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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
MBVT2
Latitude
29.82150 N
Longitude
94.90970 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 898 reports in 168 hours over the last seven days
Observed
8:55 PMCDT, 23 minutes ago

Ranking Statistics

At a river or reservoir gauge

Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 463 instruments in Texas stand at one.

Station charts

McNair 5ENE - Cedar Bayou Report

Rank 2,738 of 4,734 in Texas, 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 score92.7of 100

Texas median
95.2the median score of 4,734 stations
Scoring higher
2,728stations in Texas
Sharing its score
20ranks 2,729 to 2,748
Points deducted
7.33.8 reports received, 2.2 arrival, 1.3 continuity
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Texas median 100.0, 100.0, 100.0
Next above
BYYrank 2,736; ahead on reports received 89.2% against 89.0%
Next below
BKSrank 2,739; behind on reports due 1,008 against 504, the longer record first

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 3589.131.2 of 35 pointsTexas median 96.9898 of 1,008 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1077.87.8 of 10 pointsTexas median 91.9half its reports arrived within 21 min
  3. Continuityweight 1087.28.7 of 10 pointsTexas median 100.0longest silence 45 min, on a schedule of one report every 10 min
  4. Accuracyweight 20-20.0 of 20 points, at the medianTexas median 100.0-
  5. Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianTexas median 100.0-
  6. Forecast checkweight 10-10.0 of 10 points, at the medianTexas 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 (30 min), none for 72 (12 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 10 min
Reports received, 24 hours
126 of 14487.5% of its schedule, 131 reports in all
Reports received, 7 days
905 of 1,00889.7% of its schedule, 954 reports in all
Days reported, 30 days
-
Longest silence, 7 days
45 minfrom Oct 14, 4:25 PM
Latest report
Oct 16, 6:15 AMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
23 min9 in 10 within 24 min

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

Its schedule is one report every 10 min, 144 in 24 hours. Two reports in the same 10 min count as one received.

Chart of the 4,734 ranked stations in Texas 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, 35; 10 to 19 per cent, 121; 20 to 29 per cent, 96; 30 to 39 per cent, 88; 40 to 49 per cent, 322; 50 to 59 per cent, 463; 60 to 69 per cent, 141; 70 to 79 per cent, 422; 80 to 89 per cent, 541; 90 to 99 per cent, 1,244; 100 per cent, 1,261. McNair 5ENE - Cedar Bayou received 89.0 per cent, 898 of 1,008 scheduled reports, rank 2,738 of 4,734.WHERE IT RANKS IN TEXAS, Oct 17THIS ONE: 89.0%, 898 OF 1,008, RANK 2,738 OF 4,734PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101001,0000 to 93510 to 1912120 to 299630 to 398840 to 4932250 to 5946360 to 6914170 to 7942280 to 8954190 to 991,2441001,261STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of McNair 5ENE - Cedar Bayou's rank in Texas by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-17: 2026-09-26 rank 1,984 of 2,414; 2026-09-27 rank 1,836 of 2,290; 2026-09-28 rank 1,899 of 2,493; 2026-09-29 rank 1,865 of 2,525; 2026-09-30 rank 1,850 of 2,538; 2026-10-01 rank 2,056 of 2,546; 2026-10-02 rank 3,207 of 3,938; 2026-10-03 rank 3,193 of 3,938; 2026-10-04 rank 3,366 of 4,210; 2026-10-05 rank 3,509 of 4,757; 2026-10-06 rank 3,267 of 4,690; 2026-10-07 rank 3,226 of 5,124; 2026-10-08 rank 3,261 of 5,212; 2026-10-09 rank 2,748 of 4,902; 2026-10-10 rank 2,755 of 4,904; 2026-10-11 rank 3,107 of 4,764; 2026-10-12 rank 3,080 of 4,698; 2026-10-13 rank 3,059 of 4,666; 2026-10-14 rank 3,093 of 4,656; 2026-10-15 rank 2,727 of 4,658; 2026-10-16 rank 2,741 of 4,689; 2026-10-17 rank 2,738 of 4,734.ITS RANK IN TEXAS, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP11,0002,0003,0004,000Sep 26Sep 30Oct 4Oct 8Oct 12Oct 16Oct 17
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
100%1,261
90 to 99%1,244
80 to 89%541
70 to 79%422
60 to 69%141
50 to 59%463
40 to 49%322
30 to 39%88
20 to 29%96
10 to 19%121
0 to 9%35
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 17, 20262,7384,73489.0%
Oct 16, 20262,7414,68990.0%
Oct 15, 20262,7274,65889.7%
Oct 14, 20263,0934,65686.4%
Oct 13, 20263,0594,66683.2%
Oct 12, 20263,0804,69879.9%
Oct 11, 20263,1074,76478.2%
Oct 10, 20262,7554,90477.4%
Oct 9, 20262,7484,90277.5%
Oct 8, 20263,2615,21271.7%
Oct 7, 20263,2265,12472.5%
Oct 6, 20263,2674,69074.3%
Oct 5, 20263,5094,75776.9%
Oct 4, 20263,3664,21078.0%
Oct 3, 20263,1933,93878.5%
Oct 2, 20263,2073,93878.5%
Oct 1, 20262,0562,54669.6%
Sep 30, 20261,8502,53881.1%
Sep 29, 20261,8652,52582.9%
Sep 28, 20261,8992,49382.7%
Sep 27, 20261,8362,29075.0%
Sep 26, 20261,9842,41473.5%
Reports received at McNair 5ENE - Cedar Bayou, reports from 0.0 to 12.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports051015Oct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM
Reports received at McNair 5ENE - Cedar Bayou, reports from 0.0 to 12.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports051015Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16

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