CWOP Information for GW5493 in Devon 5SW, MT, US

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Registered Location

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.

The position of the clicked point on the map is:

The position of the 'GW5493' 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 are the site operator and have pictures of this location, then please email them to g5493@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 g5493@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:cwop=g5493 -- 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)

APRS Status

Neighboring Stations

Location Formats

Resources

Site	Distance		Location
GW5346	4.7 miles	North	Devon 3W, MT, US (lat 48.4737°, long -111.5372°, altitude 976 metres) (data present)
GW5208	4.7 miles	Northeast	Devon 2S, MT, US (lat 48.4415°, long -111.4697°, altitude 1000 metres) (data present)
GW0664	16.9 miles	Northwest	Shelby Airport, MT, US (lat 48.5407°, long -111.8667°, altitude 1046 metres) (data present)
GW1728	17.0 miles	Southeast	Tiber Dam 6W, MT, US (lat 48.3063°, long -111.2212°, altitude 929 metres) (data present)
GW4137	18.2 miles	East	Lothair 3NE, MT, US (lat 48.4945°, long -111.1848°, altitude 998 metres) (data present)
GW3478	20.6 miles	East	Tiber 7S, MT, US (lat 48.4083°, long -111.1098°, altitude 951 metres) (data present)
GW1986	21.3 miles	Northeast	Lothair 9N, MT, US (lat 48.6054°, long -111.2042°, altitude 1046 metres) (data present)
GW5467	21.4 miles	Northeast	Tiber 6NW, MT, US (lat 48.5818°, long -111.1738°, altitude 1030 metres) (data present)
GW4018	22.1 miles	Southeast	Tiber Dam 6SW, MT, US (lat 48.2420°, long -111.1480°, altitude 970 metres) (data present)
GW5004	23.0 miles	Southeast	Tiber Dam 7SSW, MT, US (lat 48.2137°, long -111.1520°, altitude 959 metres) (data present)

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.

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.

CWOP Information for GW5493 (G5493) in Devon 5SW, MT, US