Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 68 instruments in Alabama stand at one.
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Station charts
Chattahoochee River At West Point Report
Rank 423 of 798 in Alabama, 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 score95.0of 100
Alabama median
95.6the median score of 798 stations
Scoring higher
422stations in Alabama
Sharing its score
4ranks 423 to 426
Points deducted
5.04.6 arrival, 0.5 forecast check
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Alabama median 100.0, 100.0, 95.4
BGWA1rank 425; behind on reports received 100% against 99.4%
Sharing its rank
1other stations, equal on every measure
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 35100.035.0 of 35 pointsAlabama median 98.8168 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
Arrivalweight 1054.45.4 of 10 pointsAlabama median 87.5half its reports arrived within 33 min
Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsAlabama median 100.0longest silence 61 min, on a schedule of one report every 60 min
Accuracyweight 20-20.0 of 20 points, at the medianAlabama median 100.0-
Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianAlabama median 100.0-
Forecast checkweight 10-9.5 of 10 points, at the medianAlabama median 95.4-
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 (3 h), none for 72 (72 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
At 552 ft above sea level, 2 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.33 inHg and the temperature at 57.0 F.
On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 48 degrees above the horizon at 32.89 N, and the day is 11 h 13 min long. Level ground there takes 74 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.