Site Information for PAFV in Five Mile Camp, AK, United States of America (site inactive)

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Registered Location

Latitude: 65° 55' 37" N (deg min sec), 65.9270° (decimal), 6555.62N (LORAN)
Longitude: 149° 50' 24" W (deg min sec), -149.8401° (decimal), 14950.40W (LORAN)
Elevation: 155 metres (509 feet) -- validated against 158 metres (517 feet) from NED 2 arc-second: Alaska
Location: Five Mile Camp, AK, United States of America
Borough: Yukon-Koyukuk, AK
Forecast Offices: Anchorage (AFC), Fairbanks (AFG)

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.

Can you help with location quality? Please indicate if the marker on the map points at the weather instrument cluster:

The location information for this site was gathered from 5 data sources. The possible locations for this site are up to 4016.9 miles away. This makes it possible that the location chosen is incorrect. 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.

SourceLatitudeLongitudeElevationPlaceMilesMap
OurAirports65.9270-149.8400155Five Mile Airport, United States of America [PAFV]0.0Center 
Master Location Identifier Datab65.9270-149.8401155Five Mile Camp, AK, United States of America [PAFV]0.0CenterInclude
NCEP65.93-149.83155Five Mile Camp, AK [PAFV]0.4CenterInclude
METARTable65.93-148.17155Five Mile Camp, AK, United States [PAFV]47.1CenterInclude
Mesowest57.27-133.6211FIVE FINGER(LS/AUT), AK [PAFV]797.3CenterInclude
OurAirports30.7847130.2706103Satsuma Iwo-jima Airport, Japan [ZZZZ]4016.9CenterInclude

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

You can try to find photographs from the area surrounding the site marker by clicking on Find nearby photographs. (There are none)

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: Anchorage (AFC),Fairbanks (AFG) .

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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.


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