| Critical Data with Normal Counts |
| Type | Description | Hourly Count | Monthly Average | Percent (%) of Monthly Mean |
1bamua |
NOAA 15-19 & METOP-2 AMSU-A NCEP-proc. br. temps |
17891 |
20692 |
86.5 % |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
68992 |
56603 |
121.9 % |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
17166 |
13724 |
125.1 % |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
33540 |
30778 |
109.0 % |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
130726 |
119074 |
109.8 % |
acars |
Automated MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (from ARINC) |
26750 |
25812 |
103.6 % |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
894 |
985 |
90.8 % |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
13126 |
16114 |
81.5 % |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
6853 |
6195 |
110.6 % |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
2447 |
2352 |
104.0 % |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
945 |
1076 |
87.8 % |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
1801 |
1809 |
99.6 % |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
111588 |
135695 |
82.2 % |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
251 |
242 |
103.7 % |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
10170 |
8855 |
114.9 % |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
9831 |
9050 |
108.6 % |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
1586 |
1524 |
104.1 % |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
999 |
967 |
103.3 % |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
15180 |
15120 |
100.4 % |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
0 |
42 |
0.0 % |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
762 |
642 |
118.7 % |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
30 |
30 |
100.0 % |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
1792 |
1904 |
94.1 % |
msomin |
Mesonet/MADIS Minnesota Dept. of Transportation |
2332 |
2313 |
100.8 % |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
1349 |
1363 |
99.0 % |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
4907 |
4672 |
105.0 % |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
28452 |
28493 |
99.9 % |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
30051 |
27711 |
108.4 % |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
2128 |
1942 |
109.6 % |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
689 |
698 |
98.7 % |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
116 |
157 |
73.9 % |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
51 |
54 |
94.4 % |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
1228758 |
1223255 |
100.4 % |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
169 |
170 |
99.4 % |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
3 |
5 |
60.0 % |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
3 |
0.0 % |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
538 |
515 |
104.5 % |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
3729 |
3705 |
100.6 % |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
128 |
128 |
100.0 % |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
738 |
740 |
99.7 % |
| Data Types of Opportunity with Normal Counts |
| Type | Description | Hourly Count | Monthly Average | Percent (%) of Monthly Mean |
acarsa |
Auto. MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (ARINC) via AFWA |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
ascat |
METOP-2 ASCAT products |
21499 |
21690 |
99.1 % |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
30 |
32 |
93.8 % |
gpsro |
GPS radio occultation data |
26 |
32 |
81.2 % |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
6604 |
6177 |
106.9 % |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
3026 |
2538 |
119.2 % |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
3831 |
3569 |
107.3 % |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
3452 |
2684 |
128.6 % |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
51 |
46 |
110.9 % |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
160 |
156 |
102.6 % |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
119268 |
102666 |
116.2 % |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
113968 |
105748 |
107.8 % |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
134 |
172 |
77.9 % |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
375 |
400 |
93.8 % |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
360 |
361 |
99.7 % |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
18795 |
18187 |
103.3 % |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
4015 |
3965 |
101.3 % |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
797 |
798 |
99.9 % |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
429 |
349 |
122.9 % |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
138 |
128 |
107.8 % |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
552 |
537 |
102.8 % |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
240 |
275 |
87.3 % |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
508 |
509 |
99.8 % |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
117 |
123 |
95.1 % |
mtiasi |
METOP-2 IASI 1C radiance data (variable channels) |
28802 |
26794 |
107.5 % |
osbuv8 |
NOAA 16-19 Solar Backscatter UV-2 rad frm V8 BUFR |
103 |
82 |
125.6 % |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
370 |
342 |
108.2 % |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
319224 |
326855 |
97.7 % |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
68 |
71 |
95.8 % |
rd2rft |
NEXRAD reflectivity (Lvl 2 - GTS) |
8330183 |
7547468 |
110.4 % |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
3977587 |
3972743 |
100.1 % |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
1056 |
749 |
141.0 % |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
11763 |
14181 |
82.9 % |