Weather/West Virginia/Instruments/FOLW2
Folsom
At a river or reservoir gauge in Wetzel County, West VirginiaAt a river or reservoir gauge
DCP network, identified by the register
- Identifier
- FOLW2
- Latitude
- 39.45330 N
- Longitude
- 80.55060 W
- Elevation
- -
- Listed
- Automatically, on 69 reports in 45 hours over the last seven days
- Observed
- 11:59 PMEDT, 7 hours ago
- Precipitation this hour
- -
- Precipitation today
- -
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Station charts
Folsom Report
Rank 619 of 711 in West 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 score59.9of 100
- West Virginia median
- 92.4the median score of 711 stations
- Scoring higher
- 617stations in West Virginia
- Sharing its score
- 2ranks 618 to 619
- Points deducted
- 40.130.2 reports received, 7.6 continuity, 0.9 accuracy, 0.8 arrival, 0.6 forecast check
- Counted at the median
- Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; West Virginia median 95.6, 100.0, 93.9
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 3513.74.8 of 35 pointsWest Virginia median 89.969 of 504 scheduled reports received in 7 days
- Arrivalweight 1092.29.2 of 10 pointsWest Virginia median 87.5half its reports arrived within 14 min
- Continuityweight 1024.32.4 of 10 pointsWest Virginia median 100.0longest silence 11.1 h, on a schedule of one report every 20 min
- Accuracyweight 20-19.1 of 20 points, at the medianWest Virginia median 95.6-
- Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianWest Virginia median 100.0-
- Forecast checkweight 10-9.4 of 10 points, at the medianWest Virginia median 93.9-
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 (60 min), none for 72 (24 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
- Time to reach Storm Station
- 14 min9 in 10 within 18 min
The reports received are counted from the network's own archive of this station's reports. Its 247 rank is counted from Storm Station's own record, which holds less than 7 days of it so far: 69 of 504 scheduled reports received, 13.6%.
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
| Share of scheduled reports received | Stations |
|---|---|
| 100% | 161 |
| 90 to 99% | 194 |
| 80 to 89% | 40 |
| 70 to 79% | 17 |
| 60 to 69% | 8 |
| 50 to 59% | 38 |
| 40 to 49% | 23 |
| 30 to 39% | 11 |
| 20 to 29% | 65 |
| 10 to 19% | 140 |
| 0 to 9% | 14 |
| Day | Rank | Stations ranked | Share received |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 16, 2026 | 619 | 711 | 13.6% |
| Oct 15, 2026 | 680 | 706 | 12.6% |
| Oct 14, 2026 | 673 | 707 | 13.0% |
| Oct 13, 2026 | 669 | 706 | 13.2% |
| Oct 12, 2026 | 667 | 703 | 11.6% |
| Oct 11, 2026 | 428 | 704 | 65.5% |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 417 | 704 | 58.6% |
| Oct 9, 2026 | 417 | 704 | 58.6% |
| Oct 8, 2026 | 342 | 703 | 68.9% |
| Oct 7, 2026 | 359 | 703 | 65.5% |
| Oct 6, 2026 | 338 | 656 | 68.9% |
| Oct 5, 2026 | 376 | 653 | 62.0% |
| Oct 4, 2026 | 351 | 589 | 65.5% |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 334 | 583 | 67.8% |
| Oct 2, 2026 | 334 | 583 | 67.8% |
| Oct 1, 2026 | 294 | 527 | 79.1% |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 392 | 528 | 75.0% |
| Sep 29, 2026 | 521 | 523 | 4.4% |
| Sep 28, 2026 | 509 | 512 | 4.5% |
| Sep 27, 2026 | 430 | 432 | 5.3% |