| 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) |
46661 |
43308 |
107.7 % |
1422.75-1505.25 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
313 |
278 |
112.6 % |
1501.50-1502.50 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
107606 |
100761 |
106.8 % |
1501.00-1503.00 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
273559 |
240829 |
113.6 % |
1500.75-1501.99 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
326 |
316 |
103.2 % |
1501.00-1501.50 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1423.50-1504.50 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1423.50-1504.50 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
296 |
301 |
98.3 % |
1501.50-1502.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
268 |
245 |
109.4 % |
1501.50-1502.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
5116 |
5227 |
97.9 % |
1501.50-1502.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
9 |
10 |
90.0 % |
1501.50-1502.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
29565 |
30797 |
96.0 % |
1501.50-1502.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
21226 |
24880 |
85.3 % |
1501.50-1502.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
35 |
39 |
89.7 % |
1501.50-1502.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
227 |
190 |
119.5 % |
1501.50-1502.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
3 |
3 |
100.0 % |
1501.50-1502.50 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
100 |
100 |
100.0 % |
1501.50-1502.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1501.50-1502.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
2378 |
2515 |
94.6 % |
1501.50-1502.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
907 |
961 |
94.4 % |
1501.50-1502.50 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
33 |
53 |
62.3 % |
1501.50-1502.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
217 |
219 |
99.1 % |
1501.50-1502.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
71 |
77 |
92.2 % |
1501.50-1502.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
666 |
666 |
100.0 % |
1501.50-1502.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
178 |
173 |
102.9 % |
1501.50-1502.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
347 |
357 |
97.2 % |
1501.50-1502.50 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
11444 |
10973 |
104.3 % |
1501.50-1502.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
56 |
60 |
93.3 % |
1501.50-1502.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
105 |
95 |
110.5 % |
1501.50-1502.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
17 |
18 |
94.4 % |
1501.50-1502.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
6064 |
6302 |
96.2 % |
1501.50-1502.50 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
335 |
333 |
100.6 % |
1501.50-1502.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
292 |
290 |
100.7 % |
1501.00-1503.00 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
16 |
16 |
100.0 % |
1500.50-1503.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
1 |
0 |
n/a |
1501.00-1503.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
23 |
26 |
88.5 % |
1501.50-1502.50 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
147 |
129 |
114.0 % |
1501.50-1502.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
866 |
823 |
105.2 % |
1501.50-1502.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1501.50-1502.50 |
| 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 |
50454 |
37129 |
135.9 % |
1423.00-1504.99 |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
4060 |
42115 |
9.6 % |
1423.00-1504.99 |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
952 |
10227 |
9.3 % |
1423.00-1504.99 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
93257 |
61284 |
152.2 % |
1423.00-1504.99 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
372587 |
245663 |
151.7 % |
1423.00-1504.99 |
acarsa |
Auto. MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (ARINC) via AFWA |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1422.75-1505.25 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
1525 |
1690 |
90.2 % |
1422.75-1505.25 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
39565 |
23687 |
167.0 % |
1423.00-1504.99 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
6115 |
6337 |
96.5 % |
1422.75-1505.25 |
ascat |
METOP-2 ASCAT products |
4872 |
5882 |
82.8 % |
1500.00-1504.00 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
2164 |
1872 |
115.6 % |
1422.75-1505.25 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
9 |
8 |
112.5 % |
1501.50-1502.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1501.00-1503.00 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
1617 |
1603 |
100.9 % |
1422.75-1505.25 |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 AMSU-A proc. bright. temps from RARS |
10442 |
10358 |
100.8 % |
1501.00-1503.00 |
esamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B proc. bright. temps from RARS |
87308 |
59072 |
147.8 % |
1501.00-1503.00 |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 HIRS-3/-4 proc bright. temps from RARS |
26198 |
25777 |
101.6 % |
1501.00-1503.00 |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 MHS processed bright. temps from RARS |
38448 |
62589 |
61.4 % |
1501.00-1503.00 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
5299 |
5327 |
99.5 % |
1500.50-1503.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
4426 |
2867 |
154.4 % |
1423.50-1504.50 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1423.50-1504.50 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
2688 |
2726 |
98.6 % |
1500.50-1503.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
3855 |
2854 |
135.1 % |
1423.50-1504.50 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1423.50-1504.50 |
lgycld |
GOES/NASA(Langley) hi-res. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
1082475 |
965321 |
112.1 % |
1501.50-1502.50 |
ltnglr |
LLDN Long-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1501.50-1502.50 |
ltngsr |
NLDN Shrt-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
9987 |
5945 |
168.0 % |
1501.50-1502.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
6 |
6 |
100.0 % |
1501.50-1502.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
52 |
47 |
110.6 % |
1501.50-1502.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
105 |
107 |
98.1 % |
1501.50-1502.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1501.50-1502.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
40 |
32 |
125.0 % |
1501.50-1502.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1319 |
1288 |
102.4 % |
1501.50-1502.50 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1501.00-1503.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
77 |
91 |
84.6 % |
1422.75-1505.25 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
144 |
138 |
104.3 % |
1500.50-1503.50 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1500.50-1503.50 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
1067362 |
1145056 |
93.2 % |
1501.00-1503.00 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1501.00-1503.00 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1501.00-1503.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1501.00-1503.00 |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
1299760 |
1254841 |
103.6 % |
1501.50-1502.49 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1501.00-1503.00 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
3 |
4 |
75.0 % |
1501.50-1502.50 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1501.50-1502.50 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1422.75-1505.25 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1422.75-1505.25 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1422.75-1505.25 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1500.50-1503.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
553 |
674 |
82.0 % |
1423.50-1504.50 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
551 |
281 |
196.1 % |
1423.50-1504.50 |
wdsat |
CORIOLIS WindSat products from FNMOC |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1500.00-1504.00 |
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