The daily NFDD that has the location info, it gave lat/lon to deg/min/sec.
I should have
written that down b/c if/when their METARs were added, I'd have it
available to post.
You can't get precise info from sites like AirNav for these special
military ASOS.
Boris
On Sat, Mar 2, 2024 at 8:17 PM Bruce Hebbard - NOAA Federal via
data-curation <data-curation@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thanks, Boris!
>
> I was just about to post this follow-up, based on some further kind
> assistance I received on Friday from the FAA.
>
> (Rounded, the FAA numbers indeed match yours. ✔️)
>
> ==
>
> Well, those weren't really "details" I provided, so the gold star should
> go to Gary Travis at the FAA, who replied to my follow-up query by pointing
> me to this *handy *(public!) US National Airspace System resource called
> "eNASR"
> <https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/enasr_browser/>
> :
>
> https://enasr.faa.gov (-> https://enasr.faa.gov/eNASR/nasr/)
> -> Cycle: Current
> -> Resource: ASOS/AWOS
> -> ASOS/AWOS ID: TQS (or VGN; note 3-char FAA LID needed here, vs.
> 4-char ICAO)
> -> [Find]
> -> TQS (or VGN; link)
>
> *et voilà:*
> Latitude (DMS) Longitude (DMS) Elevation (apparently feet)
> TQS 34-38-09.66 N 120-36-57.88 W 110.4 (~ 33.6 m)
> VGN 34-50-58.11 N 120-35-58.56 W 305.8 (~ 93.2 m)
>
> Bruce
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> On Sat, Mar 2, 2024 at 11:24 AM Gilbert Sebenste <gilbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> Hey Boris,
>>
>> This is in degrees, minutes, seconds, right?
>>
>> Gilbert
>>
>> On Mar 2, 2024, at 8:57 AM, Boris A. Konon <trwplusa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Here is the location information I got from a Dailly NFDD last year.
>>
>> KTQS 34:38N 120:37W 34m
>> KVGN 34:51N 120:36W 93m
>>
>> Boris
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 29, 2024 at 3:59 PM Bruce Hebbard - NOAA Federal via
>> data-curation <data-curation@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> And I'll be happy to share said gold star with my NWS colleague Ken
>>> Boutin, ASOS Program Manager, who kindly checked with the FAA, and
>>> determined...
>>>
>>> KTQS -- “Southern Weather System site on Vandenberg Space Force Base
>>> (KVBG)”
>>> KVGN -- “Northern Weather System site on Vandenberg Space Force Base
>>> (KVBG)”
>>>
>>> (Sorry, don't have more specific latitude/longitude/elevation at this
>>> time. FWIW, these are coming in under WMO header SAUS14 KAWN [AFWA, now
>>> 557th Weather Wing].)
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Bruce
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Feb 29, 2024 at 9:31 AM Herzmann, Daryl E [AGRON] <
>>> akrherz@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Howdy all,
>>>>
>>>> I'd be happy to give a gold star to any kind soul that knows the
>>>> location details of these two new METAR sites!
>>>>
>>>> https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/data/observations/metar/stations/KVGN.TXT
>>>>
>>>> https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/data/observations/metar/stations/KTQS.TXT
>>>>
>>>> daryl
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