Storm Station

At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
390632094282001
Latitude
39.10903 N
Longitude
94.47247 W
Elevation
-
Rank
-
Observed
11:30 PMCDT, 1 hour ago
Precipitation in the gauge's latest reading
0in

At a river or reservoir gauge

Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 38 instruments in Missouri stand at one.

Station report

Rain Gage at Rock Creek in Independence, in 2 sheets

Drawn from the register, in the manner of the Field Book, and opened beside the plates that explain each part of it.

1The sun

Contents

On Oct 11 the noon sun stands 44 degrees above the horizon at 39.11 N, and the day is 11 h 13 min long. Level ground there takes 69 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Rain Gage at Rock Creek in Independence, angles true: on Oct 11 it stands 44 degrees above the horizon, against 74 at the June solstice, 51 at the equinoxes and 27 at the December solstice; the day is 11 h 13 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 390632094282001FIG. E THE SUN AT RAIN GAGE AT ROCK CREEK IN INDEPENDENCEELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 74°EQUINOXES 51°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 27°OCT 11, 44°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 11 H 13 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 69 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 39.11 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -7.2°TITLERain Gage at Rock Creek in Independence, the sunSTATION REPORT · DCP 390632094282001TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVFROM THE REGISTER SHEET 1 of 2DATE2026-10-11IDSR-390632094282001-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

From the Field Book

2The instrument

Contents

A data collection platform. Its sensors, as its network builds them.

Elevation of a data collection platform, Rain Gage at Rock Creek in Independence, each sensor drawn and labelled with what it read: no reading in the last day.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 390632094282001FIG. F THE INSTRUMENTELEVATION OF A DATA COLLECTION PLATFORM, EACH SENSOR WITH WHAT IT READANTENNA, SENDING BY SATELLITE-AIR TEMPERATURE-PRECIPITATION GAUGE-SCHEMATIC; THE SPACING BETWEEN SENSORS IS NOT TO SCALETITLERain Gage at Rock Creek in Independence, the instrumentSTATION REPORT · DCP 390632094282001TYPEELEVATIONSCALESCHEMATICREVFROM THE REGISTER SHEET 2 of 2DATE2026-10-11IDSR-390632094282001-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-INS-001

From the Field Book

What this instrument measures for

2 places read it as one of the nearest to it.

Near Rain Gage at Rock Creek in Independence