| 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) |
46304 |
49212 |
94.1 % |
2121.75-2204.25 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
254 |
299 |
84.9 % |
2200.50-2201.50 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
27208 |
31819 |
85.5 % |
2200.00-2202.00 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
163684 |
163229 |
100.3 % |
2123.75-2200.99 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
308 |
297 |
103.7 % |
2200.00-2200.50 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
10557 |
9313 |
113.4 % |
2122.50-2203.50 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
9982 |
8766 |
113.9 % |
2122.50-2203.50 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
257 |
308 |
83.4 % |
2200.50-2201.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
200 |
220 |
90.9 % |
2200.50-2201.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
5358 |
5214 |
102.8 % |
2200.50-2201.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
12 |
10 |
120.0 % |
2200.50-2201.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
30541 |
30703 |
99.5 % |
2200.50-2201.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
27852 |
28252 |
98.6 % |
2200.50-2201.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
30 |
41 |
73.2 % |
2200.50-2201.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
195 |
189 |
103.2 % |
2200.50-2201.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
3 |
3 |
100.0 % |
2200.50-2201.50 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
75 |
75 |
100.0 % |
2200.50-2201.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2200.50-2201.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
2613 |
2566 |
101.8 % |
2200.50-2201.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
1008 |
995 |
101.3 % |
2200.50-2201.50 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
53 |
61 |
86.9 % |
2200.50-2201.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
201 |
230 |
87.4 % |
2200.50-2201.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
84 |
85 |
98.8 % |
2200.50-2201.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
666 |
666 |
100.0 % |
2200.50-2201.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
179 |
176 |
101.7 % |
2200.50-2201.50 |
msomin |
Mesonet/MADIS Minnesota Dept. of Transportation |
662 |
676 |
97.9 % |
2200.50-2201.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
362 |
332 |
109.0 % |
2200.50-2201.50 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
11465 |
10860 |
105.6 % |
2200.50-2201.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
47 |
69 |
68.1 % |
2200.50-2201.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
85 |
94 |
90.4 % |
2200.50-2201.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
18 |
15 |
120.0 % |
2200.50-2201.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
6854 |
6351 |
107.9 % |
2200.50-2201.50 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
368 |
341 |
107.9 % |
2200.50-2201.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
295 |
286 |
103.1 % |
2200.00-2202.00 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
15 |
19 |
78.9 % |
2123.50-2202.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
148 |
146 |
101.4 % |
2200.00-2202.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
27 |
25 |
108.0 % |
2200.50-2201.50 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
120 |
130 |
92.3 % |
2200.50-2201.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
862 |
823 |
104.7 % |
2200.50-2201.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2200.50-2201.50 |
| 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 |
36295 |
36691 |
98.9 % |
2122.00-2203.99 |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
26030 |
53087 |
49.0 % |
2122.00-2203.99 |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
6342 |
12945 |
49.0 % |
2122.00-2203.99 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
56222 |
56544 |
99.4 % |
2122.00-2203.99 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
229383 |
224995 |
102.0 % |
2122.00-2203.99 |
acarsa |
Auto. MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (ARINC) via AFWA |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2121.75-2204.25 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
1005 |
1070 |
93.9 % |
2121.75-2204.25 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
44544 |
22378 |
199.1 % |
2122.00-2203.99 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
4669 |
3826 |
122.0 % |
2121.75-2204.25 |
ascat |
METOP-2 ASCAT products |
5117 |
7062 |
72.5 % |
2123.00-2203.00 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
2051 |
2142 |
95.8 % |
2121.75-2204.25 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
13 |
6 |
216.7 % |
2200.50-2201.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2200.00-2202.00 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
1550 |
1528 |
101.4 % |
2121.75-2204.25 |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 AMSU-A proc. bright. temps from RARS |
12026 |
11349 |
106.0 % |
2200.00-2202.00 |
esamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B proc. bright. temps from RARS |
44352 |
64594 |
68.7 % |
2200.00-2202.00 |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 HIRS-3/-4 proc bright. temps from RARS |
34573 |
29243 |
118.2 % |
2200.00-2202.00 |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 MHS processed bright. temps from RARS |
84595 |
63177 |
133.9 % |
2200.00-2202.00 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
5270 |
7558 |
69.7 % |
2123.50-2202.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
3795 |
2337 |
162.4 % |
2122.50-2203.50 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2122.50-2203.50 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
2686 |
3859 |
69.6 % |
2123.50-2202.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
3446 |
2575 |
133.8 % |
2122.50-2203.50 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2122.50-2203.50 |
lgycld |
GOES/NASA(Langley) hi-res. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
1064707 |
959666 |
110.9 % |
2200.50-2201.50 |
ltnglr |
LLDN Long-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2200.50-2201.50 |
ltngsr |
NLDN Shrt-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
14257 |
3295 |
432.7 % |
2200.50-2201.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
8 |
5 |
160.0 % |
2200.50-2201.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
46 |
47 |
97.9 % |
2200.50-2201.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
106 |
114 |
93.0 % |
2200.50-2201.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2200.50-2201.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
32 |
29 |
110.3 % |
2200.50-2201.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1273 |
1118 |
113.9 % |
2200.50-2201.50 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2200.00-2202.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
108 |
108 |
100.0 % |
2121.75-2204.25 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
143 |
128 |
111.7 % |
2123.50-2202.50 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2123.50-2202.50 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
1260318 |
985541 |
127.9 % |
2200.00-2202.00 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2200.00-2202.00 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2200.00-2202.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2200.00-2202.00 |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
1396124 |
910977 |
153.3 % |
2200.50-2201.49 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
1 |
0.0 % |
2200.00-2202.00 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
3 |
5 |
60.0 % |
2200.50-2201.50 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2200.50-2201.50 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2121.75-2204.25 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2121.75-2204.25 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2121.75-2204.25 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2123.50-2202.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
456 |
896 |
50.9 % |
2122.50-2203.50 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
13158 |
10580 |
124.4 % |
2122.50-2203.50 |
wdsat |
CORIOLIS WindSat products from FNMOC |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2123.00-2203.00 |