[Magdalen] Whither weather.

[Sibyl Smirl]

Some things I just let be a Mystery, or are symptoms of the 
imperfections of google maps, of the USPS, and the gov't juggling of the 
highway numbering system.
http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=37.19843693461792&lon=-94.62030828959513&site=all&smap=1#.VnxivIX5G_V
This is my pinpoint forecast page, for my zip code 66728, but the green 
square on the map is more than five miles NE of where it should be.  If 
you know the zips in this area, none of the square is even in Kansas, so 
it should be 648.., a Missouri zip.  I'm not sure exactly what the 
boundaries of 66728 are officially, we have no home delivery, only PO 
Boxes (those who want a box on the road have to use a different zip 
code, of a neighboring Kansas town, which sort of "overlaps" ours.), but 
the Post Office is indeed in Kansas, on that map about 1/2 mile south of 
the intersection of Hwy 69 and the road that goes west to Columbus.  The 
map is not entirely accurate or comprehensive in the Highway numbering 
system, either:  I live in the same mile as the Post Office building, 
and it's officially, now, Hwy 69A and Rte 400, running together, while 
Hwy 69 itself (no A) is that road that goes west to Columbus, then turns 
south from Columbus.  When I was young, I lived on Kansas Hwy 26, in the 
same house that I do now.
Bureaucratic craziness.

My kids, about three miles by road from where I live, less as the crow 
flies, have a wunderground weather station online, reporting conditions 
at their home, somewhat more accurate and up-to-the-minute than the 
Joplin Airport, on the URL above, which reports only once per 
hour--also, the airport, 14 miles from me, often differs somewhat from 
what's happening at my house.
http://www.wunderground.com/personal-weather-station/dashboard?ID=KKSCOLUM3#history


On 12/24/15 1:13 PM, Charles Wohlers wrote:
> The location is for the center of the green square on the map, *not* the
> NWS station.
>
> My forecast is:
> http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=44.50159881316347&lon=-72.36968994140625#.VnxCr1LOnEb
>
> which is for Hardwick, VT, even tho the NWS office is at the
> Morrisville-Stowe airport, about 20 miles away.
> (I actually live just south of the green square, but the green square
> matches my elevation, which can make a difference, especially in winter).
>
> Chad Wohlers
> Woodbury, VT USA
> chadwohl at satucket.com
>
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: M J _Mike_ Logsdon
> Sent: Thursday, December 24, 2015 1:49 PM
> To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Whither weather.
>
> And maybe you weather techies (if we have any) can explain something on
> that NWS link for me.  It correctly identifies our main weather station
> as being at the municipal airport (2nd floor, right over the diner), but
> locationally as 2 miles southwest of Salinas.  It's actually two miles
> southEAST of city center, not west.  What probably very obvious thing am
> I missing?
>
>


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