METAR/Synop Information for WBGG (96413) in Kuching, Malaysia (site inactive)

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Registered Location

Latitude: 1° 29' 0" N (deg min sec), 1.4833° (decimal), 0129.00N (LORAN)
Longitude: 110° 20' 0" E (deg min sec), 110.3333° (decimal), 11020.00E (LORAN)
Elevation: 27 metres (89 feet) -- validated against 35 metres (115 feet) from Geonames
WMO Id: 96413
Location: Kuching, Malaysia

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 11 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	1.4830	110.3330	27	Kuching, Malaysia
2007-11-28	1.4830	110.3330	27	Kuching (civ/mil, MY
2007-11-28	1.4830	110.3330	27	Kuching (civ/mil, MY
2007-11-29	1.4830	110.3330	27	Kuching, MY
2007-11-30	1.4847	110.3464	27	Kuching, MY
2008-01-03	1.4847	110.3464	27	Kuching, Malaysia
2009-10-14	1.4800	110.3300	27	Kuching (civ/mil, MY
2009-10-16	1.4800	110.3300	27	Kuching, Malaysia
2015-05-07	1.4800	110.3300	27	Kuching Airport, SR, Malaysia
2015-05-07	1.4800	110.3300	27	Kuching, Malaysia
2015-05-14	1.4800	110.3300	27	Kuching, Malaysia

Source	Latitude	Longitude	Elevation	Place	Miles	Map
NSD	1.4800	110.3300	27	Kuching, Malaysia [WBGG]	0.0	Center
Master Location Identifier DB	1.4800	110.3300	27	Kuching Airport, SR, Malaysia [96413]	0.0	Center	Include
Master Location Identifier DB	1.4800	110.3300	27	Kuching Airport, SR, Malaysia [WBGG]	0.0	Center	Include
FMI	1.4800	110.3300	27	Kuching, Malaysia (sabah and Sarawak) [96413]	0.0	Center	Include
FMI	1.4800	110.3300	27	Kuching, Malaysia [WBGG]	0.0	Center	Include
GHCN	1.4830	110.3330	27	Kuching [96413]	0.0	Center	Include
RAOB	1.4800	110.3300	27	Kuching (Civ/Mil), Malaysia [WBGG]	0.3	Center	Include
RAOB	1.4800	110.3300	27	Kuching (Civ/Mil), Malaysia [96413]	0.3	Center	Include
NCEP	1.4800	110.3300	27	Kuching, MY [WBGG]	0.3	Center	Include
METARTable	1.4800	110.3300	27	Kuching, Malaysia [96413]	0.3	Center	Include
METARTable	1.4800	110.3300	27	Kuching, Malaysia [WBGG]	0.3	Center	Include
DAFIF ARPT	1.4847	110.3469	27	Kuching Intl [WBGG]	0.9	Center	Include
OurAirports	1.4847	110.3470	27	Kuching International Airport, Malaysia [WBGG]	0.9	Center	Include
ISH	1.4850	110.3470	27	Kuching Intl, Mariana Islands [WBGG]	1.0	Center	Include
ISH	1.4850	110.3470	27	Kuching Intl, Mariana Islands [96413]	1.0	Center	Include
[340]	1.4903	110.3525	20	Kuching, Malaysia [96413]	1.4	Center	Include

The position of the clicked point on the map is:

The position of the 'WBGG' 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 wbgg@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 wbgg@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=wbgg -- 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
9W2KHE-13	453.0 miles	West	Johor Bahru, MY (lat 1.4957°, long 103.7822°, altitude 18 metres) (data present)
GW2522	563.7 miles	West	Bera (lat 3.4487°, long 102.4163°, altitude 6 metres) (data present)
YD1BKZ	609.7 miles	Southwest	BOGOR, BG, ID (lat -6.5788°, long 106.7612°, altitude 220 metres) (data present)
GW4668	692.4 miles	North	HO CHI MINH, VN (lat 10.8052°, long 106.6607°, altitude 30 metres) (data present)
GW3844	747.3 miles	North	BINH PHUOC, VN (lat 11.7697°, long 107.0025°, altitude 295 metres) (data present)
9W2XAN-13	776.2 miles	Northwest	KANGAR, MY (lat 6.4778°, long 100.2565°, altitude 200 metres) (data present)
GW1757	1082.4 miles	Northeast	ALTAVAS, PH (lat 11.5280°, long 122.4277°, altitude 148 metres) (data present)
FW2330	1096.7 miles	Northeast	Opol, PI (lat 8.5180°, long 124.6077°, altitude 10 metres) (data present)
GW3645	1154.0 miles	Northeast	MUNTINLUPA CITY, PH (lat 14.3827°, long 121.0420°, altitude 25 metres) (data present)
FW9028	1157.0 miles	Northeast	Sucat, PH (lat 14.4403°, long 121.0398°, altitude 22 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
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