APPENDIX XV 



METEOROLOGICAL STATION DESCRIPTION 



AND INSTRUMENTATION REPORT 



(NWSC FORM 3140/5) 



NWSC FORM 31UO/5 

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U.S. NAVAL WEATHER SERVICE COMMAND 



METEOROLOGICAL STATION REPORT 



DESCRIPTION AND INSTRUMENTATION 



FROM: ( ACTIVITY AND MAI1JNG ADDRESS ) 



Of f icer-in-Charge 



NWS Environmental Detachment 



NAS, Memphis, Tennessee 38115 



TO: OFFICER IN CHARGE 



NAVAL WEATHER SERVICE 

 ENVIRONMENTAL DETACHMENT 

 NWRC, FEDERAL BUILDING 

 ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA 



28801 



REASON FOR SUBMISSION 

 R] ANNUAL 

 Q NEW LOCATION 

 U STATION RELOCATED 

 INSTRUMENTS RELOCATED 

 O CORRECTION OF DATUM 



LATITUDE_J3_°_2J 1LONGITUDE-S2 ' 52 ' WMO « 334 



I -S T. 9Q th MERIDIAN CALL LETTERS NQA 



HOURS TO CONVERT TO GMT: ADD <L 



SUBTR ACT- 



GROUND 



ELEVATIONS AND 



DATES ESTABLISHED FIELD H 



(DEFS. ON REVERSE ) BAROMETER H 



FEET (MSL) 



H 300 



322 



295 



s D m 



4.2 



8/31/42 

 8/31/42 



X - IM USE 

 S - STANDBY 

 o - NONE 



HT. ABV 

 GRND (FT) 

 (SHIPS ABV 

 SEA) 



NEAREST OBSTRUCTION 



DIST.& DIR. 

 TO OBSTN 



HI. OF DATE C0MM. 

 OBSTN PRESENT 

 ABV INSTR EXPOSURE 



BAROMETER (MERCURIAL) 



Fortin 



Wp.arher Service Office 



1/68 



BAROMETER (ANEROID) 



ML-448/m 4 



Weather Service Office 



12/60 



BAROGRAPH 



ML-3 



otton 

 t e g ion 



Weather Service Office 



12/60 



THERMOSCREEN 



693' NE of Operations Bldg 



Operations Blcg. 693 'SW 



50' 



7/68 



STANDARD AIR THERM. 



&ssi 



3 '6" 



In Thermoscreen 



MAX 4 MIN AIR THERM. 



3'6" 



In Thermoscreen 



HYGR OTHER MOCRAPH 



PSYCHROMETER 



■IL-450 A/JM 3 



In Thermoscreen 



WIND MEASURING EQUIP. 



m/UMQ-5 



See Section "D" 



4/62 



WIND RECORDER 



W/UMQ-5C 



Heather Service Office 



4/61 



SEMI-AUTO. MET. STATION 



MQ-14A 



Weather Service Office 



12/60 



CEILING LIGHT 



ML-121 



4' SE of Thermoscreen 



Operations Blcg. 693 'SW 



50' 



7/63 



CLOUD HEIGHT SET 



■MQ-13B 



Spp Ser-Mnn "n" 



7/60 



THEODOLITE 



Shore typ 



311 



On top of Operations Bldg. 



Control Tower 



45' SW 



15' 



8/42 



TRANSMISSOMETER 



a^Q-ioc 



See Section "D" 



L2/60 



RADI060NDE/RAWIMSONDE SET 



RELEASE POINT HT MSL 



300 



INSTRUMENT SHELTER FLOOR HT MSL 



WHERE PEN SET HT MSL 



NA 



DESCRIPTION OF STATION EXPOSURE AND GENERAL REMARKS (CONTINUE ON REVERSE) 



The terrain in the immediate vicinity is of the low rolling type. The Mississippi River 

 is approximately eight miles west of the Naval Air Station and is bordered by broad alluvial bottoms 

 from which rise undulating and elevated plains. 



The automatic Rain-gage portion of the AN/GMQ-14A is located atop the west wing of building N-2, 

 which is a two story structure. 



The wind measuring set AN/UMQ-5C is installed atop a 8 foot mast in a grassy plot bearing 350° 

 from building N-2 at a distance of 1,550 feet. The mast is 530 feet north of the center line of runway 

 9-27, 450 feet bearing 230° from the center line of runway 14-32. 



The detector unit of the Cloud Height Set AN/GMQ-13B is located on a grassy plot 1,300 feet 

 T") southwest from the south end of runway 3 and 500 feet parallel to the center line of runway 3^ 



The AN/GMQ-10C Transmissometer projector and receiver are located on a grassy plot 500 feet 

 northwest from the south end of runway 3 and 500 feet parallel to the center line of runway 3. The 

 detector is orientated 10° from parallel, and north of the projector. 



DATE OF TRANSMITTAL 



1 January 1971 



[WER, USN 



TECH. 



449 



