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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
CPAT1
Latitude
35.63330 N
Longitude
83.53330 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 220 reports in 167 hours over the last seven days
Observed
11:25 PMCDT, 1 hour ago
Precipitation today
0in

Ranking Statistics

At a river or reservoir gauge

Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 46 instruments in Tennessee stand at one.

Station charts

Chimney Picnic Area Report

Rank 694 of 1,019 in Tennessee, 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 score90.0of 100

Tennessee median
97.0the median score of 1,019 stations
Scoring higher
692stations in Tennessee
Sharing its score
2ranks 693 to 694
Points deducted
10.08.3 reports received, 1.1 arrival, 0.4 continuity, 0.2 forecast check
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Tennessee median 100.0, 100.0, 98.3
Next above
2M8rank 693; ahead on reports received 88.2% against 76.3%
Next below
BWVT1rank 695; behind on 247 score 90.0 against 89.8

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 3576.426.7 of 35 pointsTennessee median 98.8220 of 288 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1088.88.9 of 10 pointsTennessee median 100.0half its reports arrived within 16 min
  3. Continuityweight 1095.89.6 of 10 pointsTennessee median 100.0longest silence 2 h, on a schedule of one report every 35 min
  4. Accuracyweight 20-20.0 of 20 points, at the medianTennessee median 100.0-
  5. Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianTennessee median 100.0-
  6. Forecast checkweight 10-9.8 of 10 points, at the medianTennessee median 98.3-

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 (1.8 h), none for 72 (42 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 35 minon the hour's :00 and :25
Reports received, 24 hours
28 of 4168.2% of its schedule, 32 reports in all
Reports received, 7 days
222 of 28877.0% of its schedule, 279 reports in all
Days reported, 30 days
30 of 30
Longest silence, 7 days
2 hoursfrom Oct 10, 3:25 PM
Latest report
Oct 16, 12:25 AMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
16 min9 in 10 within 18 min

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

Its schedule is one report every 35 min, 41 in 24 hours. Two reports in the same 35 min count as one received.

Chart of the 1,019 ranked stations in Tennessee 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, 8; 20 to 29 per cent, 22; 30 to 39 per cent, 6; 40 to 49 per cent, 75; 50 to 59 per cent, 115; 60 to 69 per cent, 18; 70 to 79 per cent, 76; 80 to 89 per cent, 96; 90 to 99 per cent, 247; 100 per cent, 355. Chimney Picnic Area received 76.3 per cent, 220 of 288 scheduled reports, rank 694 of 1,019.WHERE IT RANKS IN TENNESSEE, Oct 16THIS ONE: 76.3%, 220 OF 288, RANK 694 OF 1,019PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101000 to 9110 to 19820 to 292230 to 39640 to 497550 to 5911560 to 691870 to 797680 to 899690 to 99247100355STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of Chimney Picnic Area's rank in Tennessee by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-16: 2026-09-26 rank 387 of 425; 2026-09-27 rank 419 of 425; 2026-09-28 rank 464 of 484; 2026-09-29 rank 485 of 498; 2026-09-30 rank 483 of 507; 2026-10-01 rank 477 of 513; 2026-10-02 rank 701 of 786; 2026-10-03 rank 701 of 786; 2026-10-04 rank 757 of 836; 2026-10-05 rank 756 of 970; 2026-10-06 rank 749 of 982; 2026-10-07 rank 748 of 1,021; 2026-10-08 rank 742 of 1,020; 2026-10-09 rank 726 of 1,001; 2026-10-10 rank 726 of 1,001; 2026-10-11 rank 720 of 1,003; 2026-10-12 rank 737 of 1,007; 2026-10-13 rank 692 of 1,014; 2026-10-14 rank 677 of 1,012; 2026-10-15 rank 694 of 1,012; 2026-10-16 rank 694 of 1,019.ITS RANK IN TENNESSEE, 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%355
90 to 99%247
80 to 89%96
70 to 79%76
60 to 69%18
50 to 59%115
40 to 49%75
30 to 39%6
20 to 29%22
10 to 19%8
0 to 9%1
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 16, 20266941,01976.3%
Oct 15, 20266941,01276.7%
Oct 14, 20266771,01276.3%
Oct 13, 20266921,01476.0%
Oct 12, 20267371,00775.3%
Oct 11, 20267201,00372.2%
Oct 10, 20267261,00170.8%
Oct 9, 20267261,00170.8%
Oct 8, 20267421,02070.4%
Oct 7, 20267481,02170.8%
Oct 6, 202674998270.8%
Oct 5, 202675697070.8%
Oct 4, 202675783665.4%
Oct 3, 202670178665.9%
Oct 2, 202670178665.9%
Oct 1, 202647751365.9%
Sep 30, 202648350766.2%
Sep 29, 202648549866.1%
Sep 28, 202646448466.6%
Sep 27, 202641942566.6%
Sep 26, 202638742567.3%
Reports received at Chimney Picnic Area, reports from 0.0 to 2.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports00.511.523 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16
Reports received at Chimney Picnic Area, reports from 0.0 to 5.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports0246Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16
Precipitation at Chimney Picnic Area, precipitation from 0.00 to 1.14, the latest 0.00, in inches.PRECIPITATIONin0.000.501.001.50Sep 17Sep 22Sep 27Oct 2Oct 7Oct 12
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
DayPrecipitation in
Oct 160.00
Oct 150.00
Oct 140.04
Oct 130.12
Oct 120.16
Oct 110.32
Oct 100.56
Oct 90.00
Oct 80.00
Oct 70.00
Oct 60.00
Oct 50.00
Oct 40.00
Oct 30.24
Oct 20.00
Oct 10.00
Sep 300.00
Sep 290.00
Sep 280.00
Sep 270.00
Sep 260.00
Sep 250.00
Sep 240.24
Sep 230.87
Sep 221.14
Sep 210.00
Sep 200.00
Sep 190.00
Sep 180.59
Sep 170.00

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