Site Information for NC06 in Elk River Airport, United States of America (site inactive)

The following information is known about NC06. If you think that any information is incorrect, then please follow the instructions for correcting that data item.

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Registered Location

Latitude: 36° 9' 37" N (deg min sec), 36.1604° (decimal), 3609.62N (LORAN)
Longitude: 81° 53' 48" W (deg min sec), -81.8968° (decimal), 08153.81W (LORAN)
Elevation: 1057 metres (3468 feet) -- validated against 1047 metres (3434 feet) from NED Contiguous U. S. 1/3E arc second elevation data
Location: Elk River Airport, United States of America
County: Avery, NC
Forecast Office: Greenville/Spartanburg (GSP)

The site location should be at the mark shown -- or very close. Clicking within the map area (or you can drag the 'NC06' 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.

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The location information for this site was gathered from 2 data sources. 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 nc06@photo.gladstonefamily.net.

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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
FW46262.4 milesNortheast Beech Mountain, NC, US (lat 36.1872°, long -81.8683°, altitude 1564 metres) (data present)
EW94644.1 milesNortheast Banner Elk, NC, US (lat 36.2025°, long -81.8457°, altitude 1492 metres) (data present)
EW607212.5 milesEast Boone, NC, US (lat 36.2058°, long -81.6802°, altitude 1007 metres) (data present)
FW703612.9 milesSouth Jonas Ridge, NC, US (lat 35.9742°, long -81.8950°, altitude 1166 metres) (data present)
FW907614.0 milesSoutheast Mortimer, NC, US (lat 35.9965°, long -81.7513°, altitude 507 metres) (data present)
GW098114.4 milesEast Blowing Rock, NC, US (lat 36.1408°, long -81.6405°, altitude 1125 metres) (data present)
GW015120.8 milesSouthwest Spruce Pine, NC, US (lat 35.8935°, long -82.0670°, altitude 784 metres) (data present)
EW355423.9 milesSouthwest Burnsville, NC, US (lat 35.9103°, long -82.1925°, altitude 774 metres) (data present)
FW455926.6 milesEast Fleetwood, NC, US (lat 36.2947°, long -81.4495°, altitude 900 metres) (data present)
FW695627.5 milesSoutheast Chesterfield, NC, US (lat 35.8127°, long -81.6576°, altitude 1040 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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