Storm Station

At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
LUKM2
Latitude
39.47920 N
Longitude
79.06530 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 168 reports in 162 hours over the last seven days
Rank
167of 564 in Maryland, Oct 4

On the radar over North Branch Potomac River AT LukeReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

At a river or reservoir gauge

Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 3 instruments in Maryland stand at one.

Station charts

North Branch Potomac River AT Luke Report

Rank 167 of 564 in Maryland, Oct 4. 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.

247 score97.9of 100

  1. Reports receivedweight 35100.0168 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1078.6half its reports arrived within 21 min
  3. Continuityweight 10100.0longest silence 62 min, on a schedule of one report every 60 min
  4. Accuracyweight 20--
  5. Instrument checksweight 15--
  6. Forecast checkweight 10--

The score is the weighted mean of its six parts, from the last 7 days. How a station is ranked sets out each part.

Rank
167of 564 in Maryland, Oct 4
Schedule
every houron the hour's :00
Reports received, 24 hours
24 of 24100% of its schedule
Reports received, 7 days
168 of 168100% of its schedule, 174 reports in all
Days reported, 30 days
-
Longest silence, 7 days
77 minfrom Oct 4, 4:00 AM
Latest report
Oct 4, 4:00 AMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
21 min9 in 10 within 25 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 564 ranked stations in Maryland on Oct 4 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, 2; 10 to 19 per cent, 8; 20 to 29 per cent, 14; 30 to 39 per cent, 16; 40 to 49 per cent, 11; 50 to 59 per cent, 11; 60 to 69 per cent, 42; 70 to 79 per cent, 96; 80 to 89 per cent, 25; 90 to 99 per cent, 190; 100 per cent, 149. North Branch Potomac River AT Luke received 100.0 per cent, 168 of 168 scheduled reports, rank 167 of 564.WHERE IT RANKS IN MARYLAND, Oct 4THIS ONE: 100.0%, 168 OF 168, RANK 167 OF 564PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101000 to 9210 to 19820 to 291430 to 391640 to 491150 to 591160 to 694270 to 799680 to 892590 to 99190100149STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of North Branch Potomac River AT Luke's rank in Maryland by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-04: 2026-09-26 rank 98 of 399; 2026-09-27 rank 145 of 402; 2026-09-28 rank 92 of 418; 2026-09-29 rank 95 of 424; 2026-09-30 rank 84 of 424; 2026-10-01 rank 59 of 426; 2026-10-02 rank 149 of 540; 2026-10-03 rank 148 of 540; 2026-10-04 rank 167 of 564.ITS RANK IN MARYLAND, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP150100150200Sep 26Sep 28Sep 30Oct 2Oct 4
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
100%149
90 to 99%190
80 to 89%25
70 to 79%96
60 to 69%42
50 to 59%11
40 to 49%11
30 to 39%16
20 to 29%14
10 to 19%8
0 to 9%2
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 4, 2026167564100.0%
Oct 3, 2026148540100.0%
Oct 2, 2026149540100.0%
Oct 1, 202659426100.0%
Sep 30, 202684424100.0%
Sep 29, 202695424100.0%
Sep 28, 202692418100.0%
Sep 27, 202614540297.8%
Sep 26, 202698399100.0%
Reports received at North Branch Potomac River AT Luke, reports from 0.0 to 5.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports02466 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 43 AM
Reports received at North Branch Potomac River AT Luke, reports from 0.0 to 5.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports0246Mon 28Tue 29Wed 30Thu 1Fri 2Sat 3Sun 4

The whole record, Sep 8, 2011 to Sep 29, 2015, 843 days reported.

Average precipitation by month at North Branch Potomac River AT Luke, precipitation from 1.12 to 6.12, the latest 2.43, in inches.AVERAGE PRECIPITATION BY MONTHin0.002.004.006.008.00JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Days reported, by year at North Branch Potomac River AT Luke, days reported from 115.0 to 337.0, the latest 259.0, in days.DAYS REPORTED, BY YEARdays01002003003662011201220142015
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
MonthAverage high FAverage low FRecord high FRecord low FAverage precipitation inStrongest gust mph
Jan----2.25-
Feb----1.12-
Mar----3.68-
Apr----2.76-
May----3.43-
Jun----6.12-
Jul----3.15-
Aug----1.93-
Sep----2.22-
Oct----4.10-
Nov----1.82-
Dec----2.43-

The instrumentWhat an instrument is FB-INS-001

What it seesMoon and tides FB-CLK-003Hurricane FB-EVT-043Nor'easter FB-EVT-066Flash flood FB-EVT-100Coastal flood FB-EVT-105

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