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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
SYLI3
Latitude
41.49806 N
Longitude
85.37722 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 166 reports in 160 hours over the last seven days
Observed
3:00 AMEDT, 1 hour ago

Ranking Statistics

At a river or reservoir gauge

Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 93 instruments in Indiana stand at one.

Station charts

North Branch Elkhart River At Sylvan Lake Report

Rank 695 of 1,111 in Indiana, 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 score93.8of 100

Indiana median
95.8the median score of 1,111 stations
Scoring higher
694stations in Indiana
Sharing its score
3ranks 695 to 697
Points deducted
6.25.4 arrival, 0.4 reports received, 0.4 forecast check
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Indiana median 100.0, 100.0, 96.1
Next above
03340870rank 693; ahead on 247 score 94.0 against 93.8
Next below
NVLI3rank 697; behind on reports received 98.8% against 96.8%
Sharing its rank
1other 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 3598.834.6 of 35 pointsIndiana median 99.4166 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1046.34.6 of 10 pointsIndiana median 95.3half its reports arrived within 37 min
  3. Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsIndiana median 100.0longest silence 2 h, on a schedule of one report every 60 min
  4. Accuracyweight 20-20.0 of 20 points, at the medianIndiana median 100.0-
  5. Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianIndiana median 100.0-
  6. Forecast checkweight 10-9.6 of 10 points, at the medianIndiana median 96.1-

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 :00
Reports received, 24 hours
22 of 2491.6% of its schedule
Reports received, 7 days
166 of 16898.8% of its schedule
Days reported, 30 days
-
Longest silence, 7 days
2 hoursfrom Oct 15, 9:00 AM
Latest report
Oct 16, 2:00 AMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
37 min9 in 10 within 44 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 1,111 ranked stations in Indiana 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, 3; 20 to 29 per cent, 14; 30 to 39 per cent, 2; 40 to 49 per cent, 52; 50 to 59 per cent, 106; 60 to 69 per cent, 21; 70 to 79 per cent, 75; 80 to 89 per cent, 137; 90 to 99 per cent, 221; 100 per cent, 478. North Branch Elkhart River At Sylvan Lake received 98.8 per cent, 166 of 168 scheduled reports, rank 695 of 1,111.WHERE IT RANKS IN INDIANA, Oct 16THIS ONE: 98.8%, 166 OF 168, RANK 695 OF 1,111PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101000 to 9210 to 19320 to 291430 to 39240 to 495250 to 5910660 to 692170 to 797580 to 8913790 to 99221100478STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of North Branch Elkhart River At Sylvan Lake's rank in Indiana by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-16: 2026-09-26 rank 203 of 362; 2026-09-27 rank 198 of 363; 2026-09-28 rank 204 of 422; 2026-09-29 rank 206 of 431; 2026-09-30 rank 205 of 435; 2026-10-01 rank 244 of 438; 2026-10-02 rank 652 of 890; 2026-10-03 rank 651 of 890; 2026-10-04 rank 611 of 912; 2026-10-05 rank 612 of 1,012; 2026-10-06 rank 640 of 1,033; 2026-10-07 rank 655 of 1,119; 2026-10-08 rank 640 of 1,110; 2026-10-09 rank 610 of 1,073; 2026-10-10 rank 612 of 1,076; 2026-10-11 rank 607 of 1,077; 2026-10-12 rank 584 of 1,084; 2026-10-13 rank 655 of 1,089; 2026-10-14 rank 645 of 1,088; 2026-10-15 rank 667 of 1,103; 2026-10-16 rank 695 of 1,111.ITS RANK IN INDIANA, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP1200400600800Sep 26Sep 30Oct 4Oct 8Oct 12Oct 16
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
100%478
90 to 99%221
80 to 89%137
70 to 79%75
60 to 69%21
50 to 59%106
40 to 49%52
30 to 39%2
20 to 29%14
10 to 19%3
0 to 9%2
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 16, 20266951,11198.8%
Oct 15, 20266671,103100.0%
Oct 14, 20266451,088100.0%
Oct 13, 20266551,089100.0%
Oct 12, 20265841,084100.0%
Oct 11, 20266071,077100.0%
Oct 10, 20266121,076100.0%
Oct 9, 20266101,073100.0%
Oct 8, 20266401,11098.8%
Oct 7, 20266551,11998.8%
Oct 6, 20266401,03398.8%
Oct 5, 20266121,01298.8%
Oct 4, 202661191298.8%
Oct 3, 202665189098.7%
Oct 2, 202665289098.7%
Oct 1, 202624443899.2%
Sep 30, 2026205435100.0%
Sep 29, 2026206431100.0%
Sep 28, 2026204422100.0%
Sep 27, 2026198363100.0%
Sep 26, 2026203362100.0%
Reports received at North Branch Elkhart River At Sylvan Lake, reports from 0.0 to 1.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports00.250.50.7516 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM
Reports received at North Branch Elkhart River At Sylvan Lake, reports from 0.0 to 1.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports00.250.50.751Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16

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