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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
LSMV2
Latitude
36.89240 N
Longitude
76.16560 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 928 reports in 169 hours over the last seven days
Observed
6:25 AMEDT, 39 minutes ago

Ranking Statistics

At a river or reservoir gauge

Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 98 instruments in Virginia stand at one.

Station charts

Garden Wood Park 1ESE - Lake Smith Report

Rank 981 of 1,541 in Virginia, 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 score92.6of 100

Virginia median
95.9the median score of 1,541 stations
Scoring higher
980stations in Virginia
Sharing its score
6ranks 981 to 986
Points deducted
7.42.8 reports received, 2.7 arrival, 1.6 continuity, 0.4 forecast check
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Virginia median 100.0, 100.0, 96.5
Next above
THAV2rank 980; ahead on 247 score 92.7 against 92.6
Next below
OMHrank 982; behind on reports received 92.0% against 90.0%

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 3592.132.2 of 35 pointsVirginia median 97.9928 of 1,008 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1073.47.3 of 10 pointsVirginia median 92.7half its reports arrived within 23 min
  3. Continuityweight 1083.98.4 of 10 pointsVirginia median 100.0longest silence 50 min, on a schedule of one report every 10 min
  4. Accuracyweight 20-20.0 of 20 points, at the medianVirginia median 100.0-
  5. Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianVirginia median 100.0-
  6. Forecast checkweight 10-9.7 of 10 points, at the medianVirginia median 96.5-

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 (30 min), none for 72 (12 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 10 min
Reports received, 24 hours
131 of 14490.9% of its schedule
Reports received, 7 days
925 of 1,00891.7% of its schedule, 963 reports in all
Days reported, 30 days
-
Longest silence, 7 days
50 minfrom Oct 14, 4:30 PM
Latest report
Oct 16, 6:25 AMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
23 min9 in 10 within 24 min

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

Its schedule is one report every 10 min, 144 in 24 hours. Two reports in the same 10 min count as one received.

Chart of the 1,541 ranked stations in Virginia 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, 5; 10 to 19 per cent, 17; 20 to 29 per cent, 48; 30 to 39 per cent, 6; 40 to 49 per cent, 81; 50 to 59 per cent, 182; 60 to 69 per cent, 29; 70 to 79 per cent, 130; 80 to 89 per cent, 138; 90 to 99 per cent, 543; 100 per cent, 362. Garden Wood Park 1ESE - Lake Smith received 92.0 per cent, 928 of 1,008 scheduled reports, rank 981 of 1,541.WHERE IT RANKS IN VIRGINIA, Oct 16THIS ONE: 92.0%, 928 OF 1,008, RANK 981 OF 1,541PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101000 to 9510 to 191720 to 294830 to 39640 to 498150 to 5918260 to 692970 to 7913080 to 8913890 to 99543100362STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of Garden Wood Park 1ESE - Lake Smith's rank in Virginia by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-16: 2026-09-26 rank 666 of 729; 2026-09-27 rank 670 of 733; 2026-09-28 rank 734 of 807; 2026-09-29 rank 752 of 818; 2026-09-30 rank 757 of 818; 2026-10-01 rank 751 of 820; 2026-10-02 rank 1,016 of 1,140; 2026-10-03 rank 1,016 of 1,140; 2026-10-04 rank 1,060 of 1,183; 2026-10-05 rank 1,177 of 1,415; 2026-10-06 rank 1,108 of 1,444; 2026-10-07 rank 1,110 of 1,526; 2026-10-08 rank 1,094 of 1,534; 2026-10-09 rank 1,035 of 1,529; 2026-10-10 rank 1,037 of 1,530; 2026-10-11 rank 1,066 of 1,520; 2026-10-12 rank 1,088 of 1,532; 2026-10-13 rank 1,098 of 1,536; 2026-10-14 rank 1,022 of 1,537; 2026-10-15 rank 970 of 1,532; 2026-10-16 rank 981 of 1,541.ITS RANK IN VIRGINIA, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP15001,0001,500Sep 26Sep 30Oct 4Oct 8Oct 12Oct 16
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
100%362
90 to 99%543
80 to 89%138
70 to 79%130
60 to 69%29
50 to 59%182
40 to 49%81
30 to 39%6
20 to 29%48
10 to 19%17
0 to 9%5
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 16, 20269811,54192.0%
Oct 15, 20269701,53292.3%
Oct 14, 20261,0221,53789.7%
Oct 13, 20261,0981,53687.3%
Oct 12, 20261,0881,53284.4%
Oct 11, 20261,0661,52081.9%
Oct 10, 20261,0371,53080.8%
Oct 9, 20261,0351,52980.6%
Oct 8, 20261,0941,53474.8%
Oct 7, 20261,1101,52675.0%
Oct 6, 20261,1081,44475.6%
Oct 5, 20261,1771,41568.2%
Oct 4, 20261,0601,18376.4%
Oct 3, 20261,0161,14075.6%
Oct 2, 20261,0161,14075.6%
Oct 1, 202675182071.9%
Sep 30, 202675781873.3%
Sep 29, 202675281874.5%
Sep 28, 202673480774.5%
Sep 27, 202667073371.0%
Sep 26, 202666672972.3%
Reports received at Garden Wood Park 1ESE - Lake Smith, reports from 0.0 to 12.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports0510159 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM
Reports received at Garden Wood Park 1ESE - Lake Smith, reports from 0.0 to 12.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports051015Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16

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