| 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) |
37391 |
42837 |
87.3 % |
2301.75-2308.25 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
299 |
258 |
115.9 % |
2304.50-2305.50 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
22637 |
65452 |
34.6 % |
2304.00-2306.00 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
104970 |
231680 |
45.3 % |
2303.75-2304.99 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
325 |
285 |
114.0 % |
2304.00-2304.50 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2302.50-2307.50 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2302.50-2307.50 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
237 |
308 |
76.9 % |
2304.50-2305.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
236 |
214 |
110.3 % |
2304.50-2305.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
5423 |
5260 |
103.1 % |
2304.50-2305.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
12 |
10 |
120.0 % |
2304.50-2305.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
25328 |
31504 |
80.4 % |
2304.50-2305.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
28346 |
28505 |
99.4 % |
2304.50-2305.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
38 |
42 |
90.5 % |
2304.50-2305.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
189 |
185 |
102.2 % |
2304.50-2305.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
3 |
3 |
100.0 % |
2304.50-2305.50 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
100 |
82 |
122.0 % |
2304.50-2305.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2304.50-2305.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
2654 |
2441 |
108.7 % |
2304.50-2305.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
1027 |
999 |
102.8 % |
2304.50-2305.50 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
55 |
58 |
94.8 % |
2304.50-2305.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
193 |
223 |
86.5 % |
2304.50-2305.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
88 |
85 |
103.5 % |
2304.50-2305.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
666 |
666 |
100.0 % |
2304.50-2305.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
177 |
175 |
101.1 % |
2304.50-2305.50 |
msomin |
Mesonet/MADIS Minnesota Dept. of Transportation |
614 |
642 |
95.6 % |
2304.50-2305.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
415 |
316 |
131.3 % |
2304.50-2305.50 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
11342 |
11076 |
102.4 % |
2304.50-2305.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
43 |
67 |
64.2 % |
2304.50-2305.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
135 |
94 |
143.6 % |
2304.50-2305.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
24 |
16 |
150.0 % |
2304.50-2305.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
6152 |
5974 |
103.0 % |
2304.50-2305.50 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
374 |
340 |
110.0 % |
2304.50-2305.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
297 |
289 |
102.8 % |
2304.00-2306.00 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
16 |
18 |
88.9 % |
2303.50-2306.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
1 |
1 |
100.0 % |
2304.00-2306.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
28 |
24 |
116.7 % |
2304.50-2305.50 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
129 |
131 |
98.5 % |
2304.50-2305.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
867 |
838 |
103.5 % |
2304.50-2305.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2304.50-2305.50 |
| 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 |
32403 |
31182 |
103.9 % |
2302.00-2307.99 |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
75573 |
39824 |
189.8 % |
2302.00-2307.99 |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
18331 |
9742 |
188.2 % |
2302.00-2307.99 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
42818 |
48372 |
88.5 % |
2302.00-2307.99 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
171920 |
194022 |
88.6 % |
2302.00-2307.99 |
acarsa |
Auto. MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (ARINC) via AFWA |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2301.75-2308.25 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
2710 |
2730 |
99.3 % |
2301.75-2308.25 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
45850 |
14745 |
311.0 % |
2302.00-2307.99 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
7471 |
10105 |
73.9 % |
2301.75-2308.25 |
ascat |
METOP-2 ASCAT products |
0 |
6243 |
0.0 % |
2303.00-2307.00 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
1202 |
937 |
128.3 % |
2301.75-2308.25 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
5 |
6 |
83.3 % |
2304.50-2305.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2304.00-2306.00 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
2519 |
2415 |
104.3 % |
2301.75-2308.25 |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 AMSU-A proc. bright. temps from RARS |
10496 |
9855 |
106.5 % |
2304.00-2306.00 |
esamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B proc. bright. temps from RARS |
46620 |
36831 |
126.6 % |
2304.00-2306.00 |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 HIRS-3/-4 proc bright. temps from RARS |
25680 |
22311 |
115.1 % |
2304.00-2306.00 |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 MHS processed bright. temps from RARS |
50656 |
80715 |
62.8 % |
2304.00-2306.00 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
4993 |
7348 |
68.0 % |
2303.50-2306.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
3120 |
3100 |
100.6 % |
2302.50-2307.50 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2302.50-2307.50 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
2589 |
3802 |
68.1 % |
2303.50-2306.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
2615 |
3285 |
79.6 % |
2302.50-2307.50 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2302.50-2307.50 |
lgycld |
GOES/NASA(Langley) hi-res. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
736190 |
1011031 |
72.8 % |
2304.50-2305.50 |
ltnglr |
LLDN Long-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2304.50-2305.50 |
ltngsr |
NLDN Shrt-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
860 |
2255 |
38.1 % |
2304.50-2305.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
8 |
5 |
160.0 % |
2304.50-2305.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
48 |
48 |
100.0 % |
2304.50-2305.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
102 |
115 |
88.7 % |
2304.50-2305.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2304.50-2305.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
30 |
27 |
111.1 % |
2304.50-2305.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1325 |
1119 |
118.4 % |
2304.50-2305.50 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2304.00-2306.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
45 |
33 |
136.4 % |
2301.75-2308.25 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
149 |
128 |
116.4 % |
2303.50-2306.50 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2303.50-2306.50 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
1356323 |
1259454 |
107.7 % |
2304.00-2306.00 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2304.00-2306.00 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2304.00-2306.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2304.00-2306.00 |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
1081272 |
927305 |
116.6 % |
2304.50-2305.49 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2304.00-2306.00 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
1 |
3 |
33.3 % |
2304.50-2305.50 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2304.50-2305.50 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2301.75-2308.25 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2301.75-2308.25 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2301.75-2308.25 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
413 |
280 |
147.5 % |
2303.50-2306.49 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
195 |
110 |
177.3 % |
2302.50-2307.50 |
wdsat |
CORIOLIS WindSat products from FNMOC |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2303.00-2307.00 |
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