METAR/Synop Information for PTYA (T11) in Yap Island, Yap Int. Airp., Micronesia, Federated States of (site inactive)

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Registered Location

Latitude: 9° 29' 0" N (deg min sec), 9.4833° (decimal), 0929.00N (LORAN)
Longitude: 138° 5' 0" E (deg min sec), 138.0833° (decimal), 13805.00E (LORAN)
Elevation: 28 metres (91 feet) -- validated against 13 metres (41 feet) from NED US territories 1/3rd arc-second elevation data (Islands with east longitude)
WMO Id: 91413
Location: Yap Island, Yap Int. Airp., Micronesia, Federated States of
Observing program(s): COOP PLCD

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 12 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.

Date	Latitude	Longitude	Elevation	Name
2007-11-28	9.4830	138.0830	17	Yap Is, Micronesia, Federated States of
2007-11-28	9.4830	138.0830	17	Yap Island, FM
2007-11-28	9.4830	138.0830	17	Yap Island, FM
2007-11-29	9.4830	138.0830	17	Yap Is
2007-11-29	9.4830	138.0830	17	Yap, Caroline Is.
2007-11-30	9.4800	138.0800	17	Yap Is
2008-01-03	9.4800	138.0800	17	Yap Is, Micronesia, Federated States of
2009-01-29	9.4800	138.0800	15	Yap Is, Micronesia, Federated States of
2009-04-17	9.4800	138.0800	17	Yap Is, Micronesia, Federated States of
2009-10-14	9.4800	138.0800	15	Yap Island, FM
2010-08-29	9.4800	138.0800	17	Yap Island, Micronesia, Federated States of, Micronesia
2010-09-01	9.4800	138.0800	17	Yap Island, Micronesia
2010-10-22	9.4800	138.0800	15	Yap International Airport, Micronesia
2011-03-29	9.4800	138.0800	17	Yap Island, Y, Micronesia
2011-03-30	9.4800	138.0800	17	Yap International Airport, Micronesia
2011-08-12	9.4800	138.0800	15	Yap Island, Yap Int. Airp., Micronesia, Federated States of
2011-10-31	9.4800	138.0800	17	Yap Island, Yap Int. Airp., Micronesia, Federated States of
2015-05-07	9.4800	138.0800	17	Yap Island, Y, Micronesia
2017-03-06	9.4800	138.0800	28	Yap Island, Yap Int. Airp., Micronesia, Federated States of
2017-12-11	9.4800	138.0800	17	Yap Island, Yap Int. Airp., Micronesia, Federated States of
2022-12-18	9.4800	138.0800	27	Yap Island, Yap Int. Airp., Micronesia, Federated States of

Source	Latitude	Longitude	Elevation	Place	Miles	Map
NSD	9.4800	138.0800	28	Yap Island, Yap Int. Airp., Micronesia, Federated States of [PTYA]	0.0	Center
Mesowest	9.4833	138.0833	17	Yap Island - Yap Int. Airport [PTYA]	0.0	Center	Include
Master Location Identifier DB	9.4800	138.0800	15	Yap Island, Y, Micronesia [PTYA]	0.0	Center	Include
Master Location Identifier DB	9.4800	138.0800	15	Yap Island, Y, Micronesia [91413]	0.0	Center	Include
FMI	9.4800	138.0800	17	Yap/Caroline Is., Islands In The Pacific Ocean North Of The Equator [91413]	0.0	Center	Include
FMI	9.4800	138.0800	17	Yap/Caroline Is. [PTYA]	0.0	Center	Include
ISH	9.4800	138.0800	13	Yap International Airport, FM [91413]	0.0	Center	Include
ISH	9.4800	138.0800	13	Yap International Airport, FM [PTYA]	0.0	Center	Include
GHCN	9.4833	138.0833	13	Yap Island Wso Ap [91413]	0.0	Center	Include
RAOB	9.4800	138.0800	17	Yap Island, Caroline Islands [PTYA]	0.3	Center	Include
RAOB	9.4800	138.0800	17	Yap Island, Caroline Islands [91413]	0.3	Center	Include
NCEP	9.4800	138.0800	17	Yap Island [PTYA]	0.3	Center	Include
METARTable	9.4800	138.0800	17	Yap Is, Micronesia, Federated States of [91413]	0.3	Center	Include
METARTable	9.4800	138.0800	17	Yap Is, Micronesia, Federated States of [PTYA]	0.3	Center	Include
[340]	9.4972	138.0817	27	Weather Service Office, Yap, Caroline Is., Micronesia, Federated States Of [91413]	1.0	Center	Include
OurAirports	9.4989	138.0830	27	Yap International Airport, Micronesia [PTYA]	1.1	Center	Include
DAFIF ARPT	9.4989	138.0825	27	Yap Intl [PTYA]	1.1	Center	Include

The position of the clicked point on the map is:

The position of the 'PTYA' 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 ptya@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 ptya@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=ptya -- 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
GW2253	525.6 miles	Northeast	YONA, GU (lat 13.3775°, long 144.7420°, altitude 108 metres) (data present)
CW4647	532.0 miles	Northeast	Tamuning, GU, US (lat 13.5032°, long 144.7768°, altitude 34 metres) (data present)
CW3141	647.0 miles	Northeast	Saipan Airport, MP, US (lat 15.1262°, long 145.7235°, altitude 65 metres) (data present)
FW2330	923.0 miles	West	Opol, PI (lat 8.5180°, long 124.6077°, altitude 10 metres) (data present)
GW1757	1073.9 miles	West	ALTAVAS, PH (lat 11.5280°, long 122.4277°, altitude 148 metres) (data present)
GW3645	1201.4 miles	West	MUNTINLUPA CITY, PH (lat 14.3827°, long 121.0420°, altitude 25 metres) (data present)
FW9028	1202.6 miles	West	Sucat, PH (lat 14.4403°, long 121.0398°, altitude 22 metres) (data present)
GW3663	1204.6 miles	West	PARANAQUE, PH (lat 14.4960°, long 121.0240°, altitude 11 metres) (data present)
FW0027	1204.9 miles	West	Paranaque, PH (lat 14.4870°, long 121.0165°, altitude 26 metres) (data present)
EW0758	1210.3 miles	West	Caloocan City, PH (lat 14.6499°, long 120.9783°, altitude 36 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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