| 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 |
9296 |
15185 |
61.2 % |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
0 |
49143 |
0.0 % |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
0 |
12246 |
0.0 % |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
16270 |
27343 |
59.5 % |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
60775 |
105836 |
57.4 % |
acars |
Automated MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (from ARINC) |
14606 |
13502 |
108.2 % |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
1973 |
2010 |
98.2 % |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
10750 |
10961 |
98.1 % |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
1033 |
1139 |
90.7 % |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
870 |
1142 |
76.2 % |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
3966 |
3841 |
103.3 % |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
155275 |
191544 |
81.1 % |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
260 |
253 |
102.8 % |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
8204 |
7438 |
110.3 % |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
8522 |
8046 |
105.9 % |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
1444 |
1512 |
95.5 % |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
1045 |
985 |
106.1 % |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
16208 |
16316 |
99.3 % |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
0 |
40 |
0.0 % |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
714 |
659 |
108.3 % |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
32 |
30 |
106.7 % |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
130 |
107 |
121.5 % |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
1792 |
1706 |
105.0 % |
msomin |
Mesonet/MADIS Minnesota Dept. of Transportation |
2326 |
2357 |
98.7 % |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
1357 |
1346 |
100.8 % |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
4688 |
4720 |
99.3 % |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
28176 |
28932 |
97.4 % |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
26862 |
28200 |
95.3 % |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
1729 |
2012 |
85.9 % |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
687 |
674 |
101.9 % |
pibal |
Pibal |
1 |
0 |
n/a |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
41 |
66 |
62.1 % |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
48 |
53 |
90.6 % |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
1084692 |
1132355 |
95.8 % |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
179 |
177 |
101.1 % |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
1 |
5 |
20.0 % |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
551 |
503 |
109.5 % |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
3795 |
3801 |
99.8 % |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
133 |
133 |
100.0 % |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
730 |
709 |
103.0 % |
| 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 |
16533 |
15255 |
108.4 % |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
24 |
22 |
109.1 % |
gpsro |
GPS radio occultation data |
15 |
20 |
75.0 % |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
6509 |
6678 |
97.5 % |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
2067 |
2139 |
96.6 % |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
3999 |
3892 |
102.7 % |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
1522 |
2171 |
70.1 % |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
50 |
46 |
108.7 % |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
165 |
154 |
107.1 % |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
102165 |
102978 |
99.2 % |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
99399 |
104552 |
95.1 % |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
146 |
178 |
82.0 % |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
363 |
421 |
86.2 % |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
386 |
366 |
105.5 % |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
17975 |
18366 |
97.9 % |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
4197 |
3976 |
105.6 % |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
805 |
786 |
102.4 % |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
121 |
113 |
107.1 % |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
575 |
544 |
105.7 % |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
274 |
272 |
100.7 % |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
119 |
122 |
97.5 % |
mtiasi |
METOP-2 IASI 1C radiance data (variable channels) |
23398 |
20222 |
115.7 % |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
381 |
339 |
112.4 % |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
313134 |
329671 |
95.0 % |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
64 |
71 |
90.1 % |
rd2rft |
NEXRAD reflectivity (Lvl 2 - GTS) |
5971426 |
6426922 |
92.9 % |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
2156641 |
2974004 |
72.5 % |
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 |
4582 |
4785 |
95.8 % |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
5150 |
3719 |
138.5 % |
wdsat |
CORIOLIS WindSat products from FNMOC |
0 |
0 |
n/a |