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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
LCHL1
Latitude
30.25000 N
Longitude
93.21670 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 143 reports in 143 hours over the last seven days
Observed
3:45 AMCDT, 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

Calcasieu River AT Salt Water Barrier Report

Rank 632 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 score90.7of 100

Louisiana median
95.6the median score of 933 stations
Scoring higher
631stations in Louisiana
Sharing its score
2ranks 632 to 633
Points deducted
9.35.2 reports received, 2.0 arrival, 1.6 continuity, 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
COPL1rank 631; ahead on 247 score 90.8 against 90.7
Next below
DCBL1rank 633; behind on reports received 85.1% against 84.8%

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 3585.129.8 of 35 pointsLouisiana median 98.8143 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1080.38.0 of 10 pointsLouisiana median 84.4half its reports arrived within 20 min
  3. Continuityweight 1083.98.4 of 10 pointsLouisiana median 100.0longest silence 5 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 :45
Reports received, 24 hours
23 of 2495.8% of its schedule
Reports received, 7 days
143 of 16885.1% of its schedule
Days reported, 30 days
-
Longest silence, 7 days
5 hoursfrom Oct 10, 9:45 AM
Latest report
Oct 16, 3:45 AMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
20 min9 in 10 within 20 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. Calcasieu River AT Salt Water Barrier received 85.1 per cent, 143 of 168 scheduled reports, rank 632 of 933.WHERE IT RANKS IN LOUISIANA, Oct 16THIS ONE: 85.1%, 143 OF 168, RANK 632 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 Calcasieu River AT Salt Water Barrier's rank in Louisiana by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-16: 2026-09-26 rank 231 of 554; 2026-09-27 rank 128 of 556; 2026-09-28 rank 208 of 601; 2026-09-29 rank 190 of 616; 2026-09-30 rank 194 of 619; 2026-10-01 rank 279 of 621; 2026-10-02 rank 387 of 734; 2026-10-03 rank 387 of 734; 2026-10-04 rank 396 of 743; 2026-10-05 rank 426 of 812; 2026-10-06 rank 440 of 823; 2026-10-07 rank 450 of 943; 2026-10-08 rank 466 of 950; 2026-10-09 rank 503 of 939; 2026-10-10 rank 502 of 939; 2026-10-11 rank 542 of 951; 2026-10-12 rank 665 of 948; 2026-10-13 rank 732 of 940; 2026-10-14 rank 645 of 936; 2026-10-15 rank 631 of 927; 2026-10-16 rank 632 of 933.ITS RANK IN LOUISIANA, 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%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, 202663293385.1%
Oct 15, 202663192783.9%
Oct 14, 202664593682.1%
Oct 13, 202673294082.7%
Oct 12, 202666594885.1%
Oct 11, 202654295185.7%
Oct 10, 202650293988.6%
Oct 9, 202650393988.6%
Oct 8, 202646695090.4%
Oct 7, 202645094392.8%
Oct 6, 202644082394.0%
Oct 5, 202642681295.2%
Oct 4, 202639674396.4%
Oct 3, 202638773497.5%
Oct 2, 202638773497.5%
Oct 1, 202627962199.2%
Sep 30, 2026194619100.0%
Sep 29, 2026190616100.0%
Sep 28, 2026208601100.0%
Sep 27, 2026128556100.0%
Sep 26, 2026231554100.0%
Reports received at Calcasieu River AT Salt Water Barrier, reports from 0.0 to 4.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports012346 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM
Reports received at Calcasieu River AT Salt Water Barrier, reports from 0.0 to 5.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports0246Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16

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