CWOP Information for FW8153 (F8153) in Norcatur, KS, US (site inactive)

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Registered Location

Latitude: 39° 50' 16" N (deg min sec), 39.8377° (decimal), 3950.26N (LORAN)
Longitude: 100° 11' 14" W (deg min sec), -100.1873° (decimal), 10011.24W (LORAN)
Elevation: 805 metres (2643 feet) -- validated against 808 metres (2651 feet) from Geonames
Location: Norcatur, KS, US
County: Decatur, KS
Forecast Office: Goodland (GLD)
Station type/software: Davis Vantage Pro 2/Vue with Weatherlink-Live

The site location should be at the mark shown -- or very close. Clicking within the map area (or you can drag the 'FW8153' 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.

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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 131 days ago on 2024-06-01.

A recently received report from this station was

FW8153>APRS,TCPXX*,qAX,CWOP-6:@011435z3950.26N/10011.24W_131/000g004t062r000p000P000h98b10181L....DsWLL

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: Goodland (GLD) .

SiteDistanceLocation
EW300134.4 milesEast Logan, KS, US (lat 39.6635°, long -99.5818°, altitude 613 metres) (data present)
FW436952.0 milesEast Phillipsburg, KS, US (lat 39.7443°, long -99.2156°, altitude 545 metres) (data present)
KD0KHX-1053.3 milesSouthwest Colby 2E, KS, US (lat 39.4008°, long -101.0125°, altitude 960 metres) (data present)
K0FJ-155.2 milesSouthwest Colby, KS, US (lat 39.3897°, long -101.0453°, altitude 961 metres) (data present)
GW382856.9 milesNortheast LOOMIS, NE, US (lat 40.4765°, long -99.5080°, altitude 739 metres) (data present)
GW418382.9 milesNortheast KEARNEY, NE, US (lat 40.7105°, long -99.1102°, altitude 655 metres) (data present)
DW135284.6 milesNortheast Kearney, NE, US (lat 40.7192°, long -99.0762°, altitude 678 metres) (data present)
FW903491.0 milesNorth North Platte, NE, US (lat 41.0710°, long -100.7892°, altitude 897 metres) (data present)
EW723495.2 milesNorth North Platte, NE, US (lat 41.1403°, long -100.7705°, altitude 855 metres) (data present)
FW114795.4 milesWest Goodland, KS, US (lat 39.5170°, long -101.9307°, altitude 1153 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.


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