| 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) |
14814 |
10385 |
142.6 % |
1902.75-1909.25 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
373 |
299 |
124.7 % |
1905.50-1906.50 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
85284 |
80366 |
106.1 % |
1905.00-1907.00 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
272093 |
256074 |
106.3 % |
1904.75-1905.99 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
318 |
295 |
107.8 % |
1905.00-1905.50 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
4398 |
3715 |
118.4 % |
1903.50-1908.50 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
3749 |
3701 |
101.3 % |
1903.50-1908.50 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
291 |
288 |
101.0 % |
1905.50-1906.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
190 |
219 |
86.8 % |
1905.50-1906.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
5443 |
5343 |
101.9 % |
1905.50-1906.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
12 |
10 |
120.0 % |
1905.50-1906.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
31585 |
31422 |
100.5 % |
1905.50-1906.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
28414 |
29024 |
97.9 % |
1905.50-1906.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
29 |
34 |
85.3 % |
1905.50-1906.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
185 |
188 |
98.4 % |
1905.50-1906.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
2 |
3 |
66.7 % |
1905.50-1906.50 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
100 |
80 |
125.0 % |
1905.50-1906.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1905.50-1906.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
2553 |
2493 |
102.4 % |
1905.50-1906.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
983 |
991 |
99.2 % |
1905.50-1906.50 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
64 |
61 |
104.9 % |
1905.50-1906.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
204 |
231 |
88.3 % |
1905.50-1906.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
81 |
84 |
96.4 % |
1905.50-1906.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
666 |
666 |
100.0 % |
1905.50-1906.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
167 |
175 |
95.4 % |
1905.50-1906.50 |
msomin |
Mesonet/MADIS Minnesota Dept. of Transportation |
567 |
586 |
96.8 % |
1905.50-1906.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
346 |
323 |
107.1 % |
1905.50-1906.50 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
8256 |
10761 |
76.7 % |
1905.50-1906.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
73 |
70 |
104.3 % |
1905.50-1906.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
100 |
97 |
103.1 % |
1905.50-1906.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
24 |
14 |
171.4 % |
1905.50-1906.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
6712 |
6029 |
111.3 % |
1905.50-1906.50 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
294 |
354 |
83.1 % |
1905.50-1906.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
293 |
289 |
101.4 % |
1905.00-1907.00 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
14 |
19 |
73.7 % |
1904.50-1907.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
4 |
5 |
80.0 % |
1905.00-1907.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
26 |
24 |
108.3 % |
1905.50-1906.50 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
199 |
193 |
103.1 % |
1905.50-1906.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
1774 |
1788 |
99.2 % |
1905.50-1906.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1905.50-1906.50 |
| 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 |
22765 |
24402 |
93.3 % |
1903.00-1908.99 |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
20454 |
33014 |
62.0 % |
1903.00-1908.99 |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
5075 |
8073 |
62.9 % |
1903.00-1908.99 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
41185 |
42225 |
97.5 % |
1903.00-1908.99 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
165124 |
169485 |
97.4 % |
1903.00-1908.99 |
acarsa |
Auto. MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (ARINC) via AFWA |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1902.75-1909.25 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
2603 |
2566 |
101.4 % |
1902.75-1909.25 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
2526 |
14666 |
17.2 % |
1903.00-1908.99 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
5502 |
4817 |
114.2 % |
1902.75-1909.25 |
ascat |
METOP-2 ASCAT products |
12721 |
7280 |
174.7 % |
1904.00-1908.00 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
364 |
646 |
56.3 % |
1902.75-1909.25 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
7 |
5 |
140.0 % |
1905.50-1906.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1905.00-1907.00 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
2992 |
3227 |
92.7 % |
1902.75-1909.25 |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 AMSU-A proc. bright. temps from RARS |
13174 |
9932 |
132.6 % |
1905.00-1907.00 |
esamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B proc. bright. temps from RARS |
42750 |
27306 |
156.6 % |
1905.00-1907.00 |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 HIRS-3/-4 proc bright. temps from RARS |
32766 |
24160 |
135.6 % |
1905.00-1907.00 |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 MHS processed bright. temps from RARS |
134603 |
85445 |
157.5 % |
1905.00-1907.00 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
5320 |
8065 |
66.0 % |
1904.50-1907.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
3477 |
3373 |
103.1 % |
1903.50-1908.50 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1903.50-1908.50 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
2878 |
4124 |
69.8 % |
1904.50-1907.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
3132 |
3553 |
88.2 % |
1903.50-1908.50 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1903.50-1908.50 |
lgycld |
GOES/NASA(Langley) hi-res. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
351408 |
732141 |
48.0 % |
1905.50-1906.50 |
ltnglr |
LLDN Long-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1905.50-1906.50 |
ltngsr |
NLDN Shrt-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
4903 |
1173 |
418.0 % |
1905.50-1906.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
8 |
5 |
160.0 % |
1905.50-1906.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
50 |
48 |
104.2 % |
1905.50-1906.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
105 |
111 |
94.6 % |
1905.50-1906.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1905.50-1906.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
30 |
27 |
111.1 % |
1905.50-1906.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1119 |
1153 |
97.1 % |
1905.50-1906.50 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1905.00-1907.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
22 |
20 |
110.0 % |
1902.75-1909.25 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
149 |
121 |
123.1 % |
1904.50-1907.50 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1904.50-1907.50 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
1524847 |
1210207 |
126.0 % |
1905.00-1907.00 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1905.00-1907.00 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
1 |
0 |
n/a |
1905.00-1907.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1905.00-1907.00 |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
1313546 |
857966 |
153.1 % |
1905.50-1906.49 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1905.00-1907.00 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
37 |
34 |
108.8 % |
1905.50-1906.50 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
83 |
87 |
95.4 % |
1905.50-1906.50 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1902.75-1909.25 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1902.75-1909.25 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1902.75-1909.25 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
870 |
1334 |
65.2 % |
1904.50-1907.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
643 |
1134 |
56.7 % |
1903.50-1908.50 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1903.50-1908.50 |
wdsat |
CORIOLIS WindSat products from FNMOC |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1904.00-1908.00 |
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