| 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) |
23097 |
16013 |
144.2 % |
2600.75-2607.25 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
255 |
258 |
98.8 % |
2603.50-2604.50 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
82309 |
82005 |
100.4 % |
2603.00-2605.00 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
271673 |
260142 |
104.4 % |
2602.75-2603.99 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
326 |
303 |
107.6 % |
2603.00-2603.50 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
8953 |
8633 |
103.7 % |
2601.50-2606.50 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
7311 |
8056 |
90.8 % |
2601.50-2606.50 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
281 |
295 |
95.3 % |
2603.50-2604.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
218 |
220 |
99.1 % |
2603.50-2604.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
5148 |
5266 |
97.8 % |
2603.50-2604.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
7 |
10 |
70.0 % |
2603.50-2604.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
31990 |
29928 |
106.9 % |
2603.50-2604.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
28707 |
28041 |
102.4 % |
2603.50-2604.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
30 |
31 |
96.8 % |
2603.50-2604.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
178 |
180 |
98.9 % |
2603.50-2604.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
3 |
3 |
100.0 % |
2603.50-2604.50 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
100 |
85 |
117.6 % |
2603.50-2604.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2603.50-2604.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
2734 |
2373 |
115.2 % |
2603.50-2604.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
967 |
999 |
96.8 % |
2603.50-2604.50 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
53 |
49 |
108.2 % |
2603.50-2604.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
194 |
215 |
90.2 % |
2603.50-2604.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
84 |
82 |
102.4 % |
2603.50-2604.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
666 |
665 |
100.2 % |
2603.50-2604.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
173 |
170 |
101.8 % |
2603.50-2604.50 |
msomin |
Mesonet/MADIS Minnesota Dept. of Transportation |
578 |
566 |
102.1 % |
2603.50-2604.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
373 |
328 |
113.7 % |
2603.50-2604.50 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
8719 |
11488 |
75.9 % |
2603.50-2604.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
74 |
63 |
117.5 % |
2603.50-2604.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
136 |
96 |
141.7 % |
2603.50-2604.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
22 |
17 |
129.4 % |
2603.50-2604.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
7515 |
5497 |
136.7 % |
2603.50-2604.50 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
349 |
333 |
104.8 % |
2603.50-2604.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
294 |
290 |
101.4 % |
2603.00-2605.00 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
16 |
18 |
88.9 % |
2602.50-2605.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
1 |
2 |
50.0 % |
2603.00-2605.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
26 |
24 |
108.3 % |
2603.50-2604.50 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
138 |
130 |
106.2 % |
2603.50-2604.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
780 |
845 |
92.3 % |
2603.50-2604.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2603.50-2604.50 |
| 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 |
25380 |
35075 |
72.4 % |
2601.00-2606.99 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
56112 |
58572 |
95.8 % |
2601.00-2606.99 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
226113 |
234721 |
96.3 % |
2601.00-2606.99 |
acarsa |
Auto. MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (ARINC) via AFWA |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2600.75-2607.25 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
2896 |
2623 |
110.4 % |
2600.75-2607.25 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
32358 |
12919 |
250.5 % |
2601.00-2606.99 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
5727 |
3664 |
156.3 % |
2600.75-2607.25 |
ascat |
METOP-2 ASCAT products |
22 |
6522 |
0.3 % |
2602.00-2606.00 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
768 |
1316 |
58.4 % |
2600.75-2607.25 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
5 |
4 |
125.0 % |
2603.50-2604.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2603.00-2605.00 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
2263 |
1817 |
124.5 % |
2600.75-2607.25 |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 AMSU-A proc. bright. temps from RARS |
9690 |
10552 |
91.8 % |
2603.00-2605.00 |
esamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B proc. bright. temps from RARS |
35010 |
46430 |
75.4 % |
2603.00-2605.00 |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 HIRS-3/-4 proc bright. temps from RARS |
23655 |
25681 |
92.1 % |
2603.00-2605.00 |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 MHS processed bright. temps from RARS |
56951 |
82431 |
69.1 % |
2603.00-2605.00 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
5337 |
6922 |
77.1 % |
2602.50-2605.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
3770 |
3148 |
119.8 % |
2601.50-2606.50 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2601.50-2606.50 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
2708 |
3598 |
75.3 % |
2602.50-2605.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
4120 |
3275 |
125.8 % |
2601.50-2606.50 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2601.50-2606.50 |
lgycld |
GOES/NASA(Langley) hi-res. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
1044249 |
986376 |
105.9 % |
2603.50-2604.50 |
ltnglr |
LLDN Long-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2603.50-2604.50 |
ltngsr |
NLDN Shrt-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
2040 |
2545 |
80.2 % |
2603.50-2604.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
10 |
6 |
166.7 % |
2603.50-2604.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
46 |
47 |
97.9 % |
2603.50-2604.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
105 |
108 |
97.2 % |
2603.50-2604.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2603.50-2604.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
30 |
26 |
115.4 % |
2603.50-2604.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1373 |
1095 |
125.4 % |
2603.50-2604.50 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2603.00-2605.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
32 |
51 |
62.7 % |
2600.75-2607.25 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
137 |
129 |
106.2 % |
2602.50-2605.50 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2602.50-2605.50 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
1177858 |
1245640 |
94.6 % |
2603.00-2605.00 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2603.00-2605.00 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2603.00-2605.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2603.00-2605.00 |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
1110985 |
974104 |
114.1 % |
2603.50-2604.49 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2603.00-2605.00 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
1 |
5 |
20.0 % |
2603.50-2604.50 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2603.50-2604.50 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2600.75-2607.25 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2600.75-2607.25 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2600.75-2607.25 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
76 |
21 |
361.9 % |
2602.50-2605.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
1468 |
843 |
174.1 % |
2601.50-2606.50 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
5575 |
5748 |
97.0 % |
2601.50-2606.50 |
wdsat |
CORIOLIS WindSat products from FNMOC |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2602.00-2606.00 |
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