Storm Station
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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
ARLM2
Latitude
39.30470 N
Longitude
76.90190 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 101 reports in 42 hours over the last seven days
Observed
8:00 PMEDT, 5 hours ago
Precipitation this hour
-
Precipitation today
-

Ranking Statistics

At a river or reservoir gauge

Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 33 instruments in Maryland stand at one.

Station charts

Alpha Ridge Landfill Report

Rank 735 of 742 in Maryland, Oct 17. 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 score58.8of 100

Maryland median
89.5the median score of 742 stations
Scoring higher
734stations in Maryland
Sharing its score
1no other station
Points deducted
41.230.8 reports received, 9.4 continuity, 0.5 arrival, 0.5 forecast check
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Maryland median 100.0, 100.0, 95.1
Next above
GW7571rank 734; ahead on 247 score 59.1 against 58.8
Next below
BTLM2rank 736; behind on 247 score 58.8 against 58.5

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 3512.04.2 of 35 pointsMaryland median 84.4101 of 840 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1095.19.5 of 10 pointsMaryland median 94.0half its reports arrived within 12 min
  3. Continuityweight 105.70.6 of 10 pointsMaryland median 100.0longest silence 12 h, on a schedule of one report every 12 min
  4. Accuracyweight 20-20.0 of 20 points, at the medianMaryland median 100.0-
  5. Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianMaryland median 100.0-
  6. Forecast checkweight 10-9.5 of 10 points, at the medianMaryland median 95.1-

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 (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 min
Reports received, 24 hours
13 of 12010.8% of its schedule
Reports received, 7 days
106 of 84012.6% of its schedule, 123 reports in all
Days reported, 30 days
29 of 30
Longest silence, 7 days
12 hoursfrom Oct 10, 8:00 AM
Latest report
Oct 16, 8:00 PMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
13 min9 in 10 within 16 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 742 ranked stations in Maryland on Oct 17 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, 3; 10 to 19 per cent, 38; 20 to 29 per cent, 9; 30 to 39 per cent, 14; 40 to 49 per cent, 48; 50 to 59 per cent, 97; 60 to 69 per cent, 117; 70 to 79 per cent, 35; 80 to 89 per cent, 41; 90 to 99 per cent, 181; 100 per cent, 159. Alpha Ridge Landfill received 12.0 per cent, 101 of 840 scheduled reports, rank 735 of 742.WHERE IT RANKS IN MARYLAND, Oct 17THIS ONE: 12.0%, 101 OF 840, RANK 735 OF 742PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101000 to 9310 to 193820 to 29930 to 391440 to 494850 to 599760 to 6911770 to 793580 to 894190 to 99181100159STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of Alpha Ridge Landfill's rank in Maryland by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-17: 2026-09-26 rank 398 of 399; 2026-09-27 rank 397 of 402; 2026-09-28 rank 412 of 418; 2026-09-29 rank 418 of 424; 2026-09-30 rank 420 of 424; 2026-10-01 rank 419 of 426; 2026-10-02 rank 533 of 540; 2026-10-03 rank 533 of 540; 2026-10-04 rank 557 of 564; 2026-10-05 rank 664 of 686; 2026-10-06 rank 690 of 702; 2026-10-07 rank 717 of 729; 2026-10-08 rank 717 of 731; 2026-10-09 rank 709 of 733; 2026-10-10 rank 711 of 733; 2026-10-11 rank 579 of 725; 2026-10-12 rank 722 of 728; 2026-10-13 rank 719 of 726; 2026-10-14 rank 721 of 727; 2026-10-15 rank 718 of 723; 2026-10-16 rank 730 of 736; 2026-10-17 rank 735 of 742.ITS RANK IN MARYLAND, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP1200400600800Sep 26Sep 30Oct 4Oct 8Oct 12Oct 16Oct 17
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
100%159
90 to 99%181
80 to 89%41
70 to 79%35
60 to 69%117
50 to 59%97
40 to 49%48
30 to 39%14
20 to 29%9
10 to 19%38
0 to 9%3
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 17, 202673574212.0%
Oct 16, 202673073611.0%
Oct 15, 202671872310.5%
Oct 14, 202672172710.5%
Oct 13, 202671972610.5%
Oct 12, 20267227288.6%
Oct 11, 202657972540.4%
Oct 10, 202671173312.6%
Oct 9, 202670973313.0%
Oct 8, 202671773112.6%
Oct 7, 202671772912.6%
Oct 6, 202669070212.6%
Oct 5, 202666468614.6%
Oct 4, 202655756414.5%
Oct 3, 202653354012.9%
Oct 2, 202653354012.9%
Oct 1, 202641942613.9%
Sep 30, 202642042413.9%
Sep 29, 202641842416.4%
Sep 28, 202641241818.8%
Sep 27, 202639740225.0%
Sep 26, 202639839913.8%
Reports received at Alpha Ridge Landfill, reports from 0.0 to 14.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports0510153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 17
Reports received at Alpha Ridge Landfill, reports from 0.0 to 34.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports010203040Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16Sat 17
Precipitation at Alpha Ridge Landfill, precipitation from 0.00 to 3.08, the latest 0.35, in inches.PRECIPITATIONin0.001.002.003.004.00Sep 18Sep 23Sep 28Oct 3Oct 8Oct 13
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
DayPrecipitation in
Oct 160.35
Oct 150.03
Oct 140.01
Oct 130.00
Oct 120.12
Oct 113.08
Oct 100.00
Oct 90.00
Oct 80.00
Oct 70.00
Oct 60.00
Oct 50.00
Oct 40.08
Oct 30.10
Oct 20.00
Oct 10.00
Sep 300.00
Sep 290.00
Sep 280.01
Sep 270.16
Sep 260.10
Sep 250.00
Sep 240.00
Sep 230.05
Sep 221.18
Sep 210.37
Sep 200.19
Sep 190.00
Sep 180.00

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