Storm Station
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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
LVNM8
Latitude
46.29280 N
Longitude
108.89190 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 168 reports in 168 hours over the last seven days
Observed
3:30 AMMDT, 1 hour ago

Ranking Statistics

At a river or reservoir gauge

Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 82 instruments in Montana stand at one.

Station charts

Musselshell River 1 S Lavina Report

Rank 488 of 1,043 in Montana, Oct 18. 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 score91.3of 100

Montana median
91.2the median score of 1,043 stations
Scoring higher
474stations in Montana
Sharing its score
35ranks 475 to 509
Points deducted
8.73.8 arrival, 2.7 accuracy, 2.2 forecast check
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Montana median 86.4, 100.0, 78.3
Next above
WPTM8rank 475; ahead on median arrival 28 min 50 s against 28 min 51 s
Next below
BFTM8rank 495; behind on median arrival 28 min 51 s against 28 min 52 s
Sharing its rank
6other 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 35100.035.0 of 35 pointsMontana median 98.8168 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1062.36.2 of 10 pointsMontana median 80.4half its reports arrived within 29 min
  3. Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsMontana median 100.0longest silence 60 min, on a schedule of one report every 60 min
  4. Accuracyweight 20-17.3 of 20 points, at the medianMontana median 86.4-
  5. Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianMontana median 100.0-
  6. Forecast checkweight 10-7.8 of 10 points, at the medianMontana median 78.3-

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 :30
Reports received, 24 hours
24 of 24100% of its schedule, 26 reports in all
Reports received, 7 days
168 of 168100% of its schedule, 173 reports in all
Days reported, 30 days
-
Longest silence, 7 days
1 hourfrom Oct 10, 7:30 AM
Latest report
Oct 17, 6:30 AMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
29 min9 in 10 within 29 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 1,043 ranked stations in Montana on Oct 18 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, 2; 20 to 29 per cent, 8; 30 to 39 per cent, 1; 40 to 49 per cent, 32; 50 to 59 per cent, 36; 60 to 69 per cent, 25; 70 to 79 per cent, 118; 80 to 89 per cent, 73; 90 to 99 per cent, 383; 100 per cent, 363. Musselshell River 1 S Lavina received 100.0 per cent, 168 of 168 scheduled reports, rank 488 of 1,043.WHERE IT RANKS IN MONTANA, Oct 18THIS ONE: 100.0%, 168 OF 168, RANK 488 OF 1,043PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101000 to 9210 to 19220 to 29830 to 39140 to 493250 to 593660 to 692570 to 7911880 to 897390 to 99383100363STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of Musselshell River 1 S Lavina's rank in Montana by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-18: 2026-09-26 rank 558 of 702; 2026-09-27 rank 578 of 702; 2026-09-28 rank 621 of 768; 2026-09-29 rank 625 of 790; 2026-09-30 rank 632 of 799; 2026-10-01 rank 639 of 802; 2026-10-02 rank 661 of 889; 2026-10-03 rank 659 of 889; 2026-10-04 rank 621 of 898; 2026-10-05 rank 619 of 979; 2026-10-06 rank 580 of 1,025; 2026-10-07 rank 622 of 1,027; 2026-10-08 rank 592 of 1,030; 2026-10-09 rank 653 of 1,048; 2026-10-10 rank 650 of 1,049; 2026-10-11 rank 698 of 1,054; 2026-10-12 rank 708 of 1,057; 2026-10-13 rank 767 of 1,059; 2026-10-14 rank 588 of 1,057; 2026-10-15 rank 496 of 1,056; 2026-10-16 rank 491 of 1,053; 2026-10-17 rank 493 of 1,045; 2026-10-18 rank 488 of 1,043.ITS RANK IN MONTANA, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP1200400600800Sep 26Sep 30Oct 4Oct 8Oct 12Oct 16Oct 18
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
100%363
90 to 99%383
80 to 89%73
70 to 79%118
60 to 69%25
50 to 59%36
40 to 49%32
30 to 39%1
20 to 29%8
10 to 19%2
0 to 9%2
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 18, 20264881,043100.0%
Oct 17, 20264931,045100.0%
Oct 16, 20264911,053100.0%
Oct 15, 20264961,056100.0%
Oct 14, 20265881,05799.4%
Oct 13, 20267671,05983.9%
Oct 12, 20267081,05787.0%
Oct 11, 20266981,05490.1%
Oct 10, 20266501,04991.5%
Oct 9, 20266531,04891.5%
Oct 8, 20265921,03092.4%
Oct 7, 20266221,02790.1%
Oct 6, 20265801,02590.6%
Oct 5, 202661997990.1%
Oct 4, 202662189888.3%
Oct 3, 202665988987.7%
Oct 2, 202666188987.7%
Oct 1, 202663980288.4%
Sep 30, 202663279989.8%
Sep 29, 202662579089.6%
Sep 28, 202662176890.4%
Sep 27, 202657870288.7%
Sep 26, 202655870287.0%
Reports received at Musselshell River 1 S Lavina, reports from 0.0 to 4.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports012346 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 183 AM
Reports received at Musselshell River 1 S Lavina, reports from 0.0 to 4.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports01234Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16Sat 17Sun 18

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