CWOP Information for DW8171 (D8171) in Gaithersburg, MD, US (site inactive)

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DW8171
KB3HHA-13
DW3949
CW6668
FW5872
FW4450
EW3806
EW7774
DW3839
GW1555
CW4047
CW0351
GW1438
FW6165
FW2269
EW5309
EW4757
FW3819
DW4699
GW5747
EW8552
GW3695
FW6968
EW1476
CW9346
GW2012
DW6279
DW9421
FW7374
EW5055
EW2809
GW4058
GW3031
K3CHZ
CW1676
FW9050
DW8362
EW9067
DW8016
FW2982
DW8868
FW7729
KA3RQR
EW6715
FW3609
FW9340
EW4183
GW2655
FW2862
DW9209
FW6547
EW8292
GW5670
DW4092
FW9822
FW1583
GW2838
GW4289
GW0066
GW2295
KC3BHK-2
GW2721
KB3PHD
DW1590
KK4WXG
FW4036
DW6747
FW1341
CW8838
DW1546
FW9312
W4RAH-1
DW0501
GW4014
KA6AKH
FW7745
FW8531
DW4748
CW4120
FW7035
CW3766
GW3931
GW2831
GW5852
EW7840
CW6294
EW0237
EW1675
GW5362
FW9615
GW2413
DW4047
W4KRL-13
CW5406
FW6860
FW0435
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Registered Location

Latitude: 39° 7' 56" N (deg min sec), 39.1322° (decimal), 3907.93N (LORAN)
Longitude: 77° 14' 50" W (deg min sec), -77.2473° (decimal), 07714.84W (LORAN)
Elevation: 132 metres (432 feet) -- validated against 132 metres (432 feet) from NED 1/9th arc-second: Washington DC
Location: Gaithersburg, MD, US
County: Montgomery, MD
Forecast Office: Baltimore/Washington (LWX)
Weather station Manager/Operator: Thomas
Station type/software: Weewx version 3.9.1 / Vantage

The site location should be at the mark shown -- or very close. Clicking within the map area (or you can drag the 'DW8171' 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.

NOTE: The Registered Location is the location that the station owner provided when they signed up with CWOP. Show location history.

There are no photographs of the station. If you are the site operator and have pictures of this location, then please email them to d8171@photo.gladstonefamily.net.

You can try to find photographs from the area surrounding the site marker by clicking on Find nearby photographs. (There are none)

APRS Status

No data has been seen recently. Please check at findu.com to see if your data is being seen there.

Weather data was seen at findu.com around 213 days ago on 2024-06-22.

A recently received report from this station was

DW8171>APRS,TCPXX*,qAX,CWOP-5:@221345z3907.93N/07714.84W_.../000g000t081r000p000P000b10133h66.weewx-3.9.1-Vantage

If this is not a weather report, then your station may not be transmitting weather reports, and this may be the problem. Check the recent reports at findu.com to see if any look like weather reports.

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: Baltimore/Washington (LWX) .

SiteDistanceLocation
KB3HHA-131.8 milesNorthwest Germantown, MD, US (lat 39.1523°, long -77.2680°, altitude 97 metres) (data present)
DW39492.1 milesEast Gaithersburg, MD, US (lat 39.1217°, long -77.2103°, altitude 115 metres) (data present)
CW66684.4 milesSouthwest Darnestown1-SW, MD, US (lat 39.0885°, long -77.3060°, altitude 121 metres) (data present)
DW38398.9 milesSouthwest Great Falls, VA, US (lat 39.0130°, long -77.3122°, altitude 115 metres) (data present)
GW15559.2 milesSouthwest GREAT FALLS, VA, US (lat 39.0128°, long -77.3233°, altitude 106 metres) (data present)
EW475711.2 milesSouthwest Potomac Falls, VA, US (lat 39.0405°, long -77.4190°, altitude 88 metres) (data present)
DW469911.6 milesSouthwest Reston, VA, US (lat 38.9847°, long -77.3508°, altitude 120 metres) (data present)
GW369512.8 milesSouthwest RESTON, VA, US (lat 38.9708°, long -77.3627°, altitude 112 metres) (data present)
GW201214.0 milesSouthwest HERNDON, VA, US (lat 38.9717°, long -77.4050°, altitude 410 metres) (data present)
DW942114.5 milesSoutheast Silver Spring, MD, US (lat 39.0060°, long -77.0328°, altitude 103 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
Questions for this weather station owner/operator to Thomas
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