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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
ALAL1
Latitude
29.91390 N
Longitude
89.97220 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 165 reports in 159 hours over the last seven days
Observed
11:00 PMCDT, 1 hour ago

Ranking Statistics

At a river or reservoir gauge

Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 132 instruments in Louisiana stand at one.

Station charts

Mississippi River 3 E Algiers Lock near Algiers Report

Rank 207 of 933 in Louisiana, 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 score97.9of 100

Louisiana median
95.6the median score of 933 stations
Scoring higher
204stations in Louisiana
Sharing its score
12ranks 205 to 216
Points deducted
2.11.0 arrival, 0.6 reports received, 0.5 forecast check
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Louisiana median 100.0, 100.0, 95.3
Next above
08028500rank 206; ahead on reports received 100% against 98.2%
Next below
BBNL1rank 217; behind on 247 score 97.9 against 97.8
Sharing its rank
9other 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 3598.234.4 of 35 pointsLouisiana median 98.8165 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1090.19.0 of 10 pointsLouisiana median 84.4half its reports arrived within 15 min
  3. Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsLouisiana 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 medianLouisiana median 100.0-
  5. Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianLouisiana median 100.0-
  6. Forecast checkweight 10-9.5 of 10 points, at the medianLouisiana median 95.3-

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
23 of 2495.8% of its schedule
Reports received, 7 days
165 of 16898.2% of its schedule
Days reported, 30 days
-
Longest silence, 7 days
2 hoursfrom Oct 10, 8:00 PM
Latest report
Oct 15, 11:59 PMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
15 min9 in 10 within 22 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 933 ranked stations in Louisiana 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, 1; 10 to 19 per cent, 12; 20 to 29 per cent, 17; 30 to 39 per cent, 9; 40 to 49 per cent, 33; 50 to 59 per cent, 73; 60 to 69 per cent, 39; 70 to 79 per cent, 44; 80 to 89 per cent, 73; 90 to 99 per cent, 333; 100 per cent, 299. Mississippi River 3 E Algiers Lock near Algiers received 98.2 per cent, 165 of 168 scheduled reports, rank 207 of 933.WHERE IT RANKS IN LOUISIANA, Oct 16THIS ONE: 98.2%, 165 OF 168, RANK 207 OF 933PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101000 to 9110 to 191220 to 291730 to 39940 to 493350 to 597360 to 693970 to 794480 to 897390 to 99333100299STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of Mississippi River 3 E Algiers Lock near Algiers's rank in Louisiana by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-16: 2026-09-26 rank 359 of 554; 2026-09-27 rank 425 of 556; 2026-09-28 rank 441 of 601; 2026-09-29 rank 473 of 616; 2026-09-30 rank 453 of 619; 2026-10-01 rank 438 of 621; 2026-10-02 rank 391 of 734; 2026-10-03 rank 391 of 734; 2026-10-04 rank 371 of 743; 2026-10-05 rank 367 of 812; 2026-10-06 rank 353 of 823; 2026-10-07 rank 312 of 943; 2026-10-08 rank 338 of 950; 2026-10-09 rank 309 of 939; 2026-10-10 rank 310 of 939; 2026-10-11 rank 311 of 951; 2026-10-12 rank 311 of 948; 2026-10-13 rank 279 of 940; 2026-10-14 rank 226 of 936; 2026-10-15 rank 215 of 927; 2026-10-16 rank 207 of 933.ITS RANK IN LOUISIANA, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP1200400600Sep 26Sep 30Oct 4Oct 8Oct 12Oct 16
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
100%299
90 to 99%333
80 to 89%73
70 to 79%44
60 to 69%39
50 to 59%73
40 to 49%33
30 to 39%9
20 to 29%17
10 to 19%12
0 to 9%1
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 16, 202620793398.2%
Oct 15, 202621592798.2%
Oct 14, 202622693697.0%
Oct 13, 202627994096.4%
Oct 12, 202631194896.4%
Oct 11, 202631195197.0%
Oct 10, 202631093997.0%
Oct 9, 202630993997.0%
Oct 8, 202633895095.8%
Oct 7, 202631294397.0%
Oct 6, 202635382396.4%
Oct 5, 202636781295.8%
Oct 4, 202637174395.2%
Oct 3, 202639173494.5%
Oct 2, 202639173494.5%
Oct 1, 202643862194.3%
Sep 30, 202645361994.9%
Sep 29, 202647361693.6%
Sep 28, 202644160194.2%
Sep 27, 202642555693.4%
Sep 26, 202635955495.6%
Reports received at Mississippi River 3 E Algiers Lock near Algiers, reports from 0.0 to 1.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports00.250.50.7513 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16
Reports received at Mississippi River 3 E Algiers Lock near Algiers, 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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