Minority Report

Parkersburg, WV — every free forecast we can get, averaged to be a little more right. County seat of Wood County.

Updated Friday, November 13, 2026. Recorded fresh this morning from five free sources, and graded later against what the weather actually did.

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Thursday, November 12

High 51°   Low 42°   Rain 88%

They disagree — a coin flip (highs spread 2°, rain spread 31 points, 4 sources)

Minority report — Thursday, November 12: the US model (GFS) stands apart, rain 69% against a group average of 88%.
Thursday, November 12 — every source
SourceHighLowRain
National Weather Service—36°71%
US model (GFS)50°43°69%
European model (ECMWF)51°44°100%
German model (ICON)52°43°98%
Canadian model (GEM)51°44°100%
The average51°42°88%

Friday, November 13

High 47°   Low 36°   Rain 71%

They disagree — a coin flip (highs spread 3°, rain spread 79 points, 5 sources)

Minority report — Friday, November 13: the National Weather Service stands apart, rain 21% against a group average of 71%.
Friday, November 13 — every source
SourceHighLowRain
National Weather Service48°31°21%
US model (GFS)45°36°68%
European model (ECMWF)47°38°100%
German model (ICON)47°36°75%
Canadian model (GEM)48°39°89%
The average47°36°71%

Saturday, November 14

High 45°   Low 32°   Rain 10%

Pretty close — fairly safe (highs spread 4°, rain spread 22 points, 5 sources)

Minority report — Saturday, November 14: the Canadian model (GEM) stands apart, rain 24% against a group average of 10%.
Saturday, November 14 — every source
SourceHighLowRain
National Weather Service46°32°2%
US model (GFS)45°32°8%
European model (ECMWF)47°34°4%
German model (ICON)45°32°10%
Canadian model (GEM)44°32°24%
The average45°32°10%

Sunday, November 15

High 47°   Low 34°   Rain 1%

Pretty close — fairly safe (highs spread 4°, rain spread 3 points, 5 sources)

Sunday, November 15 — every source
SourceHighLowRain
National Weather Service49°30°0%
US model (GFS)48°40°0%
European model (ECMWF)47°41°2%
German model (ICON)49°32°3%
Canadian model (GEM)44°29°0%
The average47°34°1%

Scoreboard — who has been most right (all recorded cities)

Scoring has started — every forecast is being recorded. The first grades land once the historical record publishes what actually happened (it runs a few days behind), and this board fills in from there.