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At a fire lookout or ranger station

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
LMLW2
Latitude
39.00000 N
Longitude
79.88330 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 168 reports in 169 hours over the last seven days
Observed
11:05 PMEDT, 38 minutes ago
Precipitation today
0.6in

Ranking Statistics

At a fire lookout or ranger station

Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. It is the only instrument in West Virginia that stands at one.

Station charts

Laurel Mountain Lookout Report

Rank 68 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 score98.1of 100

West Virginia median
92.4the median score of 711 stations
Scoring higher
63stations in West Virginia
Sharing its score
21ranks 64 to 84
Points deducted
1.90.9 accuracy, 0.6 forecast check, 0.4 arrival
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; West Virginia median 95.6, 100.0, 93.9
Next above
RDCW2rank 67; ahead on median arrival 11 min 51 s against 11 min 52 s
Next below
MNSW2rank 70; behind on longest silence 65 min against 66 min
Sharing its rank
1other 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 35100.035.0 of 35 pointsWest Virginia median 89.9168 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1096.39.6 of 10 pointsWest Virginia median 87.5half its reports arrived within 12 min
  3. Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsWest Virginia median 100.0longest silence 65 min, 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 hour
Reports received, 24 hours
24 of 24100% of its schedule, 34 reports in all
Reports received, 7 days
168 of 168100% of its schedule, 235 reports in all
Days reported, 30 days
29 of 30
Longest silence, 7 days
65 minfrom Oct 12, 2:00 AM
Latest report
Oct 15, 11:05 PMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
12 min9 in 10 within 16 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. Laurel Mountain Lookout received 100.0 per cent, 168 of 168 scheduled reports, rank 68 of 711.WHERE IT RANKS IN WEST VIRGINIA, Oct 16THIS ONE: 100.0%, 168 OF 168, RANK 68 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 Laurel Mountain Lookout's rank in West Virginia by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-16: 2026-09-26 rank 8 of 387; 2026-09-27 rank 279 of 432; 2026-09-28 rank 322 of 512; 2026-09-29 rank 318 of 523; 2026-09-30 rank 19 of 528; 2026-10-01 rank 18 of 527; 2026-10-02 rank 68 of 583; 2026-10-03 rank 68 of 583; 2026-10-04 rank 72 of 589; 2026-10-05 rank 69 of 653; 2026-10-06 rank 67 of 656; 2026-10-07 rank 66 of 703; 2026-10-08 rank 66 of 703; 2026-10-09 rank 68 of 704; 2026-10-10 rank 69 of 704; 2026-10-11 rank 68 of 704; 2026-10-12 rank 72 of 703; 2026-10-13 rank 79 of 706; 2026-10-14 rank 73 of 707; 2026-10-15 rank 64 of 706; 2026-10-16 rank 68 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, 202668711100.0%
Oct 15, 202664706100.0%
Oct 14, 20267370799.4%
Oct 13, 20267970699.4%
Oct 12, 20267270399.4%
Oct 11, 20266870499.4%
Oct 10, 20266970499.4%
Oct 9, 20266870499.4%
Oct 8, 20266670399.4%
Oct 7, 202666703100.0%
Oct 6, 202667656100.0%
Oct 5, 202669653100.0%
Oct 4, 202672589100.0%
Oct 3, 202668583100.0%
Oct 2, 202668583100.0%
Oct 1, 202618527100.0%
Sep 30, 202619528100.0%
Sep 29, 202631852394.0%
Sep 28, 202632251296.0%
Sep 27, 202627943296.0%
Sep 26, 20268387100.0%
Reports received at Laurel Mountain Lookout, reports from 3.0 to 13.0, the latest 3.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports051015Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM
Reports received at Laurel Mountain Lookout, reports from 1.0 to 13.0, the latest 3.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports051015Fri 9Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15
High and Low at Laurel Mountain Lookout, high from 58.7 to 80.2, the latest 62.6; low from 41.9 to 69.7, the latest 58.7, in degrees Fahrenheit.HIGH AND LOWF405060708090Sep 17Sep 22Sep 27Oct 2Oct 7Oct 12HIGHLOW
Precipitation at Laurel Mountain Lookout, precipitation from 0.00 to 1.84, the latest 0.60, in inches.PRECIPITATIONin0.000.501.001.502.00Sep 17Sep 22Sep 27Oct 2Oct 7Oct 12
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
DayHigh FLow FPrecipitation in
Oct 15--0.60
Oct 14--0.63
Oct 13--0.00
Oct 12--0.32
Oct 11--1.84
Oct 10--0.20
Oct 9--0.00
Oct 8--0.00
Oct 7--0.00
Oct 6--0.00
Oct 5--0.00
Oct 4--0.00
Oct 3--0.12
Oct 2--0.16
Oct 1--0.00
Sep 30--0.00
Sep 2962.658.70.04
Sep 2858.754.10.04
Sep 2761.146.60.00
Sep 2663.842.10.00
Sep 2562.041.90.00
Sep 2463.148.10.00
Sep 2360.754.11.20
Sep 2268.358.40.72
Sep 2173.461.70.83
Sep 2076.067.40.44
Sep 1980.261.10.16
Sep 1874.367.10.08
Sep 1780.069.70.00

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