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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
CTAF1
Latitude
29.72403 N
Longitude
84.88594 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 40 reports in 40 hours over the last seven days
Observed
2:54 AMEDT, 1 hour ago

Ranking Statistics

At a river or reservoir gauge

Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 82 instruments in Florida stand at one.

Station charts

Apalachicola Bay at Cat Point (in MHHW) Report

Rank 2,335 of 2,338 in Florida, 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 score56.4of 100

Florida median
95.4the median score of 2,338 stations
Scoring higher
2,334stations in Florida
Sharing its score
1no other station
Points deducted
43.626.7 reports received, 10.0 continuity, 7.0 arrival
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Florida median 100.0, 100.0, 100.0
Next above
GW4271rank 2,334; ahead on 247 score 56.5 against 56.4
Next below
FW7274rank 2,336; behind on 247 score 56.4 against 56.3

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 3523.88.3 of 35 pointsFlorida median 99.440 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1030.33.0 of 10 pointsFlorida median 84.4half its reports arrived within 45 min
  3. Continuityweight 100.00.0 of 10 pointsFlorida median 100.0longest silence 5.3 days, on a schedule of one report every 60 min
  4. Accuracyweight 20-20.0 of 20 points, at the medianFlorida median 100.0-
  5. Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianFlorida median 100.0-
  6. Forecast checkweight 10-10.0 of 10 points, at the medianFlorida median 100.0-

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 houron the hour's :54
Reports received, 24 hours
23 of 2495.8% of its schedule
Reports received, 7 days
40 of 16823.8% of its schedule
Days reported, 30 days
-
Longest silence, 7 days
5 days 7 hoursfrom Oct 9, 6:54 PM
Latest report
Oct 16, 2:54 AMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
44 min9 in 10 within 47 min

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

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

Chart of the 2,338 ranked stations in Florida 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, 2; 10 to 19 per cent, 13; 20 to 29 per cent, 41; 30 to 39 per cent, 6; 40 to 49 per cent, 116; 50 to 59 per cent, 250; 60 to 69 per cent, 37; 70 to 79 per cent, 118; 80 to 89 per cent, 228; 90 to 99 per cent, 892; 100 per cent, 635. Apalachicola Bay at Cat Point (in MHHW) received 23.8 per cent, 40 of 168 scheduled reports, rank 2,335 of 2,338.WHERE IT RANKS IN FLORIDA, Oct 16THIS ONE: 23.8%, 40 OF 168, RANK 2,335 OF 2,338PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101000 to 9210 to 191320 to 294130 to 39640 to 4911650 to 5925060 to 693770 to 7911880 to 8922890 to 99892100635STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of Apalachicola Bay at Cat Point (in MHHW)'s rank in Florida by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-16: 2026-09-26 rank 157 of 1,216; 2026-09-27 rank 138 of 1,222; 2026-09-28 rank 113 of 1,296; 2026-09-29 rank 109 of 1,310; 2026-09-30 rank 124 of 1,328; 2026-10-01 rank 111 of 1,338; 2026-10-02 rank 414 of 1,858; 2026-10-03 rank 415 of 1,858; 2026-10-04 rank 449 of 1,911; 2026-10-05 rank 407 of 2,190; 2026-10-06 rank 417 of 2,226; 2026-10-07 rank 420 of 2,308; 2026-10-08 rank 421 of 2,350; 2026-10-09 rank 415 of 2,355; 2026-10-10 rank 417 of 2,355; 2026-10-11 rank 1,759 of 2,385; 2026-10-12 rank 2,093 of 2,379; 2026-10-13 rank 2,266 of 2,378; 2026-10-14 rank 2,292 of 2,362; 2026-10-15 rank 2,339 of 2,348; 2026-10-16 rank 2,335 of 2,338.ITS RANK IN FLORIDA, 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%635
90 to 99%892
80 to 89%228
70 to 79%118
60 to 69%37
50 to 59%250
40 to 49%116
30 to 39%6
20 to 29%41
10 to 19%13
0 to 9%2
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 16, 20262,3352,33823.8%
Oct 15, 20262,3392,34829.1%
Oct 14, 20262,2922,36243.4%
Oct 13, 20262,2662,37857.7%
Oct 12, 20262,0932,37972.0%
Oct 11, 20261,7592,38586.3%
Oct 10, 20264172,355100.0%
Oct 9, 20264152,355100.0%
Oct 8, 20264212,350100.0%
Oct 7, 20264202,308100.0%
Oct 6, 20264172,226100.0%
Oct 5, 20264072,190100.0%
Oct 4, 20264491,911100.0%
Oct 3, 20264151,858100.0%
Oct 2, 20264141,858100.0%
Oct 1, 20261111,338100.0%
Sep 30, 20261241,328100.0%
Sep 29, 20261091,310100.0%
Sep 28, 20261131,296100.0%
Sep 27, 20261381,222100.0%
Sep 26, 20261571,216100.0%
Reports received at Apalachicola Bay at Cat Point (in MHHW), reports from 0.0 to 11.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports0510156 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM
Reports received at Apalachicola Bay at Cat Point (in MHHW), reports from 0.0 to 11.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports051015Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16

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