| 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) |
36159 |
36016 |
100.4 % |
1501.75-1508.25 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
339 |
291 |
116.5 % |
1504.50-1505.50 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
83776 |
81745 |
102.5 % |
1504.00-1506.00 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
271414 |
261195 |
103.9 % |
1503.75-1504.99 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
322 |
319 |
100.9 % |
1504.00-1504.50 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1502.50-1507.50 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1502.50-1507.50 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
323 |
304 |
106.2 % |
1504.50-1505.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
253 |
242 |
104.5 % |
1504.50-1505.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
5052 |
5284 |
95.6 % |
1504.50-1505.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
9 |
10 |
90.0 % |
1504.50-1505.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
29686 |
30786 |
96.4 % |
1504.50-1505.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
26824 |
26689 |
100.5 % |
1504.50-1505.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
44 |
38 |
115.8 % |
1504.50-1505.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
235 |
191 |
123.0 % |
1504.50-1505.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
3 |
3 |
100.0 % |
1504.50-1505.50 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
100 |
100 |
100.0 % |
1504.50-1505.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1504.50-1505.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
2600 |
2431 |
107.0 % |
1504.50-1505.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
957 |
963 |
99.4 % |
1504.50-1505.50 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
26 |
52 |
50.0 % |
1504.50-1505.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
221 |
211 |
104.7 % |
1504.50-1505.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
74 |
77 |
96.1 % |
1504.50-1505.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
666 |
666 |
100.0 % |
1504.50-1505.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
182 |
173 |
105.2 % |
1504.50-1505.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
369 |
345 |
107.0 % |
1504.50-1505.50 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
11546 |
10343 |
111.6 % |
1504.50-1505.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
62 |
61 |
101.6 % |
1504.50-1505.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
111 |
89 |
124.7 % |
1504.50-1505.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
14 |
19 |
73.7 % |
1504.50-1505.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
6655 |
6046 |
110.1 % |
1504.50-1505.50 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
337 |
332 |
101.5 % |
1504.50-1505.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
284 |
294 |
96.6 % |
1504.00-1506.00 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
16 |
16 |
100.0 % |
1503.50-1506.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
0 |
1 |
0.0 % |
1504.00-1506.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
26 |
26 |
100.0 % |
1504.50-1505.50 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
151 |
127 |
118.9 % |
1504.50-1505.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
861 |
829 |
103.9 % |
1504.50-1505.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1504.50-1505.50 |
| 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 |
35496 |
32562 |
109.0 % |
1502.00-1507.99 |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
4546 |
43103 |
10.5 % |
1502.00-1507.99 |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
1079 |
10529 |
10.2 % |
1502.00-1507.99 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
60159 |
50569 |
119.0 % |
1502.00-1507.99 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
242258 |
202801 |
119.5 % |
1502.00-1507.99 |
acarsa |
Auto. MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (ARINC) via AFWA |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1501.75-1508.25 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
2835 |
2850 |
99.5 % |
1501.75-1508.25 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
28781 |
13496 |
213.3 % |
1502.00-1507.99 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
7216 |
9120 |
79.1 % |
1501.75-1508.25 |
ascat |
METOP-2 ASCAT products |
12096 |
5976 |
202.4 % |
1503.00-1507.00 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
844 |
831 |
101.6 % |
1501.75-1508.25 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
8 |
7 |
114.3 % |
1504.50-1505.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1504.00-1506.00 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
2737 |
2488 |
110.0 % |
1501.75-1508.25 |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 AMSU-A proc. bright. temps from RARS |
10566 |
11281 |
93.7 % |
1504.00-1506.00 |
esamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B proc. bright. temps from RARS |
24300 |
39520 |
61.5 % |
1504.00-1506.00 |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 HIRS-3/-4 proc bright. temps from RARS |
26464 |
26988 |
98.1 % |
1504.00-1506.00 |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 MHS processed bright. temps from RARS |
122836 |
102549 |
119.8 % |
1504.00-1506.00 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
5206 |
5315 |
97.9 % |
1503.50-1506.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
5633 |
3604 |
156.3 % |
1502.50-1507.50 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1502.50-1507.50 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
2695 |
2738 |
98.4 % |
1503.50-1506.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
4803 |
3674 |
130.7 % |
1502.50-1507.50 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1502.50-1507.50 |
lgycld |
GOES/NASA(Langley) hi-res. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
1099016 |
964319 |
114.0 % |
1504.50-1505.50 |
ltnglr |
LLDN Long-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1504.50-1505.50 |
ltngsr |
NLDN Shrt-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
6632 |
3972 |
167.0 % |
1504.50-1505.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
8 |
6 |
133.3 % |
1504.50-1505.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
45 |
47 |
95.7 % |
1504.50-1505.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
106 |
107 |
99.1 % |
1504.50-1505.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1504.50-1505.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
40 |
29 |
137.9 % |
1504.50-1505.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1223 |
1262 |
96.9 % |
1504.50-1505.50 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1504.00-1506.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
25 |
35 |
71.4 % |
1501.75-1508.25 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
142 |
135 |
105.2 % |
1503.50-1506.50 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1503.50-1506.50 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
1049615 |
1299711 |
80.8 % |
1504.00-1506.00 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1504.00-1506.00 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1504.00-1506.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1504.00-1506.00 |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
1160504 |
1226854 |
94.6 % |
1504.50-1505.49 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1504.00-1506.00 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
2 |
5 |
40.0 % |
1504.50-1505.50 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1504.50-1505.50 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1501.75-1508.25 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1501.75-1508.25 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1501.75-1508.25 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
342 |
362 |
94.5 % |
1503.50-1506.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
570 |
778 |
73.3 % |
1502.50-1507.50 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
169 |
97 |
174.2 % |
1502.50-1507.50 |
wdsat |
CORIOLIS WindSat products from FNMOC |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1503.00-1507.00 |
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