5. Enter
the
Longitude
,
Latitude
, and
Altitude
(1 of Figure 6).
2
1
Longitude, Latitude, and Altitude can be
determined with a GPS Receiver, a Good
Topographical Map, or found at:
http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/ccus.html
(Figure
7).
The latitude and longitude must be entered as
decimal numbers. To convert the values to
decimal, ignore the seconds, divide the minutes by
60, then add that value to the degrees.
Example:
Latitude in Figure 6 is 41 degrees, 46 minutes,
58
seconds.
Decimal value = 41 + (46/60) = 41.78
WeatherHawk
®
41-46-58N 111-51-14W
1355M
Latitude
Longitude
Altitude
Pressure
Figure 7: NOAA Website. To find the
information for your site, select your state
then the nearest location to the site.
6. Enter
the
Barometric Pressure Offset
(2 of Figure 6). To calculate,
use the following equation:
Barometric Pressure Offset = _________ - ___________=________
Current
VWS
WHERE
:
Current—
the current barometric pressure (in Hg)
obtained from a Radio or Television Weather
Program or from the Web site:
http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/ccus.html
(Figure 7).
VWS
—the barometric pressure (in Hg) found in
the Virtual Weather Station Software on the
Broadcast Display screen (Figure 8).
Zero, negative numbers, and very small
numbers are possible and acceptable as the
Barometric Pressure Offset.
Figure 8: Virtual Weather Station
(VWS) Broadcast Display screen.
The VWS Barometric pressure
value is circled in red.
Figure 6: The Settings Screen of Virtual
Weather Station Software. Circled are the
settings for the longitude, latitude, altitude,
and barometric pressure offset.
7.
Close the WeatherHawk Settings Window and exit the Virtual Weather Station Software.
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