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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
ESSC1
Latitude
34.73410 N
Longitude
115.24780 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 32 reports in 27 hours over the last seven days
Rank
4,409of 4,465 in California, Oct 16
Observed
12:00 PMPDT, 3 hours ago

Ranking Statistics

On the radar over Essex ALERTReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

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Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 432 instruments in California stand at one.

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Essex ALERT Report

Rank 4,409 of 4,465 in California, 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 score53.1of 100

California median
91.6the median score of 4,465 stations
Scoring higher
4,408stations in California
Sharing its score
2ranks 4,409 to 4,410
Points deducted
46.931.4 reports received, 6.3 continuity, 5.5 arrival, 2.9 accuracy, 0.8 forecast check
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; California median 85.6, 100.0, 92.4
Next above
CJJC1rank 4,408; ahead on 247 score 53.2 against 53.1
Next below
YOUC1rank 4,410; behind on reports received 10.1% against 3.8%

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 3510.23.6 of 35 pointsCalifornia median 98.532 of 315 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1045.14.5 of 10 pointsCalifornia median 81.2half its reports arrived within 37 min
  3. Continuityweight 1036.63.7 of 10 pointsCalifornia median 100.0longest silence 12 h, on a schedule of one report every 32 min
  4. Accuracyweight 20-17.1 of 20 points, at the medianCalifornia median 85.6-
  5. Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianCalifornia median 100.0-
  6. Forecast checkweight 10-9.2 of 10 points, at the medianCalifornia median 92.4-

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 (1.6 h), none for 72 (38.4 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
Rank
4,409of 4,465 in California, Oct 16
Schedule
every 32 min
Reports received, 24 hours
2 of 454.4% of its schedule
Reports received, 7 days
31 of 3159.8% of its schedule, 47 reports in all
Days reported, 30 days
4 of 30
Longest silence, 7 days
12 h 01 minfrom Oct 9, 11:59 PM
Latest report
Oct 16, 12:00 PMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
36 min9 in 10 within 6 h 14 min

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

Its schedule is one report every 32 min, 45 in 24 hours. Two reports in the same 32 min count as one received.

Chart of the 4,465 ranked stations in California 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, 78; 10 to 19 per cent, 83; 20 to 29 per cent, 45; 30 to 39 per cent, 22; 40 to 49 per cent, 118; 50 to 59 per cent, 285; 60 to 69 per cent, 120; 70 to 79 per cent, 209; 80 to 89 per cent, 391; 90 to 99 per cent, 2,034; 100 per cent, 1,080. Essex ALERT received 10.1 per cent, 32 of 315 scheduled reports, rank 4,409 of 4,465.WHERE IT RANKS IN CALIFORNIA, Oct 16THIS ONE: 10.1%, 32 OF 315, RANK 4,409 OF 4,465PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101001,0000 to 97810 to 198320 to 294530 to 392240 to 4911850 to 5928560 to 6912070 to 7920980 to 8939190 to 992,0341001,080STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of Essex ALERT's rank in California by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-29 to 2026-10-16: 2026-09-29 rank 3,428 of 3,460; 2026-09-30 rank 3,430 of 3,491; 2026-10-01 rank 3,533 of 3,586; 2026-10-02 rank 3,876 of 3,944; 2026-10-03 rank 3,876 of 3,944; 2026-10-04 rank 3,831 of 4,072; 2026-10-05 rank 4,014 of 4,333; 2026-10-06 rank 4,072 of 4,362; 2026-10-07 rank 2,856 of 4,381; 2026-10-08 rank 3,395 of 4,405; 2026-10-09 rank 1,972 of 4,400; 2026-10-10 rank 1,892 of 4,400; 2026-10-11 rank 1,919 of 4,428; 2026-10-12 rank 4,379 of 4,446; 2026-10-13 rank 4,407 of 4,464; 2026-10-14 rank 4,415 of 4,466; 2026-10-15 rank 4,411 of 4,462; 2026-10-16 rank 4,409 of 4,465.ITS RANK IN CALIFORNIA, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP12,0004,0006,000Sep 29Oct 2Oct 5Oct 8Oct 11Oct 14Oct 16
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
100%1,080
90 to 99%2,034
80 to 89%391
70 to 79%209
60 to 69%120
50 to 59%285
40 to 49%118
30 to 39%22
20 to 29%45
10 to 19%83
0 to 9%78
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 16, 20264,4094,46510.1%
Oct 15, 20264,4114,46210.1%
Oct 14, 20264,4154,46610.1%
Oct 13, 20264,4074,46410.1%
Oct 12, 20264,3794,4469.2%
Oct 11, 20261,9194,42892.8%
Oct 10, 20261,8924,40092.8%
Oct 9, 20261,9724,40092.8%
Oct 8, 20263,3954,40592.8%
Oct 7, 20262,8564,381100.0%
Oct 6, 20264,0724,36230.3%
Oct 5, 20264,0144,33333.9%
Oct 4, 20263,8314,07233.9%
Oct 3, 20263,8763,94434.6%
Oct 2, 20263,8763,94434.6%
Oct 1, 20263,5333,58624.2%
Sep 30, 20263,4303,49127.5%
Sep 29, 20263,4283,4608.3%
Reports received at Essex ALERT, reports from 0.0 to 1.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports00.250.50.7516 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM
Reports received at Essex ALERT, reports from 0.0 to 13.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports051015Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16
Precipitation at Essex ALERT, precipitation from 0.00 to 0.04, the latest 0.04, in inches.PRECIPITATIONin0.000.030.050.070.10Sep 17Sep 22Sep 27Oct 2Oct 7Oct 12
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
DayPrecipitation in
Oct 110.04
Oct 100.00
Sep 300.00
Sep 290.02

The instrumentWhat an instrument is FB-INS-001

What it seesMoon and tides FB-CLK-003Hurricane FB-EVT-043Nor'easter FB-EVT-066Flash flood FB-EVT-100Coastal flood FB-EVT-105

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