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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
CPTW1
Latitude
46.28110 N
Longitude
124.04610 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 828 reports in 169 hours over the last seven days
Observed
5:00 AMPDT, 16 minutes ago

Ranking Statistics

At a river or reservoir gauge

Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 148 instruments in Washington stand at one.

Station charts

Cape Disappointment Report

Rank 618 of 1,451 in Washington, 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 score94.9of 100

Washington median
93.9the median score of 1,451 stations
Scoring higher
616stations in Washington
Sharing its score
6ranks 617 to 622
Points deducted
5.11.8 arrival, 1.0 accuracy, 0.9 forecast check, 0.9 continuity, 0.5 reports received
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Washington median 95.0, 100.0, 90.8
Next above
SNWW1rank 617; ahead on reports received 100% against 98.5%
Next below
471938120245200rank 619; behind on reports received 98.5% against 98.2%

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 3598.634.5 of 35 pointsWashington median 98.7828 of 840 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1082.08.2 of 10 pointsWashington median 90.6half its reports arrived within 19 min
  3. Continuityweight 1090.99.1 of 10 pointsWashington median 100.0longest silence 48 min, on a schedule of one report every 12 min
  4. Accuracyweight 20-19.0 of 20 points, at the medianWashington median 95.0-
  5. Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianWashington median 100.0-
  6. Forecast checkweight 10-9.1 of 10 points, at the medianWashington median 90.8-

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 (36 min), none for 72 (14.4 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 6 min
Reports received, 24 hours
239 of 24099.5% of its schedule
Reports received, 7 days
1,669 of 1,68099.3% of its schedule
Days reported, 30 days
-
Longest silence, 7 days
30 minfrom Oct 9, 5:24 PM
Latest report
Oct 16, 5:00 AMlocal time

The reports received are counted from the network's own archive of this station's reports. Its 247 rank is counted from Storm Station's own record, which holds less than 7 days of it so far: 828 of 840 scheduled reports received, 98.5%.

Its schedule is one report every 6 min, 240 in 24 hours. Two reports in the same 6 min count as one received.

Chart of the 1,451 ranked stations in Washington 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, 10; 20 to 29 per cent, 26; 30 to 39 per cent, 10; 40 to 49 per cent, 73; 50 to 59 per cent, 180; 60 to 69 per cent, 35; 70 to 79 per cent, 53; 80 to 89 per cent, 106; 90 to 99 per cent, 580; 100 per cent, 377. Cape Disappointment received 98.5 per cent, 828 of 840 scheduled reports, rank 618 of 1,451.WHERE IT RANKS IN WASHINGTON, Oct 16THIS ONE: 98.5%, 828 OF 840, RANK 618 OF 1,451PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101000 to 9110 to 191020 to 292630 to 391040 to 497350 to 5918060 to 693570 to 795380 to 8910690 to 99580100377STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of Cape Disappointment's rank in Washington by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-16: 2026-09-26 rank 590 of 617; 2026-09-27 rank 609 of 645; 2026-09-28 rank 653 of 708; 2026-09-29 rank 637 of 820; 2026-09-30 rank 634 of 824; 2026-10-01 rank 623 of 827; 2026-10-02 rank 586 of 1,132; 2026-10-03 rank 586 of 1,132; 2026-10-04 rank 596 of 1,146; 2026-10-05 rank 503 of 1,348; 2026-10-06 rank 509 of 1,378; 2026-10-07 rank 514 of 1,409; 2026-10-08 rank 695 of 1,423; 2026-10-09 rank 690 of 1,441; 2026-10-10 rank 693 of 1,441; 2026-10-11 rank 690 of 1,450; 2026-10-12 rank 693 of 1,461; 2026-10-13 rank 724 of 1,457; 2026-10-14 rank 723 of 1,444; 2026-10-15 rank 632 of 1,454; 2026-10-16 rank 618 of 1,451.ITS RANK IN WASHINGTON, 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%377
90 to 99%580
80 to 89%106
70 to 79%53
60 to 69%35
50 to 59%180
40 to 49%73
30 to 39%10
20 to 29%26
10 to 19%10
0 to 9%1
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 16, 20266181,45198.5%
Oct 15, 20266321,45498.3%
Oct 14, 20267231,44497.6%
Oct 13, 20267241,45797.5%
Oct 12, 20266931,46197.3%
Oct 11, 20266901,45097.7%
Oct 10, 20266931,44197.6%
Oct 9, 20266901,44197.6%
Oct 8, 20266951,42397.7%
Oct 7, 20265141,40998.2%
Oct 6, 20265091,37898.2%
Oct 5, 20265031,34898.0%
Oct 4, 20265961,14697.3%
Oct 3, 20265861,13296.7%
Oct 2, 20265861,13296.7%
Oct 1, 202662382796.6%
Sep 30, 202663482496.2%
Sep 29, 202663782096.6%
Sep 28, 202665370894.9%
Sep 27, 202660964593.5%
Sep 26, 202659061793.1%
Reports received at Cape Disappointment, reports from 1.0 to 16.0, the latest 1.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports051015206 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM
Reports received at Cape Disappointment, reports from 1.0 to 16.0, the latest 1.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports05101520Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16

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