CWOP Information for WS6P (AT450) in West Point, CA, US (site inactive)

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Registered Location

Latitude: 38° 24' 4" N (deg min sec), 38.4012° (decimal), 3824.07N (LORAN)
Longitude: 120° 31' 14" W (deg min sec), -120.5205° (decimal), 12031.23W (LORAN)
Elevation: 850 metres (2789 feet) -- validated against 834 metres (2735 feet) from NED 1/3rd arc-second: Western United States
Location: West Point, CA, US
County: Calaveras, CA
Forecast Offices: Sacramento (STO), Reno (REV)
Weather station Manager/Operator: Sam
Station type/software: Cumulus/WMR928

The site location should be at the mark shown -- or very close. Clicking within the map area (or you can drag the 'WS6P' 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.

NOTE: The Registered Location is the location that the station owner provided when they signed up with CWOP. Show location history.

There are no photographs of the station. If you are the site operator and have pictures of this location, then please email them to at450@photo.gladstonefamily.net.

You can try to find photographs from the area surrounding the site marker by clicking on Find nearby photographs.

APRS Status

No data has been seen recently. Please check at findu.com to see if your data is being seen there.

Weather data was seen at findu.com around 1708 days ago on 2019-07-25.

A recently received report from this station was

WS6P>APRS,TCPIP*,qAC,CWOP-6:@251155z3824.08N/12031.23W_109/001g004t066r000p000P000h36b10191eCumulusWMR928

If this is not a weather report, then your station may not be transmitting weather reports, and this may be the problem. Check the recent reports at findu.com to see if any look like weather reports.

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: Sacramento (STO),Reno (REV) .

SiteDistanceLocation
DW93962.6 milesSoutheast Wilseyville, CA, US (lat 38.3745°, long -120.4880°, altitude 864 metres) (data present)
CW91486.4 milesNorth Pioneer, CA, US (lat 38.4920°, long -120.5422°, altitude 1122 metres) (data present)
WA5KWK6.6 milesSouth Rail Road Flat, CA, US (lat 38.3060°, long -120.5145°, altitude 858 metres) (data present)
FW922614.2 milesSoutheast Arnold, CA, US (lat 38.2579°, long -120.3329°, altitude 1269 metres) (data present)
EW186915.0 milesSoutheast Dorrington, CA, US (lat 38.2872°, long -120.2845°, altitude 1549 metres) (data present)
EW820416.4 milesSoutheast Avery, CA, US (lat 38.1983°, long -120.3630°, altitude 995 metres) (data present)
CW908524.2 milesSouth Angels Camp, CA, US (lat 38.0667°, long -120.6478°, altitude 435 metres) (data present)
KG5SWO24.4 milesSouth Angels Camp, CA, US (lat 38.0638°, long -120.6532°, altitude 435 metres) (data present)
FW930424.6 milesNorth Pollock Pines, CA, US (lat 38.7558°, long -120.5655°, altitude 1213 metres) (data present)
CW512125.2 milesNorthwest Placerville, CA, US (lat 38.7162°, long -120.7563°, altitude 673 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
Page layout last modified Sunday, 28 February 2016
Questions for this weather station owner/operator to Sam
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