Storm Station

At a fire lookout or ranger station

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
OLSW2
Latitude
39.10670 N
Longitude
79.60220 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 40 reports in 41 hours over the last seven days
Rank
579of 589 in West Virginia, Oct 4
Precipitation this hour
-
Precipitation today
-

On the radar over Olson LookoutReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

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

Olson Lookout Report

Rank 579 of 589 in West Virginia, 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 score59.8of 100

  1. Reports receivedweight 3513.940 of 288 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1087.3half its reports arrived within 16 min
  3. Continuityweight 1018.4longest silence 23.4 h, on a schedule of one report every 35 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
579of 589 in West Virginia, Oct 4
Schedule
every 35 min
Reports received, 24 hours
2 of 414.8% of its schedule
Reports received, 7 days
40 of 28813.8% of its schedule, 51 reports in all
Days reported, 30 days
29 of 30
Longest silence, 7 days
23 h 25 minfrom Oct 1, 3:00 PM
Latest report
Oct 4, 3:00 AMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
16 min9 in 10 within 17 min

From Storm Station's own record of every report it heard from this station.

Its schedule is one report every 35 min, 41 in 24 hours. Two reports in the same 35 min count as one received.

Chart of the 589 ranked stations in West Virginia 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, 12; 10 to 19 per cent, 45; 20 to 29 per cent, 18; 30 to 39 per cent, 15; 40 to 49 per cent, 54; 50 to 59 per cent, 52; 60 to 69 per cent, 24; 70 to 79 per cent, 45; 80 to 89 per cent, 18; 90 to 99 per cent, 172; 100 per cent, 134. Olson Lookout received 13.8 per cent, 40 of 288 scheduled reports, rank 579 of 589.WHERE IT RANKS IN WEST VIRGINIA, Oct 4THIS ONE: 13.8%, 40 OF 288, RANK 579 OF 589PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101000 to 91210 to 194520 to 291830 to 391540 to 495450 to 595260 to 692470 to 794580 to 891890 to 99172100134STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of Olson Lookout's rank in West Virginia by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-28 to 2026-10-04: 2026-09-28 rank 498 of 512; 2026-09-29 rank 483 of 523; 2026-09-30 rank 485 of 528; 2026-10-01 rank 480 of 527; 2026-10-02 rank 571 of 583; 2026-10-03 rank 572 of 583; 2026-10-04 rank 579 of 589.ITS RANK IN WEST VIRGINIA, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP1200400600Sep 28Sep 30Oct 2Oct 4
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
100%134
90 to 99%172
80 to 89%18
70 to 79%45
60 to 69%24
50 to 59%52
40 to 49%54
30 to 39%15
20 to 29%18
10 to 19%45
0 to 9%12
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 4, 202657958913.8%
Oct 3, 202657258311.2%
Oct 2, 202657158311.2%
Oct 1, 202648052723.0%
Sep 30, 202648552822.8%
Sep 29, 202648352322.7%
Sep 28, 20264985129.9%
Reports received at Olson Lookout, reports from 0.0 to 2.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports00.511.529 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 43 AM6 AM
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
HourPrecipitation inReports
Sun 4, 3 AM0.001
Reports received at Olson Lookout, reports from 0.0 to 15.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports051015Mon 28Tue 29Wed 30Thu 1Fri 2Sat 3Sun 4
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
HourPrecipitation inReports
Sun 4, 3 AM0.001
Precipitation at Olson Lookout, precipitation from 0.00 to 0.83, the latest 0.00, in inches.PRECIPITATIONin0.000.250.500.751.00Sep 5Sep 10Sep 15Sep 20Sep 25Sep 30
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
DayPrecipitation in
Oct 40.00
Oct 30.12
Oct 20.82
Oct 10.00
Sep 300.00
Sep 290.12
Sep 280.08
Sep 270.00
Sep 260.00
Sep 240.00
Sep 230.04
Sep 220.76
Sep 210.60
Sep 200.36
Sep 190.00
Sep 180.00
Sep 170.63
Sep 160.00
Sep 150.00
Sep 140.00
Sep 130.36
Sep 120.04
Sep 110.24
Sep 100.60
Sep 90.00
Sep 80.00
Sep 70.00
Sep 60.04
Sep 50.83

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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