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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>> Bruce Hebbard
>> IT Specialist - Software Developer
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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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