[wxqc] MADIS Now feeding weatherundergound?

Philip Gladstone philip at gladstonefamily.net
Thu Dec 6 13:30:06 CST 2007


I'm guessing it is C9127 -- they just stick an M (for MADIS?) on the
front of the five character code (Cxxxx or ASxxx) to get their code.

Philip

Robert M. Jones wrote:
> I wandered if the station was actually a mathmatical combination of
> surrounding stations to provide analysis information for MADIS. The
> values from the new station are always whole numbers. This seems to
> indicate a derived value. Just guessing.
> 
>     -------------- Original message from "Victor Engel"
>     <brillig at gmail.com>: --------------
> 
> 
>     > What do you mean by "phantom" station?
>     >
>     > Victor
>     >
>     > On 12/6/07, Robert M. Jones wrote:
>     > >
>     > >
>     > >
>     > >
>     > > I also have a similar station near my location.
>     > >
>     > >
>     http://www.wunderground.com/weatherstation/WXDailyHistory.asp?ID=MC9127
>     > >
>     > > This appears to be a "phantom" station used for MADIS analysis
>     purposes.
>     > >
>     > >
>     > >
>     > > Bob
>     > >
>     > > -------------- Original message from "Victor Engel" :
>     > > --------------
>     > >
>     > >
>     > > > I just noticed a new weather station appear today:
>     > > >
>     > > http://www.w
>     underground.com/weatherstation/WXDailyHistory.asp?ID=MAS425
>     > > >
>     > > > Not counting my neighbor a couple hundred yards away, this is the
>     > > > closest station to mine. It hasn't fed weatherunderground
>     before, but
>     > > > it has been on CWOP. A note on the page says that the data
>     source is
>     > > > APRSWXNET.
>     > > >
>     > > > By the way, can someone briefly differentiate among MADIS,
>     CWOP, and
>     > > > APRS? The various websites link to each other so much that's
>     it's hard
>     > > > to tell what the distinctions are.
>     > > >
>     > > > Victor
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