METAR/Synop Information for LTCM (17026) in Sinop Havaalanı, Si̇nop, Turkey (site inactive)

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Registered Location

Latitude: 42° 1' 7" N (deg min sec), 42.0187° (decimal), 4201.12N (LORAN)
Longitude: 35° 4' 19" E (deg min sec), 35.0718° (decimal), 03504.31E (LORAN)
Elevation: 7 metres (23 feet) -- validated against 18 metres (59 feet) from Geonames
WMO Id: 17026
Location: Sinop Havaalanı, Si̇nop, Turkey

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.

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The location information for this site was gathered from 10 data sources. This position has been modified based on user feedback.

Show location history.

Date	Latitude	Longitude	Elevation	Name
2007-11-28	42.0330	35.1670	32	Sinop, Turkey
2007-11-29	42.0300	35.1700	32	Sinop, TR
2007-12-09	42.0189	35.0792	24	Sinop
2007-12-15	42.0300	35.1700	32	Sinop, Turkey
2009-10-02	42.0158	35.0664	6	Sinop
2010-06-01	42.0158	35.0664	32	Sinop
2010-08-29	42.0158	35.0664	6	Sinop Airport, 57, Turkey, Turkey
2010-09-01	42.0158	35.0664	6	Sinop Airport, 57, Turkey
2010-09-08	42.0158	35.0664	6	Sinop Airport, 57, Turkey
2010-10-01	42.0158	35.0664	6	Sinop Airport, 57, Turkey
2010-10-08	42.0158	35.0664	6	Sinop Airport, Turkey
2010-10-22	42.0158	35.0664	6	Sinop Airport, SIN, Turkey
2011-07-06	42.0300	35.1700	32	Sinop Airport, TR
2012-02-16	42.0300	35.1700	32	Sinop Airport, SIN, Turkey
2012-02-20	42.0300	35.1700	32	Sinop Airport, SIN, Turkey
2012-04-05	42.0187	35.0718	6	Sinop Airport, SIN, Turkey
2012-08-27	42.0300	35.1700	32	Sinop Cape, SIN, Turkey
2015-03-18	42.0299	35.1545	32	Sinop Cape, SIN, Turkey
2015-03-18	42.0187	35.0718	7	Sinop Havaalanı, Si̇nop, Turkey

Source	Latitude	Longitude	Elevation	Place	Miles	Map
Update	42.0187	35.0718		[LTCM]	0.0	Center
NCEP	42.0200	35.0700	8	Sinop, TR [LTCM]	0.1	Center	Include
OurAirports	42.0158	35.0664	6	Sinop Airport, Turkey [LTCM]	0.3	Center	Include
Master Location Identifier DB	42.0158	35.0664	6	Sinop Airport, SIN, Turkey [LTCM]	0.3	Center	Include
TR	42.0210	35.0811	7	Sinop Havaalanı, Si̇nop, Turkey [LTCM]	0.5	Center	Include
[340]	42.0299	35.1545	32	Sinop (17026-0), Türkiye [17026]	4.3	Center	Include
TR	42.0299	35.1545	32	Sinop, Si̇nop, Turkey [17026]	4.3	Center	Include
FMI	42.0300	35.1700	32	Sinop, Turkey [LTCM]	5.0	Center	Include
FMI	42.0300	35.1700	32	Sinop, Turkey [17026]	5.0	Center	Include
Master Location Identifier DB	42.0300	35.1700	32	Sinop Cape, SIN, Turkey [17026]	5.0	Center	Include
ISH	42.0300	35.1700	32	Sinop, Turkey [17026]	5.0	Center	Include
GHCN	42.0330	35.1670	32	Sinop, Turkey [17026]	5.0	Center	Include
METARTable	42.0300	35.1700	32	Sinop Airport, Turkey [17026]	5.1	Center	Include
METARTable	42.0300	35.1700	32	Sinop Airport, Turkey [LTCM]	5.1	Center	Include

The position of the clicked point on the map is:

The position of the 'LTCM' 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 have pictures of this location, then please email them to ltcm@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 ltcm@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:metar=ltcm -- 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)

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 .

Site	Distance		Location
FW4018	286.2 miles	Northeast	Krasnodar, RU (lat 45.0645°, long 38.9378°, altitude 29 metres) (data present)
DW8508	290.2 miles	West	Sile, TR (lat 41.1000°, long 29.6000°, altitude 100 metres) (data present)
FW9915	362.1 miles	West	Balchik, BG (lat 43.4113°, long 28.2010°, altitude 178 metres) (data present)
US6IQ-20	368.4 miles	North	Mariupol, UA (lat 47.0552°, long 37.5062°, altitude 21 metres) (data present)
FW8315	378.7 miles	West	Dabovik, BG (lat 43.6890°, long 27.9560°, altitude 239 metres) (data present)
LZ3VG	393.1 miles	West	BURGAS, BS (lat 42.4497°, long 27.4147°, altitude 70 metres) (data present)
YO9IPZ-13	419.8 miles	Northwest	Calarasi, RO (lat 44.2028°, long 27.3103°, altitude 20 metres) (data present)
GW0777	429.1 miles	Southwest	Antalya (lat 36.8567°, long 30.6100°, altitude 10 metres) (data present)
DW1512	432.2 miles	West	Razdel, BG (lat 42.0795°, long 26.6542°, altitude 211 metres) (data present)
FW4072	464.1 miles	Northwest	Chisinau, MD (lat 47.0288°, long 28.8020°, altitude 80 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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