| 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) |
46464 |
46829 |
99.2 % |
1421.75-1504.25 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
324 |
322 |
100.6 % |
1500.50-1501.50 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
31685 |
39733 |
79.7 % |
1500.00-1502.00 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
163429 |
183385 |
89.1 % |
1423.75-1500.99 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
323 |
316 |
102.2 % |
1500.00-1500.50 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
8783 |
8998 |
97.6 % |
1422.50-1503.50 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
9656 |
8587 |
112.4 % |
1422.50-1503.50 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
306 |
304 |
100.7 % |
1500.50-1501.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
256 |
238 |
107.6 % |
1500.50-1501.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
5168 |
5248 |
98.5 % |
1500.50-1501.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
9 |
10 |
90.0 % |
1500.50-1501.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
24781 |
31014 |
79.9 % |
1500.50-1501.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
26639 |
27612 |
96.5 % |
1500.50-1501.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
39 |
40 |
97.5 % |
1500.50-1501.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
230 |
191 |
120.4 % |
1500.50-1501.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
3 |
3 |
100.0 % |
1500.50-1501.50 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
100 |
97 |
103.1 % |
1500.50-1501.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1500.50-1501.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
2434 |
2585 |
94.2 % |
1500.50-1501.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
921 |
961 |
95.8 % |
1500.50-1501.50 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
34 |
55 |
61.8 % |
1500.50-1501.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
217 |
219 |
99.1 % |
1500.50-1501.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
64 |
78 |
82.1 % |
1500.50-1501.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
666 |
666 |
100.0 % |
1500.50-1501.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
178 |
174 |
102.3 % |
1500.50-1501.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
358 |
363 |
98.6 % |
1500.50-1501.50 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
10358 |
10200 |
101.5 % |
1500.50-1501.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
51 |
62 |
82.3 % |
1500.50-1501.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
86 |
98 |
87.8 % |
1500.50-1501.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
18 |
18 |
100.0 % |
1500.50-1501.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
7118 |
6623 |
107.5 % |
1500.50-1501.50 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
338 |
332 |
101.8 % |
1500.50-1501.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
292 |
294 |
99.3 % |
1500.00-1502.00 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
16 |
16 |
100.0 % |
1423.50-1502.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
145 |
144 |
100.7 % |
1500.00-1502.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
23 |
25 |
92.0 % |
1500.50-1501.50 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
142 |
127 |
111.8 % |
1500.50-1501.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
813 |
829 |
98.1 % |
1500.50-1501.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1500.50-1501.50 |
| 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 |
48552 |
37201 |
130.5 % |
1422.00-1503.99 |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
68715 |
56969 |
120.6 % |
1422.00-1503.99 |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
16749 |
13867 |
120.8 % |
1422.00-1503.99 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
75094 |
58140 |
129.2 % |
1422.00-1503.99 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
302334 |
234735 |
128.8 % |
1422.00-1503.99 |
acarsa |
Auto. MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (ARINC) via AFWA |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1421.75-1504.25 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
975 |
1137 |
85.8 % |
1421.75-1504.25 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
12718 |
18841 |
67.5 % |
1422.00-1503.99 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
5442 |
6587 |
82.6 % |
1421.75-1504.25 |
ascat |
METOP-2 ASCAT products |
2016 |
4116 |
49.0 % |
1423.00-1503.00 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
2389 |
2010 |
118.9 % |
1421.75-1504.25 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
5 |
6 |
83.3 % |
1500.50-1501.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1500.00-1502.00 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
1802 |
1644 |
109.6 % |
1421.75-1504.25 |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 AMSU-A proc. bright. temps from RARS |
17009 |
12556 |
135.5 % |
1500.00-1502.00 |
esamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B proc. bright. temps from RARS |
72265 |
70193 |
103.0 % |
1500.00-1502.00 |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 HIRS-3/-4 proc bright. temps from RARS |
44659 |
32709 |
136.5 % |
1500.00-1502.00 |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 MHS processed bright. temps from RARS |
111943 |
70107 |
159.7 % |
1500.00-1502.00 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
5352 |
5350 |
100.0 % |
1423.50-1502.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
4044 |
2737 |
147.8 % |
1422.50-1503.50 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1422.50-1503.50 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
2650 |
2724 |
97.3 % |
1423.50-1502.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
3586 |
2718 |
131.9 % |
1422.50-1503.50 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1422.50-1503.50 |
lgycld |
GOES/NASA(Langley) hi-res. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
1052447 |
949180 |
110.9 % |
1500.50-1501.50 |
ltnglr |
LLDN Long-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1500.50-1501.50 |
ltngsr |
NLDN Shrt-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
11122 |
7191 |
154.7 % |
1500.50-1501.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
9 |
5 |
180.0 % |
1500.50-1501.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
49 |
47 |
104.3 % |
1500.50-1501.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
139 |
110 |
126.4 % |
1500.50-1501.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1500.50-1501.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
40 |
33 |
121.2 % |
1500.50-1501.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1361 |
1284 |
106.0 % |
1500.50-1501.50 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1500.00-1502.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
76 |
107 |
71.0 % |
1421.75-1504.25 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
106 |
133 |
79.7 % |
1423.50-1502.50 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1423.50-1502.50 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
1096819 |
1124276 |
97.6 % |
1500.00-1502.00 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1500.00-1502.00 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1500.00-1502.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1500.00-1502.00 |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
1378666 |
1220946 |
112.9 % |
1500.50-1501.49 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
1 |
0.0 % |
1500.00-1502.00 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
3 |
5 |
60.0 % |
1500.50-1501.50 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1500.50-1501.50 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1421.75-1504.25 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1421.75-1504.25 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1421.75-1504.25 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1423.50-1502.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
541 |
640 |
84.5 % |
1422.50-1503.50 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
17391 |
16380 |
106.2 % |
1422.50-1503.50 |
wdsat |
CORIOLIS WindSat products from FNMOC |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1423.00-1503.00 |
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