continuously during the analysis period (it missed 1 days out of 3), the offsets below may not be accurate.

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
FW0142	325.2 miles	Southwest	Peace River, CA (lat 56.2558°, long -117.2578°, altitude 520 metres)
DW7164	372.6 miles	Southwest	Eaglesham, CA (lat 55.7225°, long -118.0337°, altitude 0 metres)
DW8694	445.9 miles	South	St. Albert, CA (lat 53.6447°, long -113.6018°, altitude 665 metres)
FW3856	446.5 miles	South	Edmonton, CA (lat 53.6238°, long -113.4305°, altitude 689 metres)
FW9628	450.4 miles	South	Edmonton, CA (lat 53.5875°, long -113.7158°, altitude 669 metres)
VE6KEL	453.0 miles	South	Edmonton, CA (lat 53.5278°, long -113.4307°, altitude 661 metres)
FW2243	453.1 miles	South	Edmonton, CA (lat 53.5427°, long -113.6412°, altitude 682 metres)
FW0009	454.1 miles	South	Lakewood, CA (lat 53.5480°, long -113.8813°, altitude 703 metres)
FW3714	457.1 miles	South	Edmonton, CA (lat 53.4632°, long -113.3348°, altitude 731 metres)
FW3102	459.7 miles	South	Edmonton, CA (lat 53.4402°, long -113.5560°, altitude 2250 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 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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