Storm Station
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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
GFMN7
Latitude
36.08530 N
Longitude
81.84640 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 62 reports in 53 hours over the last seven days
Observed
8:00 PMEDT, 3 hours ago
Precipitation this hour
0in
Precipitation today
0in

Ranking Statistics

At a river or reservoir gauge

Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 212 instruments in North Carolina stand at one.

Station charts

Grandfather Meadows Report

Rank 2,221 of 2,243 in North Carolina, 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 score59.8of 100

North Carolina median
95.0the median score of 2,243 stations
Scoring higher
2,220stations in North Carolina
Sharing its score
3ranks 2,221 to 2,223
Points deducted
40.228.5 reports received, 10.0 continuity, 1.7 arrival
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; North Carolina median 100.0, 100.0, 100.0
Next above
LERN7rank 2,220; ahead on 247 score 59.9 against 59.8
Next below
RVFN7rank 2,222; behind on reports received 18.4% against 16.0%

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 3518.56.5 of 35 pointsNorth Carolina median 91.162 of 336 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1082.98.3 of 10 pointsNorth Carolina median 96.8half its reports arrived within 19 min
  3. Continuityweight 100.00.0 of 10 pointsNorth Carolina median 100.0longest silence 2.5 days, on a schedule of one report every 30 min
  4. Accuracyweight 20-20.0 of 20 points, at the medianNorth Carolina median 100.0-
  5. Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianNorth Carolina median 100.0-
  6. Forecast checkweight 10-10.0 of 10 points, at the medianNorth Carolina median 100.0-

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 (1.5 h), none for 72 (36 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 30 min
Reports received, 24 hours
12 of 4825.0% of its schedule, 18 reports in all
Reports received, 7 days
64 of 33619.0% of its schedule, 95 reports in all
Days reported, 30 days
28 of 30
Longest silence, 7 days
2 days 11 hoursfrom Oct 12, 8:00 AM
Latest report
Oct 16, 8:00 PMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
19 min9 in 10 within 19 min

From Storm Station's own record of every report it heard from this station.

Its schedule is one report every 30 min, 48 in 24 hours. Two reports in the same 30 min count as one received.

Chart of the 2,243 ranked stations in North Carolina 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, 13; 10 to 19 per cent, 51; 20 to 29 per cent, 20; 30 to 39 per cent, 19; 40 to 49 per cent, 197; 50 to 59 per cent, 249; 60 to 69 per cent, 214; 70 to 79 per cent, 146; 80 to 89 per cent, 202; 90 to 99 per cent, 582; 100 per cent, 550. Grandfather Meadows received 18.4 per cent, 62 of 336 scheduled reports, rank 2,221 of 2,243.WHERE IT RANKS IN NORTH CAROLINA, Oct 17THIS ONE: 18.4%, 62 OF 336, RANK 2,221 OF 2,243PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101000 to 91310 to 195120 to 292030 to 391940 to 4919750 to 5924960 to 6921470 to 7914680 to 8920290 to 99582100550STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of Grandfather Meadows's rank in North Carolina by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-29 to 2026-10-17: 2026-09-29 rank 1,033 of 1,037; 2026-09-30 rank 1,041 of 1,043; 2026-10-01 rank 1,044 of 1,052; 2026-10-02 rank 1,614 of 1,620; 2026-10-03 rank 1,614 of 1,620; 2026-10-04 rank 1,619 of 1,659; 2026-10-05 rank 1,906 of 1,917; 2026-10-06 rank 1,970 of 1,980; 2026-10-07 rank 2,169 of 2,180; 2026-10-08 rank 2,191 of 2,202; 2026-10-09 rank 2,163 of 2,181; 2026-10-10 rank 2,163 of 2,181; 2026-10-11 rank 2,203 of 2,229; 2026-10-12 rank 2,209 of 2,235; 2026-10-13 rank 2,230 of 2,255; 2026-10-14 rank 2,234 of 2,251; 2026-10-15 rank 2,236 of 2,253; 2026-10-16 rank 2,238 of 2,255; 2026-10-17 rank 2,221 of 2,243.ITS RANK IN NORTH CAROLINA, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP11,0002,0003,000Sep 29Oct 3Oct 7Oct 11Oct 15Oct 17
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
100%550
90 to 99%582
80 to 89%202
70 to 79%146
60 to 69%214
50 to 59%249
40 to 49%197
30 to 39%19
20 to 29%20
10 to 19%51
0 to 9%13
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 17, 20262,2212,24318.4%
Oct 16, 20262,2382,25517.8%
Oct 15, 20262,2362,25316.0%
Oct 14, 20262,2342,25117.2%
Oct 13, 20262,2302,25518.1%
Oct 12, 20262,2092,23519.0%
Oct 11, 20262,2032,22914.8%
Oct 10, 20262,1632,18111.8%
Oct 9, 20262,1632,18111.8%
Oct 8, 20262,1912,20210.4%
Oct 7, 20262,1692,18011.1%
Oct 6, 20261,9701,98011.0%
Oct 5, 20261,9061,9178.6%
Oct 4, 20261,6191,65922.0%
Oct 3, 20261,6141,6207.5%
Oct 2, 20261,6141,6207.5%
Oct 1, 20261,0441,0528.0%
Sep 30, 20261,0411,0436.3%
Sep 29, 20261,0331,0377.4%
Reports received at Grandfather Meadows, reports from 0.0 to 2.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports00.511.52Oct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM
Reports received at Grandfather Meadows, reports from 0.0 to 5.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports0246Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16
Precipitation at Grandfather Meadows, precipitation from 0.00 to 1.97, the latest 0.00, in inches.PRECIPITATIONin0.000.501.001.502.00Sep 18Sep 23Sep 28Oct 3Oct 8Oct 13
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
DayPrecipitation in
Oct 160.00
Oct 150.00
Oct 140.00
Oct 120.00
Oct 110.71
Oct 101.97
Oct 90.00
Oct 80.00
Oct 70.00
Oct 60.00
Oct 50.00
Oct 40.04
Oct 30.39
Oct 20.00
Oct 10.00
Sep 300.00
Sep 290.24
Sep 280.00
Sep 270.00
Sep 260.00
Sep 250.24
Sep 240.00
Sep 230.31
Sep 220.36
Sep 210.00
Sep 200.00
Sep 190.51
Sep 180.08

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