MesoWest Information for GGWWL in Whitetail 7N, MT, United States Of America (site inactive)

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Registered Location

Latitude: 49° 0' 0" N (deg min sec), 49.0000° (decimal), 4900.00N (LORAN)
Longitude: 105° 10' 12" W (deg min sec), -105.1700° (decimal), 10510.20W (LORAN)
Elevation: 756 metres (2480 feet) -- validated against 762 metres (2499 feet) from Google
Location: Whitetail 7N, MT, United States Of America
County: Daniels, MT
Data provider: GGWWFO
Forecast Office: Glasgow (GGW)

The site coordinates appear to be of low precision, and the station may be anywhere within the marked area. Clicking within the map area (or you can drag the 'GGWWL' 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 location information for this site was gathered from 1 data source. The source which most closely matches the consensus is chosen. Many of these sources only report the location to the nearest minute (or hundredth of degree). This can lead to the marker being placed noticeably incorrectly. Please see Discussion of Location Errors for more information. Show location history.

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

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

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: Glasgow (GGW) .

SiteDistanceLocation
EW234934.7 milesSouth Scobey, MT, US (lat 48.5187°, long -105.3850°, altitude 684 metres) (data present)
FW046447.0 milesSouthwest Lustre, MT, US (lat 48.4533°, long -105.7815°, altitude 882 metres) (data present)
EW269255.6 milesSoutheast Froid, MT, US (lat 48.3343°, long -104.4890°, altitude 622 metres) (data present)
FW249873.2 milesSouth Badger Creek, MT, US (lat 47.9528°, long -104.9355°, altitude 676 metres) (data present)
FW853479.0 milesSouth Sidney, MT, US (lat 47.8778°, long -104.8458°, altitude 1500 metres) (data present)
DW596386.8 milesSoutheast Four Mile, MT, US (lat 47.9472°, long -104.1392°, altitude 626 metres) (data present)
EW170888.8 milesEast Macoun, CA (lat 49.3173°, long -103.2670°, altitude 570 metres) (data present)
DW0807103.4 milesSouth Circle, MT, US (lat 47.6015°, long -105.9655°, altitude 760 metres) (data present)
EW7744160.4 milesSoutheast Medora, ND, US (lat 46.9178°, long -103.6470°, altitude 774 metres) (data present)
FW1590162.8 milesSouthwest Sand Springs, MT, US (lat 47.2828°, long -107.5815°, altitude 880 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
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