| 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) |
43330 |
48179 |
89.9 % |
2223.75-2306.25 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
334 |
244 |
136.9 % |
2302.50-2303.50 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
56882 |
104585 |
54.4 % |
2302.00-2304.00 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
105600 |
272529 |
38.7 % |
2301.75-2302.99 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
318 |
301 |
105.6 % |
2302.00-2302.50 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
0 |
4226 |
0.0 % |
2300.50-2305.50 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
3982 |
0.0 % |
2300.50-2305.50 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
162 |
302 |
53.6 % |
2302.50-2303.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
285 |
213 |
133.8 % |
2302.50-2303.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
5430 |
5195 |
104.5 % |
2302.50-2303.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
12 |
10 |
120.0 % |
2302.50-2303.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
30090 |
29868 |
100.7 % |
2302.50-2303.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
27239 |
26923 |
101.2 % |
2302.50-2303.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
34 |
36 |
94.4 % |
2302.50-2303.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
190 |
186 |
102.2 % |
2302.50-2303.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
3 |
3 |
100.0 % |
2302.50-2303.50 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
100 |
81 |
123.5 % |
2302.50-2303.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2302.50-2303.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
2495 |
2469 |
101.1 % |
2302.50-2303.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
900 |
1010 |
89.1 % |
2302.50-2303.50 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
51 |
56 |
91.1 % |
2302.50-2303.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
166 |
230 |
72.2 % |
2302.50-2303.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
85 |
85 |
100.0 % |
2302.50-2303.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
646 |
666 |
97.0 % |
2302.50-2303.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
139 |
173 |
80.3 % |
2302.50-2303.50 |
msomin |
Mesonet/MADIS Minnesota Dept. of Transportation |
547 |
672 |
81.4 % |
2302.50-2303.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
356 |
327 |
108.9 % |
2302.50-2303.50 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
12393 |
11890 |
104.2 % |
2302.50-2303.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
40 |
65 |
61.5 % |
2302.50-2303.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
90 |
97 |
92.8 % |
2302.50-2303.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
23 |
16 |
143.8 % |
2302.50-2303.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
5978 |
6036 |
99.0 % |
2302.50-2303.50 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
372 |
340 |
109.4 % |
2302.50-2303.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
354 |
287 |
123.3 % |
2302.00-2304.00 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
16 |
18 |
88.9 % |
2301.50-2304.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
1 |
1 |
100.0 % |
2302.00-2304.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
26 |
25 |
104.0 % |
2302.50-2303.50 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
139 |
144 |
96.5 % |
2302.50-2303.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
1187 |
1162 |
102.2 % |
2302.50-2303.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2302.50-2303.50 |
| 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 |
40759 |
33624 |
121.2 % |
2300.00-2305.99 |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
8214 |
30925 |
26.6 % |
2300.00-2305.99 |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
1954 |
7503 |
26.0 % |
2300.00-2305.99 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
70483 |
60242 |
117.0 % |
2300.00-2305.99 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
282360 |
241799 |
116.8 % |
2300.00-2305.99 |
acarsa |
Auto. MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (ARINC) via AFWA |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2223.75-2306.25 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
2141 |
2195 |
97.5 % |
2223.75-2306.25 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
37328 |
21088 |
177.0 % |
2300.00-2305.99 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
5755 |
7662 |
75.1 % |
2223.75-2306.25 |
ascat |
METOP-2 ASCAT products |
11630 |
7445 |
156.2 % |
2301.00-2305.00 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
1882 |
1714 |
109.8 % |
2223.75-2306.25 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
15 |
5 |
300.0 % |
2302.50-2303.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2302.00-2304.00 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
1418 |
1444 |
98.2 % |
2223.75-2306.25 |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 AMSU-A proc. bright. temps from RARS |
6813 |
8648 |
78.8 % |
2302.00-2304.00 |
esamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B proc. bright. temps from RARS |
59274 |
41415 |
143.1 % |
2302.00-2304.00 |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 HIRS-3/-4 proc bright. temps from RARS |
17908 |
20821 |
86.0 % |
2302.00-2304.00 |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 MHS processed bright. temps from RARS |
38010 |
64186 |
59.2 % |
2302.00-2304.00 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
4886 |
7258 |
67.3 % |
2301.50-2304.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
2652 |
2390 |
111.0 % |
2300.50-2305.50 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2300.50-2305.50 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
2552 |
3710 |
68.8 % |
2301.50-2304.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
2193 |
2577 |
85.1 % |
2300.50-2305.50 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2300.50-2305.50 |
lgycld |
GOES/NASA(Langley) hi-res. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
731084 |
850502 |
86.0 % |
2302.50-2303.50 |
ltnglr |
LLDN Long-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2302.50-2303.50 |
ltngsr |
NLDN Shrt-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
1767 |
2755 |
64.1 % |
2302.50-2303.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
8 |
6 |
133.3 % |
2302.50-2303.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
46 |
47 |
97.9 % |
2302.50-2303.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
105 |
110 |
95.5 % |
2302.50-2303.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2302.50-2303.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
24 |
27 |
88.9 % |
2302.50-2303.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1263 |
1140 |
110.8 % |
2302.50-2303.50 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2302.00-2304.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
73 |
71 |
102.8 % |
2223.75-2306.25 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
145 |
132 |
109.8 % |
2301.50-2304.50 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2301.50-2304.50 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
1327459 |
1148742 |
115.6 % |
2302.00-2304.00 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2302.00-2304.00 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2302.00-2304.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2302.00-2304.00 |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
1262986 |
950121 |
132.9 % |
2302.50-2303.49 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2302.00-2304.00 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
35 |
11 |
318.2 % |
2302.50-2303.50 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
196 |
195 |
100.5 % |
2302.50-2303.50 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2223.75-2306.25 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2223.75-2306.25 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2223.75-2306.25 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2301.50-2304.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
169 |
800 |
21.1 % |
2300.50-2305.50 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2300.50-2305.50 |
wdsat |
CORIOLIS WindSat products from FNMOC |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2301.00-2305.00 |