| 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) |
42610 |
39553 |
107.7 % |
1500.75-1507.25 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
214 |
256 |
83.6 % |
1503.50-1504.50 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
84799 |
85631 |
99.0 % |
1503.00-1505.00 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
271579 |
264721 |
102.6 % |
1502.75-1503.99 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
317 |
320 |
99.1 % |
1503.00-1503.50 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
8314 |
8363 |
99.4 % |
1501.50-1506.50 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
8816 |
7423 |
118.8 % |
1501.50-1506.50 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
331 |
299 |
110.7 % |
1503.50-1504.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
271 |
241 |
112.4 % |
1503.50-1504.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
5144 |
5288 |
97.3 % |
1503.50-1504.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
9 |
10 |
90.0 % |
1503.50-1504.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
30403 |
31184 |
97.5 % |
1503.50-1504.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
28124 |
26797 |
105.0 % |
1503.50-1504.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
26 |
34 |
76.5 % |
1503.50-1504.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
233 |
188 |
123.9 % |
1503.50-1504.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
3 |
3 |
100.0 % |
1503.50-1504.50 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
100 |
100 |
100.0 % |
1503.50-1504.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1503.50-1504.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
2369 |
2453 |
96.6 % |
1503.50-1504.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
893 |
972 |
91.9 % |
1503.50-1504.50 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
31 |
45 |
68.9 % |
1503.50-1504.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
213 |
209 |
101.9 % |
1503.50-1504.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
73 |
77 |
94.8 % |
1503.50-1504.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
666 |
659 |
101.1 % |
1503.50-1504.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
177 |
169 |
104.7 % |
1503.50-1504.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
293 |
349 |
84.0 % |
1503.50-1504.50 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
11109 |
10855 |
102.3 % |
1503.50-1504.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
47 |
57 |
82.5 % |
1503.50-1504.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
100 |
95 |
105.3 % |
1503.50-1504.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
16 |
20 |
80.0 % |
1503.50-1504.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
4816 |
5819 |
82.8 % |
1503.50-1504.50 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
336 |
332 |
101.2 % |
1503.50-1504.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
279 |
292 |
95.5 % |
1503.00-1505.00 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
16 |
16 |
100.0 % |
1502.50-1505.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
1 |
2 |
50.0 % |
1503.00-1505.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
27 |
25 |
108.0 % |
1503.50-1504.50 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
147 |
131 |
112.2 % |
1503.50-1504.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
790 |
838 |
94.3 % |
1503.50-1504.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1503.50-1504.50 |
| 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 |
35041 |
34661 |
101.1 % |
1501.00-1506.99 |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
70626 |
25916 |
272.5 % |
1501.00-1506.99 |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
17167 |
5842 |
293.9 % |
1501.00-1506.99 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
60473 |
59386 |
101.8 % |
1501.00-1506.99 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
242115 |
238105 |
101.7 % |
1501.00-1506.99 |
acarsa |
Auto. MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (ARINC) via AFWA |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1500.75-1507.25 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
2645 |
2720 |
97.2 % |
1500.75-1507.25 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
5656 |
14030 |
40.3 % |
1501.00-1506.99 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
6617 |
7268 |
91.0 % |
1500.75-1507.25 |
ascat |
METOP-2 ASCAT products |
0 |
5960 |
0.0 % |
1502.00-1506.00 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
1296 |
1243 |
104.3 % |
1500.75-1507.25 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
5 |
5 |
100.0 % |
1503.50-1504.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1503.00-1505.00 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
2000 |
1903 |
105.1 % |
1500.75-1507.25 |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 AMSU-A proc. bright. temps from RARS |
11789 |
10970 |
107.5 % |
1503.00-1505.00 |
esamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B proc. bright. temps from RARS |
73043 |
47821 |
152.7 % |
1503.00-1505.00 |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 HIRS-3/-4 proc bright. temps from RARS |
30748 |
27686 |
111.1 % |
1503.00-1505.00 |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 MHS processed bright. temps from RARS |
56752 |
86570 |
65.6 % |
1503.00-1505.00 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
5239 |
5214 |
100.5 % |
1502.50-1505.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
5476 |
3473 |
157.7 % |
1501.50-1506.50 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1501.50-1506.50 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
2676 |
2684 |
99.7 % |
1502.50-1505.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
4705 |
3552 |
132.5 % |
1501.50-1506.50 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1501.50-1506.50 |
lgycld |
GOES/NASA(Langley) hi-res. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
1084241 |
962240 |
112.7 % |
1503.50-1504.50 |
ltnglr |
LLDN Long-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1503.50-1504.50 |
ltngsr |
NLDN Shrt-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
6915 |
4372 |
158.2 % |
1503.50-1504.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
0 |
5 |
0.0 % |
1503.50-1504.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
46 |
47 |
97.9 % |
1503.50-1504.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
105 |
105 |
100.0 % |
1503.50-1504.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1503.50-1504.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
40 |
29 |
137.9 % |
1503.50-1504.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1189 |
1263 |
94.1 % |
1503.50-1504.50 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1503.00-1505.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
38 |
52 |
73.1 % |
1500.75-1507.25 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
138 |
130 |
106.2 % |
1502.50-1505.50 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1502.50-1505.50 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
1088770 |
1261704 |
86.3 % |
1503.00-1505.00 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1503.00-1505.00 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1503.00-1505.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1503.00-1505.00 |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
1160067 |
1263396 |
91.8 % |
1503.50-1504.49 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1503.00-1505.00 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
2 |
4 |
50.0 % |
1503.50-1504.50 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1503.50-1504.50 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1500.75-1507.25 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1500.75-1507.25 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1500.75-1507.25 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
87 |
79 |
110.1 % |
1502.50-1505.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
543 |
761 |
71.4 % |
1501.50-1506.50 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
9564 |
7398 |
129.3 % |
1501.50-1506.50 |
wdsat |
CORIOLIS WindSat products from FNMOC |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1502.00-1506.00 |
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