CWOP Information for FW6068 (F6068) in Swannanoa, NC, US (site inactive)

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Registered Location

Latitude: 35° 35' 41" N (deg min sec), 35.5948° (decimal), 3535.69N (LORAN)
Longitude: 82° 25' 44" W (deg min sec), -82.4288° (decimal), 08225.73W (LORAN)
Elevation: 681 metres (2236 feet) -- validated against 683 metres (2241 feet) from Geonames
Location: Swannanoa, NC, US
County: Buncombe, NC
Forecast Office: Greenville/Spartanburg (GSP)
Station type/software: Davis Vantage Pro 2/Vue with Weatherlink-IP

The site location should be at the mark shown -- or very close. Clicking within the map area (or you can drag the 'FW6068' 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.

There are no photographs of the station. If you are the site operator and have pictures of this location, then please email them to f6068@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 560 days ago on 2022-09-14.

A recently received report from this station was

FW6068>APRS,TCPXX*,qAX,CWOP-6:@170430z3535.69N/08225.73W_136/000g000t059r000p000P000h93b10211L....DsIP

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: Greenville/Spartanburg (GSP) .

SiteDistanceLocation
EW53806.0 milesSouth Fairview, NC, US (lat 35.5120°, long -82.3987°, altitude 752 metres) (data present)
EW57136.3 milesWest Asheville, NC, US (lat 35.6088°, long -82.5400°, altitude 747 metres) (data present)
GW01146.4 milesWest Asheville, NC, US (lat 35.6098°, long -82.5418°, altitude 693 metres) (data present)
CW75667.4 milesNortheast Montreat, NC, US (lat 35.6395°, long -82.3088°, altitude 804 metres) (data present)
FW86129.1 milesSouth Fletcher, NC, US (lat 35.4690°, long -82.4758°, altitude 681 metres) (data present)
FW305412.6 milesWest Asheville, NC, US (lat 35.5383°, long -82.6418°, altitude 662 metres) (data present)
EW844413.5 milesNorthwest Alexander, NC, US (lat 35.6967°, long -82.6342°, altitude 622 metres) (data present)
FW902214.0 milesWest Biltmore Lake Or Candler, NC, US (lat 35.5236°, long -82.6623°, altitude 655 metres) (data present)
EW227918.9 milesWest Leicester, NC, US (lat 35.6187°, long -82.7632°, altitude 788 metres) (data present)
FW898519.7 milesSoutheast Lake Lure, NC, US (lat 35.4178°, long -82.1537°, altitude 343 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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