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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
NSWC1
Latitude
38.39310 N
Longitude
119.99810 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 168 reports in 161 hours over the last seven days
Observed
9:00 PMPDT, 1 hour ago

Ranking Statistics

At a river or reservoir gauge

Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 432 instruments in California stand at one.

Station charts

Lake Alpine 6S - New Spicer Meadows Report

Rank 1,538 of 4,461 in California, Oct 17. The 247 rank orders a state's stations by their 247 score out of 100: how reliably they report, how accurate their readings are against a reference station, how their readings pass their checks, and how they stand against the forecast.

Ranking Statistics

247 score92.8of 100

California median
90.9the median score of 4,461 stations
Scoring higher
1,513stations in California
Sharing its score
41ranks 1,514 to 1,554
Points deducted
7.23.4 accuracy, 3.0 arrival, 0.9 forecast check
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; California median 83.2, 100.0, 90.8
Next above
XKDC1rank 1,518; ahead on longest silence 60 min against 61 min
Next below
GOCC1rank 1,545; behind on longest silence 61 min against 68 min
Sharing its rank
6other stations, equal on every measure

Equal scores are ordered by the share of scheduled reports received, then the reports due in the week (the longer record first), then the median arrival, then the longest silence.

  1. Reports receivedweight 35100.035.0 of 35 pointsCalifornia median 98.8168 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1070.37.0 of 10 pointsCalifornia median 81.1half its reports arrived within 25 min
  3. Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsCalifornia median 100.0longest silence 61 min, on a schedule of one report every 60 min
  4. Accuracyweight 20-16.6 of 20 points, at the medianCalifornia median 83.2-
  5. Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianCalifornia median 100.0-
  6. Forecast checkweight 10-9.1 of 10 points, at the medianCalifornia median 90.8-

The score is the weighted mean of its six parts, from the last 7 days. How a station is ranked sets out each part.

How each part is scored
Reports received
Full marks for every scheduled report received, none for none, in proportion between
Arrival
Full marks for a median arrival within 10 min, none at 60 min
Continuity
Full marks for a longest silence of 3 reports or less (3 h), none for 72 (72 h)
Accuracy
Full marks within 1.5 °F of its reference, typically, none beyond 8.0 °F
Instrument checks
Full marks for no reading failed, none for 5 per cent or more
Forecast check
Full marks within 2 °F of the forecast on average, none at 8 °F
Schedule
every 15 minon the hour's :00, :15, :30 and :45
Reports received, 24 hours
92 of 9695.8% of its schedule
Reports received, 7 days
668 of 67299.4% of its schedule
Days reported, 30 days
-
Longest silence, 7 days
75 minfrom Oct 16, 7:00 PM
Latest report
Oct 16, 9:00 PMlocal time

The reports received are counted from the network's own archive of this station's reports. Its 247 rank is counted from Storm Station's own record, which holds less than 7 days of it so far: 168 of 168 scheduled reports received, 100%.

Its schedule is one report every 15 min, 96 in 24 hours. Two reports in the same 15 min count as one received.

Chart of the 4,461 ranked stations in California on Oct 17 by the share of their scheduled reports received in Storm Station's own record, up to 7 days, in tenths: 0 to 9 per cent, 74; 10 to 19 per cent, 106; 20 to 29 per cent, 32; 30 to 39 per cent, 17; 40 to 49 per cent, 114; 50 to 59 per cent, 278; 60 to 69 per cent, 133; 70 to 79 per cent, 222; 80 to 89 per cent, 396; 90 to 99 per cent, 2,009; 100 per cent, 1,080. Lake Alpine 6S - New Spicer Meadows received 100.0 per cent, 168 of 168 scheduled reports, rank 1,538 of 4,461.WHERE IT RANKS IN CALIFORNIA, Oct 17THIS ONE: 100.0%, 168 OF 168, RANK 1,538 OF 4,461PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101001,0000 to 97410 to 1910620 to 293230 to 391740 to 4911450 to 5927860 to 6913370 to 7922280 to 8939690 to 992,0091001,080STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of Lake Alpine 6S - New Spicer Meadows's rank in California by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-17: 2026-09-26 rank 1,157 of 3,089; 2026-09-27 rank 1,081 of 3,141; 2026-09-28 rank 1,010 of 3,395; 2026-09-29 rank 1,008 of 3,460; 2026-09-30 rank 2,346 of 3,491; 2026-10-01 rank 2,091 of 3,586; 2026-10-02 rank 2,042 of 3,944; 2026-10-03 rank 2,043 of 3,944; 2026-10-04 rank 1,973 of 4,072; 2026-10-05 rank 1,930 of 4,333; 2026-10-06 rank 1,923 of 4,362; 2026-10-07 rank 2,050 of 4,381; 2026-10-08 rank 1,631 of 4,405; 2026-10-09 rank 1,777 of 4,400; 2026-10-10 rank 1,784 of 4,400; 2026-10-11 rank 1,813 of 4,428; 2026-10-12 rank 1,693 of 4,446; 2026-10-13 rank 1,627 of 4,464; 2026-10-14 rank 1,546 of 4,466; 2026-10-15 rank 1,548 of 4,462; 2026-10-16 rank 1,536 of 4,465; 2026-10-17 rank 1,538 of 4,461.ITS RANK IN CALIFORNIA, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP11,0002,0003,000Sep 26Sep 30Oct 4Oct 8Oct 12Oct 16Oct 17
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
100%1,080
90 to 99%2,009
80 to 89%396
70 to 79%222
60 to 69%133
50 to 59%278
40 to 49%114
30 to 39%17
20 to 29%32
10 to 19%106
0 to 9%74
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 17, 20261,5384,461100.0%
Oct 16, 20261,5364,465100.0%
Oct 15, 20261,5484,462100.0%
Oct 14, 20261,5464,46699.4%
Oct 13, 20261,6274,46498.8%
Oct 12, 20261,6934,44698.8%
Oct 11, 20261,8134,42898.8%
Oct 10, 20261,7844,40098.8%
Oct 9, 20261,7774,40098.8%
Oct 8, 20261,6314,40598.8%
Oct 7, 20262,0504,38198.2%
Oct 6, 20261,9234,36298.8%
Oct 5, 20261,9304,33398.8%
Oct 4, 20261,9734,07298.8%
Oct 3, 20262,0433,94498.7%
Oct 2, 20262,0423,94498.7%
Oct 1, 20262,0913,58698.5%
Sep 30, 20262,3463,49198.3%
Sep 29, 20261,0083,460100.0%
Sep 28, 20261,0103,395100.0%
Sep 27, 20261,0813,141100.0%
Sep 26, 20261,1573,089100.0%
Reports received at Lake Alpine 6S - New Spicer Meadows, reports from 0.0 to 4.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports01234Oct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM
Reports received at Lake Alpine 6S - New Spicer Meadows, reports from 0.0 to 4.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports01234Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16

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