CWOP Information for FW2261 (F2261) in Wheaton, IL, US (site inactive)

The following information is known about FW2261. 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: 41° 50' 27" N (deg min sec), 41.8408° (decimal), 4150.45N (LORAN)
Longitude: 88° 5' 9" E (deg min sec), 88.0858° (decimal), 08805.15E (LORAN)
Elevation: 226 metres (741 feet)
Location: Wheaton, IL, US
County: DuPage, IL
Forecast Office: Chicago (LOT)
Weather station Manager/Operator: Andy
Station type/software: WeatherCat 3.12 build 34 / Davis Vantage Pro

The elevation does not correspond with the estimated elevation (1589 metres (5213 feet) -- source Geonames) at that point. Either the location or the elevation (or both) are almost certain to be incorrect. Please use the 'send the updated information' link below to update the location or elevation.

The site location should be at the mark shown -- or very close. Clicking within the map area (or you can drag the 'FW2261' 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 best way to get elevation is to consult a topographic map. Make sure that you know whether the contours are marked in feet or metres. Note that handheld GPS receivers do not provide readings of elevation accurate to better than 10-20 metres (technical discussion). If you do not have access to a topographic map, then a GPS receiver is acceptable, but make sure that it is operating in 3D mode and let it average the position for at least five minutes.

For more information on reading maps, please see the Topo Map Reading Guide -- in particular it discusses how to read contours.

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

There are no photographs of the station. If you are the site operator and have pictures of this location, then please email them to f2261@photo.gladstonefamily.net.

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

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 1625 days ago on 2019-10-15.

A recently received report from this station was

FW2261>APRS,TCPXX*,qAX,CWOP-3:@161349z4150.45N/08805.15W_206/000g003t064r000p004P000h44b09961WeatherCatV312B34H31

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: Chicago (LOT) .

SiteDistanceLocation
CW9134152.4 milesNorthwest Grand Rapids, MI, US (lat 42.9378°, long 85.4992°, altitude 228 metres) (data present)
EW0990309.8 milesEast Havelock, IA, US (lat 42.1005°, long 94.1003°, altitude 374 metres) (data present)
GW0608373.2 milesSouthwest Chaplin, KY, US (lat 37.0000°, long 85.0000°, altitude 4183 metres) (data present)
DW2147456.4 milesWest Uniontown, PA, US (lat 39.8978°, long 79.7418°, altitude 318 metres) (data present)
FW5451470.4 milesSoutheast Rogers, AR, US (lat 36.6862°, long 93.8215°, altitude 1250 metres) (data present)
KI4CGS486.2 milesSouth Jasper, TN, US (lat 35.0780°, long 85.6308°, altitude 192 metres) (data present)
GW2005579.4 milesWest LOCUST DALE, VA, US (lat 38.3550°, long 78.1180°, altitude 130 metres) (data present)
FW3866608.7 milesEast Holabird, SD, US (lat 44.5245°, long 99.5930°, altitude 545 metres) (data present)
K9JWM651.7 milesNortheast Clam Lake, WI, US (lat 46.1787°, long 99.7367°, altitude 453 metres) (data present)
EW4874717.7 milesWest Knox, NY, US (lat 42.4600°, long 74.1000°, altitude 394 metres) (data present)

The sites marked above thus did not report continuously during the analysis period, so the offsets may (probably will) not be accurate.

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 Andy
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