Weather/Pennsylvania/Instruments/BACP1
Bell Acres
At a river or reservoir gauge in Allegheny County, PennsylvaniaAt a river or reservoir gauge
DCP network, identified by the register
- Identifier
- BACP1
- Latitude
- 40.59030 N
- Longitude
- 80.16890 W
- Elevation
- -
- Listed
- Automatically, on 79 reports in 38 hours over the last seven days
- Observed
- 12:11 AMEDT, 15 hours ago
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Bell Acres Report
Rank 1,368 of 1,394 in Pennsylvania, Oct 17. 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 score56.9of 100
- Pennsylvania median
- 94.9the median score of 1,394 stations
- Scoring higher
- 1,366stations in Pennsylvania
- Sharing its score
- 2ranks 1,367 to 1,368
- Points deducted
- 43.131.7 reports received, 9.4 continuity, 1.4 arrival, 0.5 forecast check
- Counted at the median
- Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Pennsylvania median 100.0, 100.0, 94.8
- Next above
- HLPP1rank 1,367; ahead on reports received 9.8% against 9.4%
- Next below
- BDWP1rank 1,369; behind on 247 score 56.9 against 56.8
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 359.43.3 of 35 pointsPennsylvania median 98.279 of 840 scheduled reports received in 7 days
- Arrivalweight 1085.88.6 of 10 pointsPennsylvania median 95.2half its reports arrived within 17 min
- Continuityweight 105.70.6 of 10 pointsPennsylvania median 100.0longest silence 12 h, on a schedule of one report every 12 min
- Accuracyweight 20-20.0 of 20 points, at the medianPennsylvania median 100.0-
- Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianPennsylvania median 100.0-
- Forecast checkweight 10-9.5 of 10 points, at the medianPennsylvania median 94.8-
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 (36 min), none for 72 (14.4 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
- Schedule
- every 13 min
- Reports received, 24 hours
- 12 of 11010.9% of its schedule
- Reports received, 7 days
- 87 of 77511.2% of its schedule, 104 reports in all
- Days reported, 30 days
- 4 of 30
- Longest silence, 7 days
- 15 h 17 minfrom Oct 17, 12:11 AM
- Latest report
- Oct 17, 12:11 AMlocal time
- Time to reach Storm Station
- 17 min9 in 10 within 22 min
From Storm Station's own record of every report it heard from this station.
Its schedule is one report every 13 min, 110 in 24 hours. Two reports in the same 13 min count as one received.
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
| Share of scheduled reports received | Stations |
|---|---|
| 100% | 440 |
| 90 to 99% | 292 |
| 80 to 89% | 82 |
| 70 to 79% | 72 |
| 60 to 69% | 122 |
| 50 to 59% | 200 |
| 40 to 49% | 94 |
| 30 to 39% | 10 |
| 20 to 29% | 12 |
| 10 to 19% | 42 |
| 0 to 9% | 28 |
| Day | Rank | Stations ranked | Share received |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 2026 | 1,368 | 1,394 | 9.4% |
| Oct 16, 2026 | 1,352 | 1,383 | 8.3% |
| Oct 15, 2026 | 1,352 | 1,375 | 7.5% |
| Oct 14, 2026 | 1,351 | 1,372 | 5.8% |
| Oct 13, 2026 | 1,353 | 1,374 | 5.3% |
| Oct 12, 2026 | 1,331 | 1,368 | 5.1% |
| Oct 8, 2026 | 1,338 | 1,356 | 10.9% |
| Oct 7, 2026 | 1,313 | 1,339 | 10.9% |
| Oct 6, 2026 | 1,212 | 1,252 | 12.1% |
| Oct 5, 2026 | 992 | 1,219 | 45.4% |
| Oct 4, 2026 | 948 | 956 | 12.1% |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 916 | 924 | 8.3% |
| Oct 2, 2026 | 916 | 924 | 8.3% |
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
| Day | Precipitation in |
|---|---|
| Oct 14 | 0.18 |
| Oct 13 | 0.00 |
| Oct 11 | 0.49 |
| Oct 10 | 0.00 |