Storm Station

At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
02485601
Latitude
32.39778 N
Longitude
90.06472 W
Elevation
-
Observed
12:15 AMCDT, 34 minutes ago
Precipitation in the gauge's latest reading
0in

Ranking Statistics

At a river or reservoir gauge

Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 41 instruments in Mississippi stand at one.

Station charts

Pearl River At Ross Barnett Reservoir Report

Rank 381 of 466 in Mississippi, Oct 11. 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 score88.0of 100

Mississippi median
95.4the median score of 466 stations
Scoring higher
380stations in Mississippi
Sharing its score
1no other station
Points deducted
12.010.0 reports received, 1.6 arrival, 0.4 forecast check
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Mississippi median 100.0, 100.0, 95.8
Next above
MS-HD-18rank 380; ahead on 247 score 88.2 against 88.0
Next below
MS-CP-3rank 382; behind on 247 score 88.0 against 87.7

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 3571.425.0 of 35 pointsMississippi median 98.2120 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1084.38.4 of 10 pointsMississippi median 82.8half its reports arrived within 18 min
  3. Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsMississippi median 100.0longest silence 2 h, on a schedule of one report every 60 min
  4. Accuracyweight 20-20.0 of 20 points, at the medianMississippi median 100.0-
  5. Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianMississippi median 100.0-
  6. Forecast checkweight 10-9.6 of 10 points, at the medianMississippi median 95.8-

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 (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
Schedule
every houron the hour's :15
Reports received, 24 hours
23 of 2495.8% of its schedule
Reports received, 7 days
126 of 16875.0% of its schedule, 127 reports in all
Days reported, 30 days
-
Longest silence, 7 days
2 hoursfrom Oct 10, 8:15 AM
Latest report
Oct 11, 5:15 AMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
18 min9 in 10 within 38 min

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

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

Chart of the 466 ranked stations in Mississippi on Oct 11 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, 0; 10 to 19 per cent, 7; 20 to 29 per cent, 1; 30 to 39 per cent, 3; 40 to 49 per cent, 17; 50 to 59 per cent, 34; 60 to 69 per cent, 5; 70 to 79 per cent, 45; 80 to 89 per cent, 28; 90 to 99 per cent, 240; 100 per cent, 86. Pearl River At Ross Barnett Reservoir received 71.4 per cent, 120 of 168 scheduled reports, rank 381 of 466.WHERE IT RANKS IN MISSISSIPPI, Oct 11THIS ONE: 71.4%, 120 OF 168, RANK 381 OF 466PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101000 to 910 to 19720 to 29130 to 39340 to 491750 to 593460 to 69570 to 794580 to 892890 to 9924010086STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of Pearl River At Ross Barnett Reservoir's rank in Mississippi by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-10-07 to 2026-10-11: 2026-10-07 rank 437 of 460; 2026-10-08 rank 439 of 463; 2026-10-09 rank 386 of 458; 2026-10-10 rank 386 of 458; 2026-10-11 rank 381 of 466.ITS RANK IN MISSISSIPPI, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP1200400600Oct 7Oct 8Oct 9Oct 10Oct 11
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
100%86
90 to 99%240
80 to 89%28
70 to 79%45
60 to 69%5
50 to 59%34
40 to 49%17
30 to 39%3
20 to 29%1
10 to 19%7
0 to 9%0
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 11, 202638146671.4%
Oct 10, 202638645857.7%
Oct 9, 202638645857.1%
Oct 8, 202643946329.1%
Oct 7, 202643746014.8%

Station report

Pearl River At Ross Barnett Reservoir, 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 50 degrees above the horizon at 32.40 N, and the day is 11 h 23 min long. Level ground there takes 77 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Pearl River At Ross Barnett Reservoir, angles true: on Oct 11 it stands 50 degrees above the horizon, against 81 at the June solstice, 58 at the equinoxes and 34 at the December solstice; the day is 11 h 23 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 02485601FIG. E THE SUN AT PEARL RIVER AT ROSS BARNETT RESERVOIRELEVATION 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 81°EQUINOXES 58°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 34°OCT 11, 50°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 11 H 23 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 77 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 32.40 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -7.2°TITLEPearl River At Ross Barnett Reservoir, the sunSTATION REPORT · DCP 02485601TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVFROM THE REGISTER SHEET 1 of 2DATE2026-10-11IDSR-02485601-1DRAWN 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, Pearl River At Ross Barnett Reservoir, each sensor drawn and labelled with what it read: no reading in the last day.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 02485601FIG. 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 SCALETITLEPearl River At Ross Barnett Reservoir, the instrumentSTATION REPORT · DCP 02485601TYPEELEVATIONSCALESCHEMATICREVFROM THE REGISTER SHEET 2 of 2DATE2026-10-11IDSR-02485601-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-INS-001

From the Field Book

Near Pearl River At Ross Barnett Reservoir