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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
NTBC1
Latitude
34.40500 N
Longitude
119.69200 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 832 reports in 169 hours over the last seven days
Observed
1:24 AMPDT, 36 minutes 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

Santa Barbara - 9411340 Report

Rank 1,805 of 4,465 in California, Oct 16. 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 score93.0of 100

California median
91.6the median score of 4,465 stations
Scoring higher
1,801stations in California
Sharing its score
41ranks 1,802 to 1,842
Points deducted
7.02.9 accuracy, 1.8 arrival, 1.3 continuity, 0.8 forecast check, 0.4 reports received
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; California median 85.6, 100.0, 92.4
Next above
BPFC1rank 1,804; ahead on reports received 100% against 99.0%
Next below
YRSC1rank 1,806; behind on reports received 99.0% against 98.8%

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 3599.034.7 of 35 pointsCalifornia median 98.5832 of 840 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1082.48.2 of 10 pointsCalifornia median 81.2half its reports arrived within 19 min
  3. Continuityweight 1087.28.7 of 10 pointsCalifornia median 100.0longest silence 54 min, on a schedule of one report every 12 min
  4. Accuracyweight 20-17.1 of 20 points, at the medianCalifornia median 85.6-
  5. Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianCalifornia median 100.0-
  6. Forecast checkweight 10-9.2 of 10 points, at the medianCalifornia median 92.4-

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 (36 min), none for 72 (14.4 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 12 minon the hour's :06, :18, :24, :36, :48 and :54
Reports received, 24 hours
117 of 12097.5% of its schedule, 135 reports in all
Reports received, 7 days
834 of 84099.2% of its schedule, 995 reports in all
Days reported, 30 days
-
Longest silence, 7 days
30 minfrom Oct 15, 10:06 AM
Latest report
Oct 16, 1:36 AMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
19 min9 in 10 within 21 min

From Storm Station's own record of every report it heard from this station.

Its schedule is one report every 12 min, 120 in 24 hours. Two reports in the same 12 min count as one received.

Chart of the 4,465 ranked stations in California on Oct 16 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, 78; 10 to 19 per cent, 83; 20 to 29 per cent, 45; 30 to 39 per cent, 22; 40 to 49 per cent, 118; 50 to 59 per cent, 285; 60 to 69 per cent, 120; 70 to 79 per cent, 209; 80 to 89 per cent, 391; 90 to 99 per cent, 2,034; 100 per cent, 1,080. Santa Barbara - 9411340 received 99.0 per cent, 832 of 840 scheduled reports, rank 1,805 of 4,465.WHERE IT RANKS IN CALIFORNIA, Oct 16THIS ONE: 99.0%, 832 OF 840, RANK 1,805 OF 4,465PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101001,0000 to 97810 to 198320 to 294530 to 392240 to 4911850 to 5928560 to 6912070 to 7920980 to 8939190 to 992,0341001,080STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of Santa Barbara - 9411340's rank in California by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-16: 2026-09-26 rank 715 of 3,089; 2026-09-27 rank 1,657 of 3,141; 2026-09-28 rank 1,804 of 3,395; 2026-09-29 rank 1,713 of 3,460; 2026-09-30 rank 1,772 of 3,491; 2026-10-01 rank 2,028 of 3,586; 2026-10-02 rank 1,822 of 3,944; 2026-10-03 rank 1,821 of 3,944; 2026-10-04 rank 1,894 of 4,072; 2026-10-05 rank 1,772 of 4,333; 2026-10-06 rank 1,762 of 4,362; 2026-10-07 rank 1,793 of 4,381; 2026-10-08 rank 1,902 of 4,405; 2026-10-09 rank 2,046 of 4,400; 2026-10-10 rank 2,070 of 4,400; 2026-10-11 rank 1,994 of 4,428; 2026-10-12 rank 1,946 of 4,446; 2026-10-13 rank 1,915 of 4,464; 2026-10-14 rank 1,887 of 4,466; 2026-10-15 rank 1,878 of 4,462; 2026-10-16 rank 1,805 of 4,465.ITS RANK IN CALIFORNIA, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP11,0002,0003,000Sep 26Sep 30Oct 4Oct 8Oct 12Oct 16
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
100%1,080
90 to 99%2,034
80 to 89%391
70 to 79%209
60 to 69%120
50 to 59%285
40 to 49%118
30 to 39%22
20 to 29%45
10 to 19%83
0 to 9%78
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 16, 20261,8054,46599.0%
Oct 15, 20261,8784,46298.9%
Oct 14, 20261,8874,46698.0%
Oct 13, 20261,9154,46497.9%
Oct 12, 20261,9464,44697.9%
Oct 11, 20261,9944,42897.8%
Oct 10, 20262,0704,40097.6%
Oct 9, 20262,0464,40097.6%
Oct 8, 20261,9024,40597.7%
Oct 7, 20261,7934,38198.3%
Oct 6, 20261,7624,36298.5%
Oct 5, 20261,7724,33398.6%
Oct 4, 20261,8944,07298.6%
Oct 3, 20261,8213,94498.9%
Oct 2, 20261,8223,94498.9%
Oct 1, 20262,0283,58698.7%
Sep 30, 20261,7723,49199.4%
Sep 29, 20261,7133,46099.5%
Sep 28, 20261,8043,39599.4%
Sep 27, 20261,6573,14199.5%
Sep 26, 20267153,089100.0%
Reports received at Santa Barbara - 9411340, reports from 10.0 to 15.0, the latest 10.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports0510153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16
Reports received at Santa Barbara - 9411340, reports from 10.0 to 15.0, the latest 10.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports051015Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16

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