Weather/West Virginia/Instruments/SPTW2
Big Sandy Creek
At a river or reservoir gauge in Preston County, West VirginiaAt a river or reservoir gauge
DCP network, identified by the register
- Identifier
- SPTW2
- Latitude
- 39.71440 N
- Longitude
- 79.66030 W
- Elevation
- -
- Listed
- Automatically, on 71 reports in 59 hours over the last seven days
- Observed
- 8:00 AMEDT, 1 hour ago
- Precipitation this hour
- 0in
- Precipitation today
- 0in
Now, today, and the week
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Station charts
Big Sandy Creek Report
Rank 665 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 score58.4of 100
- West Virginia median
- 92.4the median score of 711 stations
- Scoring higher
- 664stations in West Virginia
- Sharing its score
- 1no other station
- Points deducted
- 41.628.8 reports received, 10.0 continuity, 1.3 arrival, 0.9 accuracy, 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 3517.66.2 of 35 pointsWest Virginia median 89.971 of 403 scheduled reports received in 7 days
- Arrivalweight 1086.98.7 of 10 pointsWest Virginia median 87.5half its reports arrived within 17 min
- Continuityweight 100.00.0 of 10 pointsWest Virginia median 100.0longest silence 2.3 days, on a schedule of one report every 25 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 (75 min), none for 72 (30 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 35 min
- Reports received, 24 hours
- 21 of 4151.2% of its schedule, 22 reports in all
- Reports received, 7 days
- 72 of 28825.0% of its schedule, 109 reports in all
- Days reported, 30 days
- 18 of 30
- Longest silence, 7 days
- 2 days 6 hoursfrom Oct 12, 8:00 AM
- Latest report
- Oct 16, 8:00 AMlocal time
- Time to reach Storm Station
- 17 min9 in 10 within 19 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.
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 | 665 | 711 | 17.6% |
| Oct 15, 2026 | 693 | 706 | 10.3% |
| Oct 14, 2026 | 695 | 707 | 9.3% |
| Oct 13, 2026 | 688 | 706 | 10.8% |
| Oct 12, 2026 | 684 | 703 | 10.4% |
| Oct 11, 2026 | 690 | 704 | 5.3% |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 696 | 704 | 5.0% |
| Oct 9, 2026 | 696 | 704 | 5.0% |
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
| Hour | Precipitation in | Reports |
|---|---|---|
| Fri 16, 8 AM | 0.00 | 1 |
| Fri 16, 6 AM | 0.00 | 1 |
| Fri 16, 5 AM | 0.00 | 1 |
| Fri 16, 4 AM | 0.00 | 1 |
| Fri 16, 3 AM | 0.00 | 1 |
| Fri 16, 2 AM | 0.00 | 1 |
| Fri 16, 1 AM | 0.00 | 1 |
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
| Hour | Precipitation in | Reports |
|---|---|---|
| Fri 16, 8 AM | 0.00 | 1 |
| Fri 16, 6 AM | 0.00 | 1 |
| Fri 16, 5 AM | 0.00 | 1 |
| Fri 16, 4 AM | 0.00 | 1 |
| Fri 16, 3 AM | 0.00 | 1 |
| Fri 16, 2 AM | 0.00 | 1 |
| Fri 16, 1 AM | 0.00 | 1 |
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
| Day | Precipitation in |
|---|---|
| Oct 16 | 0.00 |
| Oct 15 | 0.04 |
| Oct 14 | 0.28 |
| Oct 12 | 0.04 |
| Oct 11 | 2.15 |
| Oct 10 | 0.68 |
| Oct 9 | 0.00 |
| Oct 8 | 0.12 |
| Oct 6 | 0.20 |
| Oct 5 | 0.04 |
| Oct 4 | 0.00 |
| Sep 23 | 0.00 |
| Sep 22 | 0.20 |
| Sep 21 | 0.28 |
| Sep 20 | 0.08 |
| Sep 19 | 0.04 |
| Sep 18 | 0.00 |
| Sep 17 | 0.20 |