Weather/Virginia/Instruments/PBPV2
Purcell Road
At a river or reservoir gauge in Prince William County, VirginiaAt a river or reservoir gauge
DCP network, identified by the register
- Identifier
- PBPV2
- Latitude
- 38.69140 N
- Longitude
- 77.43060 W
- Elevation
- -
- Listed
- Automatically, on 710 reports in 169 hours over the last seven days
- Observed
- 1:00 AMEDT, 29 minutes ago
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Purcell Road Report
Rank 1,158 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 score86.1of 100
- Virginia median
- 95.9the median score of 1,541 stations
- Scoring higher
- 1,156stations in Virginia
- Sharing its score
- 2ranks 1,157 to 1,158
- Points deducted
- 13.910.4 reports received, 2.4 continuity, 0.8 arrival, 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
- PTBrank 1,157; ahead on reports received 71.4% against 70.4%
- Next below
- VA-NH-3rank 1,159; behind on 247 score 86.1 against 85.9
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 3570.424.6 of 35 pointsVirginia median 97.9710 of 1,008 scheduled reports received in 7 days
- Arrivalweight 1092.29.2 of 10 pointsVirginia median 92.7half its reports arrived within 14 min
- Continuityweight 1075.77.6 of 10 pointsVirginia median 100.0longest silence 65 min, on a schedule of one report every 10 min
- Accuracyweight 20-20.0 of 20 points, at the medianVirginia median 100.0-
- Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianVirginia median 100.0-
- 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
- 103 of 14471.5% of its schedule, 115 reports in all
- Reports received, 7 days
- 708 of 1,00870.2% of its schedule, 806 reports in all
- Days reported, 30 days
- -
- Longest silence, 7 days
- 65 minfrom Oct 12, 5:10 AM
- Latest report
- Oct 16, 1:00 AMlocal time
- Time to reach Storm Station
- 14 min9 in 10 within 19 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.
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
| Share of scheduled reports received | Stations |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Day | Rank | Stations ranked | Share received |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 16, 2026 | 1,158 | 1,541 | 70.4% |
| Oct 15, 2026 | 1,137 | 1,532 | 70.6% |
| Oct 14, 2026 | 1,145 | 1,537 | 69.5% |
| Oct 13, 2026 | 1,154 | 1,536 | 69.0% |
| Oct 12, 2026 | 1,164 | 1,532 | 67.9% |
| Oct 11, 2026 | 1,128 | 1,520 | 66.1% |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 1,108 | 1,530 | 65.8% |
| Oct 9, 2026 | 1,109 | 1,529 | 65.9% |
| Oct 8, 2026 | 1,139 | 1,534 | 64.8% |
| Oct 7, 2026 | 1,169 | 1,526 | 61.1% |
| Oct 6, 2026 | 1,232 | 1,444 | 58.6% |
| Oct 5, 2026 | 1,187 | 1,415 | 60.7% |
| Oct 4, 2026 | 1,088 | 1,183 | 62.0% |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1,037 | 1,140 | 61.0% |
| Oct 2, 2026 | 1,037 | 1,140 | 60.9% |
| Oct 1, 2026 | 765 | 820 | 67.3% |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 768 | 818 | 64.7% |
| Sep 29, 2026 | 758 | 818 | 68.7% |
| Sep 28, 2026 | 750 | 807 | 61.7% |
| Sep 27, 2026 | 683 | 733 | 67.1% |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 651 | 729 | 75.8% |