CWOP Information for GW5261 (G5261) in LETART, WV, US

The following information is known about GW5261. If you think that any information is incorrect, then please follow the instructions for correcting that data item.

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	GW5261

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Registered Location

Latitude: 38° 53' 51" N (deg min sec), 38.8975° (decimal), 3853.85N (LORAN)
Longitude: 81° 58' 36" W (deg min sec), -81.9767° (decimal), 08158.60W (LORAN)
Elevation: 260 metres (853 feet) -- validated against 254 metres (832 feet) from EPQS - USGS National Map
Location: LETART, WV, US
County: Mason, WV
Forecast Office: Charleston (RLX)

The site location should be at the mark shown -- or very close. Clicking within the map area (or you can drag the 'GW5261' 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.

The position of the clicked point on the map is:

The position of the 'GW5261' 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 are the site operator and have pictures of this location, then please email them to g5261@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 g5261@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:cwop=g5261 -- 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)

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 36 days ago on 2025-02-07.

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: Charleston (RLX) .

Site	Distance		Location
GW5112	9.9 miles	East	COTTAGEVILLE, WV, US (lat 38.8503°, long -81.8037°, altitude 186 metres) (data present)
GW3407	11.7 miles	Southeast	Evans, WV, US (lat 38.8120°, long -81.7898°, altitude 207 metres) (data present)
FW7648	11.9 miles	East	Ravenswood, WV, US (lat 38.9620°, long -81.7722°, altitude 187 metres) (data present)
GW4853	12.0 miles	Northeast	RAVENSWOOD, WV, US (lat 38.9695°, long -81.7738°, altitude 187 metres) (data present)
GW5262	14.2 miles	South	SOUTHSIDE, WV, US (lat 38.6928°, long -81.9675°, altitude 178 metres) (data present)
GW1572	16.6 miles	South	LEON, WV, US (lat 38.6583°, long -81.9420°, altitude 186 metres) (data present)
GW1573	17.6 miles	Northeast	REEDSVILLE, OH, US (lat 39.1222°, long -81.8217°, altitude 251 metres) (data present)
GW5266	22.8 miles	East	ELIZABETH, WV, US (lat 39.0165°, long -81.5815°, altitude 260 metres) (data present)
GW4854	23.2 miles	East	RIPLEY, WV, US (lat 38.7740°, long -81.5770°, altitude 236 metres) (data present)
GW5251	25.3 miles	South	WINFIELD, WV, US (lat 38.5380°, long -81.8893°, altitude 178 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
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