| 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) |
44303 |
40446 |
109.5 % |
2322.75-2405.25 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
210 |
259 |
81.1 % |
2401.50-2402.50 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
103127 |
106211 |
97.1 % |
2401.00-2403.00 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
231999 |
257863 |
90.0 % |
2400.75-2401.99 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
321 |
303 |
105.9 % |
2401.00-2401.50 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2323.50-2404.50 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2323.50-2404.50 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
240 |
305 |
78.7 % |
2401.50-2402.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
208 |
219 |
95.0 % |
2401.50-2402.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
5333 |
5214 |
102.3 % |
2401.50-2402.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
9 |
10 |
90.0 % |
2401.50-2402.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
30139 |
30969 |
97.3 % |
2401.50-2402.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
27252 |
27811 |
98.0 % |
2401.50-2402.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
39 |
41 |
95.1 % |
2401.50-2402.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
189 |
184 |
102.7 % |
2401.50-2402.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
3 |
3 |
100.0 % |
2401.50-2402.50 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
100 |
82 |
122.0 % |
2401.50-2402.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2401.50-2402.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
2392 |
2463 |
97.1 % |
2401.50-2402.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
1044 |
986 |
105.9 % |
2401.50-2402.50 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
53 |
57 |
93.0 % |
2401.50-2402.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
200 |
233 |
85.8 % |
2401.50-2402.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
84 |
85 |
98.8 % |
2401.50-2402.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
666 |
666 |
100.0 % |
2401.50-2402.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
175 |
175 |
100.0 % |
2401.50-2402.50 |
msomin |
Mesonet/MADIS Minnesota Dept. of Transportation |
559 |
578 |
96.7 % |
2401.50-2402.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
354 |
328 |
107.9 % |
2401.50-2402.50 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
12246 |
11622 |
105.4 % |
2401.50-2402.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
43 |
65 |
66.2 % |
2401.50-2402.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
78 |
96 |
81.2 % |
2401.50-2402.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
23 |
16 |
143.8 % |
2401.50-2402.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
5978 |
5959 |
100.3 % |
2401.50-2402.50 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
365 |
337 |
108.3 % |
2401.50-2402.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
285 |
287 |
99.3 % |
2401.00-2403.00 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
16 |
18 |
88.9 % |
2400.50-2403.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2401.00-2403.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
26 |
25 |
104.0 % |
2401.50-2402.50 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
140 |
129 |
108.5 % |
2401.50-2402.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
749 |
829 |
90.3 % |
2401.50-2402.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2401.50-2402.50 |
| 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 |
43848 |
35267 |
124.3 % |
2323.00-2404.99 |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
73486 |
41566 |
176.8 % |
2323.00-2404.99 |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
17899 |
10104 |
177.1 % |
2323.00-2404.99 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
74136 |
58115 |
127.6 % |
2323.00-2404.99 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
297802 |
232506 |
128.1 % |
2323.00-2404.99 |
acarsa |
Auto. MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (ARINC) via AFWA |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2322.75-2405.25 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
1605 |
1597 |
100.5 % |
2322.75-2405.25 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
11954 |
23494 |
50.9 % |
2323.00-2404.99 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
5998 |
7104 |
84.4 % |
2322.75-2405.25 |
ascat |
METOP-2 ASCAT products |
5534 |
6923 |
79.9 % |
2400.00-2404.00 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
1811 |
1942 |
93.3 % |
2322.75-2405.25 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
7 |
7 |
100.0 % |
2401.50-2402.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2401.00-2403.00 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
1690 |
1509 |
112.0 % |
2322.75-2405.25 |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 AMSU-A proc. bright. temps from RARS |
14815 |
9094 |
162.9 % |
2401.00-2403.00 |
esamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B proc. bright. temps from RARS |
74593 |
57868 |
128.9 % |
2401.00-2403.00 |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 HIRS-3/-4 proc bright. temps from RARS |
39437 |
22592 |
174.6 % |
2401.00-2403.00 |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 MHS processed bright. temps from RARS |
122506 |
54568 |
224.5 % |
2401.00-2403.00 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
5079 |
7271 |
69.9 % |
2400.50-2403.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
3462 |
2506 |
138.1 % |
2323.50-2404.50 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2323.50-2404.50 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
2522 |
3707 |
68.0 % |
2400.50-2403.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
2855 |
2701 |
105.7 % |
2323.50-2404.50 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2323.50-2404.50 |
lgycld |
GOES/NASA(Langley) hi-res. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
1034342 |
980541 |
105.5 % |
2401.50-2402.50 |
ltnglr |
LLDN Long-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2401.50-2402.50 |
ltngsr |
NLDN Shrt-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
4856 |
3402 |
142.7 % |
2401.50-2402.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
9 |
6 |
150.0 % |
2401.50-2402.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
47 |
47 |
100.0 % |
2401.50-2402.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
104 |
112 |
92.9 % |
2401.50-2402.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2401.50-2402.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
30 |
27 |
111.1 % |
2401.50-2402.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1321 |
1152 |
114.7 % |
2401.50-2402.50 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2401.00-2403.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
104 |
89 |
116.9 % |
2322.75-2405.25 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
146 |
135 |
108.1 % |
2400.50-2403.50 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2400.50-2403.50 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
1116026 |
1049012 |
106.4 % |
2401.00-2403.00 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2401.00-2403.00 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2401.00-2403.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2401.00-2403.00 |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
1057520 |
969941 |
109.0 % |
2401.50-2402.49 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
1 |
0.0 % |
2401.00-2403.00 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
1 |
5 |
20.0 % |
2401.50-2402.50 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2401.50-2402.50 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2322.75-2405.25 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2322.75-2405.25 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2322.75-2405.25 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2400.50-2403.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
362 |
882 |
41.0 % |
2323.50-2404.50 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
323 |
0.0 % |
2323.50-2404.50 |
wdsat |
CORIOLIS WindSat products from FNMOC |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2400.00-2404.00 |