| 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) |
51634 |
59955 |
86.1 % |
2220.75-2303.25 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
494 |
469 |
105.3 % |
2223.50-2300.50 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
40776 |
105716 |
38.6 % |
2223.00-2301.00 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
104838 |
271034 |
38.7 % |
2222.75-2223.99 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
314 |
299 |
105.0 % |
2223.00-2223.50 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
4860 |
9388 |
51.8 % |
2222.50-2301.50 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
3601 |
8826 |
40.8 % |
2222.50-2301.50 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
577 |
618 |
93.4 % |
2223.50-2300.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
447 |
405 |
110.4 % |
2223.50-2300.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
5751 |
5648 |
101.8 % |
2223.50-2300.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
20 |
16 |
125.0 % |
2223.50-2300.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
47778 |
47300 |
101.0 % |
2223.50-2300.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
43611 |
42799 |
101.9 % |
2223.50-2300.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
52 |
56 |
92.9 % |
2223.50-2300.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
362 |
335 |
108.1 % |
2223.50-2300.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
5 |
5 |
100.0 % |
2223.50-2300.50 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
150 |
150 |
100.0 % |
2223.50-2300.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2223.50-2300.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
6049 |
5913 |
102.3 % |
2223.50-2300.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
1272 |
1328 |
95.8 % |
2223.50-2300.50 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
81 |
85 |
95.3 % |
2223.50-2300.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
263 |
306 |
85.9 % |
2223.50-2300.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
178 |
180 |
98.9 % |
2223.50-2300.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
777 |
788 |
98.6 % |
2223.50-2300.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
238 |
237 |
100.4 % |
2223.50-2300.50 |
msomin |
Mesonet/MADIS Minnesota Dept. of Transportation |
843 |
866 |
97.3 % |
2223.50-2300.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
624 |
579 |
107.8 % |
2223.50-2300.50 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
15646 |
15219 |
102.8 % |
2223.50-2300.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
122 |
129 |
94.6 % |
2223.50-2300.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
159 |
163 |
97.5 % |
2223.50-2300.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
48 |
42 |
114.3 % |
2223.50-2300.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
11072 |
11206 |
98.8 % |
2223.50-2300.50 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
752 |
639 |
117.7 % |
2223.50-2300.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
572 |
527 |
108.5 % |
2223.00-2301.00 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
16 |
18 |
88.9 % |
2222.50-2301.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
167 |
166 |
100.6 % |
2223.00-2301.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
43 |
39 |
110.3 % |
2223.50-2300.50 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
252 |
264 |
95.5 % |
2223.50-2300.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
2151 |
2119 |
101.5 % |
2223.50-2300.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2223.50-2300.50 |
| 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 |
43126 |
45140 |
95.5 % |
2221.00-2302.99 |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
25485 |
67060 |
38.0 % |
2221.00-2302.99 |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
6237 |
16310 |
38.2 % |
2221.00-2302.99 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
89538 |
74013 |
121.0 % |
2221.00-2302.99 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
359535 |
294833 |
121.9 % |
2221.00-2302.99 |
acarsa |
Auto. MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (ARINC) via AFWA |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2220.75-2303.25 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
1028 |
993 |
103.5 % |
2220.75-2303.25 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
23069 |
16791 |
137.4 % |
2221.00-2302.99 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
5377 |
4688 |
114.7 % |
2220.75-2303.25 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
2333 |
2489 |
93.7 % |
2220.75-2303.25 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
13 |
8 |
162.5 % |
2223.50-2300.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2223.00-2301.00 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
2095 |
2045 |
102.4 % |
2220.75-2303.25 |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 AMSU-A proc. bright. temps from RARS |
15519 |
16161 |
96.0 % |
2223.00-2301.00 |
esamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B proc. bright. temps from RARS |
59586 |
69584 |
85.6 % |
2223.00-2301.00 |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 HIRS-3/-4 proc bright. temps from RARS |
43092 |
41079 |
104.9 % |
2223.00-2301.00 |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 MHS processed bright. temps from RARS |
104266 |
98079 |
106.3 % |
2223.00-2301.00 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
4886 |
8489 |
57.6 % |
2222.50-2301.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
2473 |
2419 |
102.2 % |
2222.50-2301.50 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2222.50-2301.50 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
2486 |
4310 |
57.7 % |
2222.50-2301.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
2179 |
2651 |
82.2 % |
2222.50-2301.50 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2222.50-2301.50 |
lgycld |
GOES/NASA(Langley) hi-res. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
730508 |
1284979 |
56.8 % |
2223.50-2300.50 |
ltnglr |
LLDN Long-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2223.50-2300.50 |
ltngsr |
NLDN Shrt-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
4891 |
5139 |
95.2 % |
2223.50-2300.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
15 |
11 |
136.4 % |
2223.50-2300.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
84 |
87 |
96.6 % |
2223.50-2300.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
175 |
172 |
101.7 % |
2223.50-2300.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2223.50-2300.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
42 |
37 |
113.5 % |
2223.50-2300.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1677 |
1733 |
96.8 % |
2223.50-2300.50 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2223.00-2301.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
113 |
138 |
81.9 % |
2220.75-2303.25 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
166 |
160 |
103.8 % |
2222.50-2301.50 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2222.50-2301.50 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
1192779 |
1022564 |
116.6 % |
2223.00-2301.00 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
171492 |
137528 |
124.7 % |
2223.00-2301.00 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
1 |
1 |
100.0 % |
2223.00-2301.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
3 |
4 |
75.0 % |
2223.00-2301.00 |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
1673232 |
1404750 |
119.1 % |
2223.50-2300.49 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
1 |
0.0 % |
2223.00-2301.00 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
8 |
6 |
133.3 % |
2223.50-2300.50 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
83 |
84 |
98.8 % |
2223.50-2300.50 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2220.75-2303.25 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2220.75-2303.25 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2220.75-2303.25 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2222.50-2301.49 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
12522 |
10346 |
121.0 % |
2222.50-2301.50 |
wdsat |
CORIOLIS WindSat products from FNMOC |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2222.00-2302.00 |
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