| 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) |
44924 |
42506 |
105.7 % |
1423.75-1506.25 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
388 |
267 |
145.3 % |
1502.50-1503.50 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
109257 |
100394 |
108.8 % |
1502.00-1504.00 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
272598 |
253553 |
107.5 % |
1501.75-1502.99 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
324 |
316 |
102.5 % |
1502.00-1502.50 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
4153 |
3999 |
103.9 % |
1500.50-1505.50 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
4228 |
4178 |
101.2 % |
1500.50-1505.50 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
329 |
301 |
109.3 % |
1502.50-1503.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
258 |
236 |
109.3 % |
1502.50-1503.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
5123 |
5246 |
97.7 % |
1502.50-1503.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
9 |
10 |
90.0 % |
1502.50-1503.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
27868 |
31070 |
89.7 % |
1502.50-1503.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
25097 |
25702 |
97.6 % |
1502.50-1503.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
35 |
34 |
102.9 % |
1502.50-1503.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
236 |
192 |
122.9 % |
1502.50-1503.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
3 |
3 |
100.0 % |
1502.50-1503.50 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
100 |
100 |
100.0 % |
1502.50-1503.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1502.50-1503.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
2435 |
2494 |
97.6 % |
1502.50-1503.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
967 |
973 |
99.4 % |
1502.50-1503.50 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
30 |
52 |
57.7 % |
1502.50-1503.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
211 |
212 |
99.5 % |
1502.50-1503.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
79 |
78 |
101.3 % |
1502.50-1503.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
666 |
665 |
100.2 % |
1502.50-1503.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
174 |
171 |
101.8 % |
1502.50-1503.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
361 |
356 |
101.4 % |
1502.50-1503.50 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
12065 |
11089 |
108.8 % |
1502.50-1503.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
55 |
63 |
87.3 % |
1502.50-1503.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
120 |
92 |
130.4 % |
1502.50-1503.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
35 |
20 |
175.0 % |
1502.50-1503.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
6073 |
6129 |
99.1 % |
1502.50-1503.50 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
333 |
331 |
100.6 % |
1502.50-1503.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
293 |
291 |
100.7 % |
1502.00-1504.00 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
16 |
16 |
100.0 % |
1501.50-1504.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
0 |
1 |
0.0 % |
1502.00-1504.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
27 |
26 |
103.8 % |
1502.50-1503.50 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
165 |
142 |
116.2 % |
1502.50-1503.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
1136 |
1137 |
99.9 % |
1502.50-1503.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1502.50-1503.50 |
| 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 |
38304 |
34928 |
109.7 % |
1500.00-1505.99 |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
50378 |
22715 |
221.8 % |
1500.00-1505.99 |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
12330 |
5486 |
224.8 % |
1500.00-1505.99 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
68145 |
65452 |
104.1 % |
1500.00-1505.99 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
270512 |
261863 |
103.3 % |
1500.00-1505.99 |
acarsa |
Auto. MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (ARINC) via AFWA |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1423.75-1506.25 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
2149 |
2304 |
93.3 % |
1423.75-1506.25 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
36330 |
22276 |
163.1 % |
1500.00-1505.99 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
6460 |
8300 |
77.8 % |
1423.75-1506.25 |
ascat |
METOP-2 ASCAT products |
9039 |
5818 |
155.4 % |
1501.00-1505.00 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
1764 |
1611 |
109.5 % |
1423.75-1506.25 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
5 |
6 |
83.3 % |
1502.50-1503.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1502.00-1504.00 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
1487 |
1531 |
97.1 % |
1423.75-1506.25 |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 AMSU-A proc. bright. temps from RARS |
6304 |
9935 |
63.5 % |
1502.00-1504.00 |
esamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B proc. bright. temps from RARS |
7 |
51504 |
0.0 % |
1502.00-1504.00 |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 HIRS-3/-4 proc bright. temps from RARS |
15858 |
25340 |
62.6 % |
1502.00-1504.00 |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 MHS processed bright. temps from RARS |
89164 |
71260 |
125.1 % |
1502.00-1504.00 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
5290 |
5216 |
101.4 % |
1501.50-1504.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
4472 |
2841 |
157.4 % |
1500.50-1505.50 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1500.50-1505.50 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
2693 |
2678 |
100.6 % |
1501.50-1504.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
3865 |
2893 |
133.6 % |
1500.50-1505.50 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1500.50-1505.50 |
lgycld |
GOES/NASA(Langley) hi-res. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
1092027 |
932871 |
117.1 % |
1502.50-1503.50 |
ltnglr |
LLDN Long-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1502.50-1503.50 |
ltngsr |
NLDN Shrt-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
10580 |
5219 |
202.7 % |
1502.50-1503.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
8 |
5 |
160.0 % |
1502.50-1503.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
49 |
47 |
104.3 % |
1502.50-1503.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
104 |
105 |
99.0 % |
1502.50-1503.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1502.50-1503.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
40 |
29 |
137.9 % |
1502.50-1503.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1311 |
1249 |
105.0 % |
1502.50-1503.50 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1502.00-1504.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
57 |
73 |
78.1 % |
1423.75-1506.25 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
152 |
139 |
109.4 % |
1501.50-1504.50 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1501.50-1504.50 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
1073925 |
1235985 |
86.9 % |
1502.00-1504.00 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1502.00-1504.00 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1502.00-1504.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1502.00-1504.00 |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
1278821 |
1266315 |
101.0 % |
1502.50-1503.49 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1502.00-1504.00 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
7 |
10 |
70.0 % |
1502.50-1503.50 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
197 |
180 |
109.4 % |
1502.50-1503.50 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1423.75-1506.25 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1423.75-1506.25 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1423.75-1506.25 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
3 |
5 |
60.0 % |
1501.50-1504.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
441 |
660 |
66.8 % |
1500.50-1505.50 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1500.50-1505.50 |
wdsat |
CORIOLIS WindSat products from FNMOC |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1501.00-1505.00 |
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