| Critical Data with Normal Counts |
|---|
| Type | Description | Hourly Count | Monthly Average | Percent (%) of Monthly Mean | UTC Time Window |
acars |
Automated MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (from ARINC) |
54900 |
51637 |
106.3 % |
1420.75-1503.25 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
521 |
455 |
114.5 % |
1423.50-1500.50 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
95834 |
98698 |
97.1 % |
1423.00-1501.00 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
271207 |
262765 |
103.2 % |
1422.75-1423.99 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
328 |
318 |
103.1 % |
1423.00-1423.50 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
8783 |
8998 |
97.6 % |
1422.50-1501.50 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
9656 |
8587 |
112.4 % |
1422.50-1501.50 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
617 |
591 |
104.4 % |
1423.50-1500.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
497 |
445 |
111.7 % |
1423.50-1500.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
5504 |
5658 |
97.3 % |
1423.50-1500.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
15 |
16 |
93.8 % |
1423.50-1500.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
46711 |
47513 |
98.3 % |
1423.50-1500.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
40469 |
41893 |
96.6 % |
1423.50-1500.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
60 |
60 |
100.0 % |
1423.50-1500.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
357 |
344 |
103.8 % |
1423.50-1500.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
5 |
5 |
100.0 % |
1423.50-1500.50 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
150 |
154 |
97.4 % |
1423.50-1500.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1423.50-1500.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
5507 |
6318 |
87.2 % |
1423.50-1500.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
1233 |
1273 |
96.9 % |
1423.50-1500.50 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
57 |
80 |
71.2 % |
1423.50-1500.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
281 |
288 |
97.6 % |
1423.50-1500.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
156 |
163 |
95.7 % |
1423.50-1500.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
777 |
762 |
102.0 % |
1423.50-1500.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
245 |
236 |
103.8 % |
1423.50-1500.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
587 |
604 |
97.2 % |
1423.50-1500.50 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
14821 |
14568 |
101.7 % |
1423.50-1500.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
132 |
125 |
105.6 % |
1423.50-1500.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
149 |
158 |
94.3 % |
1423.50-1500.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
42 |
45 |
93.3 % |
1423.50-1500.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
11315 |
12052 |
93.9 % |
1423.50-1500.50 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
677 |
702 |
96.4 % |
1423.50-1500.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
566 |
564 |
100.4 % |
1423.00-1501.00 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
16 |
16 |
100.0 % |
1422.50-1501.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
166 |
163 |
101.8 % |
1423.00-1501.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
36 |
41 |
87.8 % |
1423.50-1500.50 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
288 |
261 |
110.3 % |
1423.50-1500.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
2096 |
2114 |
99.1 % |
1423.50-1500.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1423.50-1500.50 |
| Data Types of Opportunity with Normal Counts |
|---|
| Type | Description | Hourly Count | Monthly Average | Percent (%) of Monthly Mean | UTC Time Window |
1bamua |
NOAA 15-19 & METOP-2 AMSU-A NCEP-proc. br. temps |
50076 |
45186 |
110.8 % |
1421.00-1502.99 |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
77947 |
61848 |
126.0 % |
1421.00-1502.99 |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
18959 |
14971 |
126.6 % |
1421.00-1502.99 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
89911 |
77426 |
116.1 % |
1421.00-1502.99 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
360618 |
311304 |
115.8 % |
1421.00-1502.99 |
acarsa |
Auto. MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (ARINC) via AFWA |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1420.75-1503.25 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
920 |
1050 |
87.6 % |
1420.75-1503.25 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
26788 |
17455 |
153.5 % |
1421.00-1502.99 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
5599 |
7114 |
78.7 % |
1420.75-1503.25 |
ascat |
METOP-2 ASCAT products |
19238 |
11035 |
174.3 % |
1422.00-1502.00 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
2705 |
2375 |
113.9 % |
1420.75-1503.25 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
5 |
7 |
71.4 % |
1423.50-1500.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1423.00-1501.00 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
2296 |
2188 |
104.9 % |
1420.75-1503.25 |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 AMSU-A proc. bright. temps from RARS |
21109 |
18325 |
115.2 % |
1423.00-1501.00 |
esamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B proc. bright. temps from RARS |
83515 |
77276 |
108.1 % |
1423.00-1501.00 |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 HIRS-3/-4 proc bright. temps from RARS |
48611 |
46887 |
103.7 % |
1423.00-1501.00 |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 MHS processed bright. temps from RARS |
125174 |
116915 |
107.1 % |
1423.00-1501.00 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
5328 |
5357 |
99.5 % |
1422.50-1501.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
4044 |
2737 |
147.8 % |
1422.50-1501.50 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1422.50-1501.50 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
2669 |
2726 |
97.9 % |
1422.50-1501.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
3586 |
2718 |
131.9 % |
1422.50-1501.50 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1422.50-1501.50 |
lgycld |
GOES/NASA(Langley) hi-res. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
1436310 |
1256218 |
114.3 % |
1423.50-1500.50 |
ltnglr |
LLDN Long-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1423.50-1500.50 |
ltngsr |
NLDN Shrt-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
18903 |
9669 |
195.5 % |
1423.50-1500.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
13 |
12 |
108.3 % |
1423.50-1500.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
90 |
87 |
103.4 % |
1423.50-1500.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
174 |
172 |
101.2 % |
1423.50-1500.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1423.50-1500.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
48 |
41 |
117.1 % |
1423.50-1500.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1689 |
1923 |
87.8 % |
1423.50-1500.50 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1423.00-1501.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
102 |
133 |
76.7 % |
1420.75-1503.25 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
138 |
166 |
83.1 % |
1422.50-1501.50 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1422.50-1501.50 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
1164287 |
1190092 |
97.8 % |
1423.00-1501.00 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
152471 |
162727 |
93.7 % |
1423.00-1501.00 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
1 |
0.0 % |
1423.00-1501.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
4 |
4 |
100.0 % |
1423.00-1501.00 |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
1952153 |
1898622 |
102.8 % |
1423.50-1500.49 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
1 |
0.0 % |
1423.00-1501.00 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
7 |
6 |
116.7 % |
1423.50-1500.50 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
84 |
84 |
100.0 % |
1423.50-1500.50 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1420.75-1503.25 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1420.75-1503.25 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1420.75-1503.25 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1422.50-1501.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
541 |
640 |
84.5 % |
1422.50-1501.50 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
16840 |
16110 |
104.5 % |
1422.50-1501.50 |
wdsat |
CORIOLIS WindSat products from FNMOC |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1422.00-1502.00 |
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