Storm Station
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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
GCPW2
Latitude
39.57860 N
Longitude
78.30940 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 167 reports in 167 hours over the last seven days
Observed
4:30 AMEDT, 2 hours ago

Ranking Statistics

At a river or reservoir gauge

Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 85 instruments in West Virginia stand at one.

Station charts

Cacapon River 3 SW Great Cacapon Report

Rank 283 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 score95.0of 100

West Virginia median
92.4the median score of 711 stations
Scoring higher
280stations in West Virginia
Sharing its score
7ranks 281 to 287
Points deducted
5.03.3 arrival, 0.9 accuracy, 0.6 forecast check, 0.2 reports received
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; West Virginia median 95.6, 100.0, 93.9
Next above
RCWW2rank 281; ahead on longest silence 90 min against 120 min
Next below
BKMW2rank 287; behind on reports received 99.4% against 91.2%
Sharing its rank
3other stations, equal on every measure

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 3599.434.8 of 35 pointsWest Virginia median 89.9167 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1066.66.7 of 10 pointsWest Virginia median 87.5half its reports arrived within 27 min
  3. Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsWest Virginia median 100.0longest silence 2 h, on a schedule of one report every 60 min
  4. Accuracyweight 20-19.1 of 20 points, at the medianWest Virginia median 95.6-
  5. Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianWest Virginia median 100.0-
  6. 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 (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 :30
Reports received, 24 hours
24 of 24100% of its schedule
Reports received, 7 days
167 of 16899.4% of its schedule
Days reported, 30 days
-
Longest silence, 7 days
2 hoursfrom Oct 12, 12:30 PM
Latest report
Oct 16, 2:30 AMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
27 min9 in 10 within 29 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 711 ranked stations in West 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, 14; 10 to 19 per cent, 140; 20 to 29 per cent, 65; 30 to 39 per cent, 11; 40 to 49 per cent, 23; 50 to 59 per cent, 38; 60 to 69 per cent, 8; 70 to 79 per cent, 17; 80 to 89 per cent, 40; 90 to 99 per cent, 194; 100 per cent, 161. Cacapon River 3 SW Great Cacapon received 99.4 per cent, 167 of 168 scheduled reports, rank 283 of 711.WHERE IT RANKS IN WEST VIRGINIA, Oct 16THIS ONE: 99.4%, 167 OF 168, RANK 283 OF 711PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101000 to 91410 to 1914020 to 296530 to 391140 to 492350 to 593860 to 69870 to 791780 to 894090 to 99194100161STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of Cacapon River 3 SW Great Cacapon's rank in West Virginia by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-16: 2026-09-26 rank 200 of 387; 2026-09-27 rank 159 of 432; 2026-09-28 rank 164 of 512; 2026-09-29 rank 124 of 523; 2026-09-30 rank 154 of 528; 2026-10-01 rank 135 of 527; 2026-10-02 rank 257 of 583; 2026-10-03 rank 254 of 583; 2026-10-04 rank 264 of 589; 2026-10-05 rank 259 of 653; 2026-10-06 rank 260 of 656; 2026-10-07 rank 284 of 703; 2026-10-08 rank 276 of 703; 2026-10-09 rank 277 of 704; 2026-10-10 rank 278 of 704; 2026-10-11 rank 276 of 704; 2026-10-12 rank 267 of 703; 2026-10-13 rank 305 of 706; 2026-10-14 rank 297 of 707; 2026-10-15 rank 293 of 706; 2026-10-16 rank 283 of 711.ITS RANK IN WEST VIRGINIA, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP1100200300400Sep 26Sep 30Oct 4Oct 8Oct 12Oct 16
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
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
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 16, 202628371199.4%
Oct 15, 202629370699.4%
Oct 14, 202629770798.2%
Oct 13, 202630570697.6%
Oct 12, 202626770398.2%
Oct 11, 202627670498.2%
Oct 10, 202627870497.6%
Oct 9, 202627770497.6%
Oct 8, 202627670397.0%
Oct 7, 202628470398.2%
Oct 6, 202626065698.8%
Oct 5, 202625965398.8%
Oct 4, 202626458998.8%
Oct 3, 202625458399.3%
Oct 2, 202625758399.3%
Oct 1, 2026135527100.0%
Sep 30, 2026154528100.0%
Sep 29, 2026124523100.0%
Sep 28, 2026164512100.0%
Sep 27, 2026159432100.0%
Sep 26, 2026200387100.0%
Reports received at Cacapon River 3 SW Great Cacapon, reports from 0.0 to 4.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports012349 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM
Reports received at Cacapon River 3 SW Great Cacapon, reports from 0.0 to 4.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports01234Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16

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