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At a shore station

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
NDBC-SLVM5
Latitude
47.27800 N
Longitude
91.27000 W
Elevation
-
Observed
7:40 AMCDT, 50 minutes ago
Air temperature
44.1F
Wind
15mph
Gust
28mph
Wind direction
330°

Ranking Statistics

At a shore station

Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. It is the only instrument in Minnesota that stands at one.

Station charts

Silver Bay Report

Rank 1,211 of 1,965 in Minnesota, 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 score89.2of 100

Minnesota median
93.3the median score of 1,965 stations
Scoring higher
1,210stations in Minnesota
Sharing its score
1no other station
Points deducted
10.84.6 reports received, 4.6 arrival, 1.7 forecast check
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Minnesota median 100.0, 100.0, 83.2
Next above
AKAM5rank 1,210; ahead on 247 score 89.3 against 89.2
Next below
UPSM5rank 1,212; behind on 247 score 89.2 against 89.1

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 3586.930.4 of 35 pointsMinnesota median 96.4146 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1054.45.4 of 10 pointsMinnesota median 96.8half its reports arrived within 33 min
  3. Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsMinnesota 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 medianMinnesota median 100.0-
  5. Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianMinnesota median 100.0-
  6. Forecast checkweight 10-8.3 of 10 points, at the medianMinnesota median 83.2-

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 :40
Reports received, 24 hours
23 of 2495.8% of its schedule
Reports received, 7 days
159 of 16894.6% of its schedule, 160 reports in all
Days reported, 30 days
-
Longest silence, 7 days
2 hoursfrom Oct 10, 4:40 PM
Latest report
Oct 16, 12:40 PMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
33 min9 in 10 within 33 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 1,965 ranked stations in Minnesota 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, 6; 20 to 29 per cent, 17; 30 to 39 per cent, 6; 40 to 49 per cent, 122; 50 to 59 per cent, 192; 60 to 69 per cent, 31; 70 to 79 per cent, 329; 80 to 89 per cent, 254; 90 to 99 per cent, 319; 100 per cent, 688. Silver Bay received 86.9 per cent, 146 of 168 scheduled reports, rank 1,211 of 1,965.WHERE IT RANKS IN MINNESOTA, Oct 16THIS ONE: 86.9%, 146 OF 168, RANK 1,211 OF 1,965PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101000 to 9110 to 19620 to 291730 to 39640 to 4912250 to 5919260 to 693170 to 7932980 to 8925490 to 99319100688STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of Silver Bay's rank in Minnesota by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-10-11 to 2026-10-16: 2026-10-11 rank 1,931 of 1,963; 2026-10-12 rank 1,873 of 1,914; 2026-10-13 rank 1,811 of 1,906; 2026-10-14 rank 1,675 of 1,912; 2026-10-15 rank 1,508 of 1,936; 2026-10-16 rank 1,211 of 1,965.ITS RANK IN MINNESOTA, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP15001,0001,5002,000Oct 11Oct 12Oct 13Oct 14Oct 15Oct 16
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
100%688
90 to 99%319
80 to 89%254
70 to 79%329
60 to 69%31
50 to 59%192
40 to 49%122
30 to 39%6
20 to 29%17
10 to 19%6
0 to 9%1
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 16, 20261,2111,96586.9%
Oct 15, 20261,5081,93672.6%
Oct 14, 20261,6751,91258.3%
Oct 13, 20261,8111,90644.0%
Oct 12, 20261,8731,91429.7%
Oct 11, 20261,9311,96315.4%

Station report

Silver Bay, in 2 sheets

Drawn from the register, in the manner of the Field Book, and opened beside the plates that explain each part of it.

1The sun

Contents

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 34 degrees above the horizon at 47.28 N, and the day is 10 h 40 min long. Level ground there takes 55 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Silver Bay, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 34 degrees above the horizon, against 66 at the June solstice, 43 at the equinoxes and 19 at the December solstice; the day is 10 h 40 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NDBC-SLVM5FIG. E THE SUN AT SILVER BAYELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 66°EQUINOXES 43°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 19°OCT 16, 34°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 10 H 40 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 55 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 47.28 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLESilver Bay, the sunSTATION REPORT · DCP NDBC-SLVM5TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVFROM THE REGISTER SHEET 1 of 2DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NDBCSLVM5-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

From the Field Book

2The instrument

Contents

A data collection platform. Its sensors, as its network builds them.

Elevation of a data collection platform, Silver Bay, each sensor drawn and labelled with what it read: no reading in the last day.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NDBC-SLVM5FIG. F THE INSTRUMENTELEVATION OF A DATA COLLECTION PLATFORM, EACH SENSOR WITH WHAT IT READANTENNA, SENDING BY SATELLITE-AIR TEMPERATURE-PRECIPITATION GAUGE-SCHEMATIC; THE SPACING BETWEEN SENSORS IS NOT TO SCALETITLESilver Bay, the instrumentSTATION REPORT · DCP NDBC-SLVM5TYPEELEVATIONSCALESCHEMATICREVFROM THE REGISTER SHEET 2 of 2DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NDBCSLVM5-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-INS-001

From the Field Book

What this instrument measures for

1 place reads it as one of the nearest to it.

Near Silver Bay