Weather/Washington/Instruments/CUGW1
Cougar
At a river or reservoir gauge in Cowlitz County, WashingtonAt a river or reservoir gauge
DCP network, identified by the register
- Identifier
- CUGW1
- Latitude
- 46.05560 N
- Longitude
- 122.29330 W
- Elevation
- -
- Listed
- Automatically, on 53 reports in 53 hours over the last seven days
- Observed
- 11:49 PMPDT, 52 minutes ago
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Station charts
Cougar Report
Rank 443 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 score96.2of 100
- Washington median
- 93.9the median score of 1,451 stations
- Scoring higher
- 441stations in Washington
- Sharing its score
- 2ranks 442 to 443
- Points deducted
- 3.81.9 reports received, 1.0 accuracy, 0.9 forecast check
- Counted at the median
- Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Washington median 95.0, 100.0, 90.8
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.
- Reports receivedweight 3594.633.1 of 35 pointsWashington median 98.753 of 56 scheduled reports received in 7 days
- Arrivalweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsWashington median 90.6half its reports arrived within 8 min
- Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsWashington median 100.0longest silence 6 h, on a schedule of one report every 3 h
- Accuracyweight 20-19.0 of 20 points, at the medianWashington median 95.0-
- Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianWashington median 100.0-
- 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 18 min, none at 3 h
- Continuity
- Full marks for a longest silence of 3 reports or less (9 h), none for 72 (216 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 3 hourson the hour's :49
- Reports received, 24 hours
- 8 of 8100% of its schedule
- Reports received, 7 days
- 53 of 5694.6% of its schedule, 54 reports in all
- Days reported, 30 days
- -
- Longest silence, 7 days
- 6 hoursfrom Oct 9, 11:49 AM
- Latest report
- Oct 15, 11:49 PMlocal 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: 53 of 56 scheduled reports received, 94.6%.
Its schedule is one report every 3 hours, 8 in 24 hours. Two reports in the same 3 hours count as one received.
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
| Share of scheduled reports received | Stations |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Day | Rank | Stations ranked | Share received |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 16, 2026 | 443 | 1,451 | 94.6% |
| Oct 15, 2026 | 539 | 1,454 | 92.8% |
| Oct 14, 2026 | 587 | 1,444 | 91.0% |
| Oct 13, 2026 | 512 | 1,457 | 92.8% |
| Oct 12, 2026 | 508 | 1,461 | 92.8% |
| Oct 11, 2026 | 557 | 1,450 | 91.0% |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 507 | 1,441 | 92.8% |
| Oct 9, 2026 | 481 | 1,441 | 92.8% |
| Oct 8, 2026 | 350 | 1,423 | 94.6% |
| Oct 7, 2026 | 300 | 1,409 | 96.4% |
| Oct 6, 2026 | 298 | 1,378 | 96.4% |
| Oct 5, 2026 | 442 | 1,348 | 94.6% |
| Oct 4, 2026 | 593 | 1,146 | 92.8% |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 674 | 1,132 | 90.7% |
| Oct 2, 2026 | 674 | 1,132 | 90.7% |
| Oct 1, 2026 | 662 | 827 | 91.4% |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 668 | 824 | 89.7% |
| Sep 29, 2026 | 674 | 820 | 87.0% |
| Sep 28, 2026 | 683 | 708 | 82.6% |
| Sep 27, 2026 | 639 | 645 | 80.0% |