| 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) |
28597 |
31671 |
90.3 % |
1502.75-1509.25 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
289 |
313 |
92.3 % |
1505.50-1506.50 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
85927 |
81170 |
105.9 % |
1505.00-1507.00 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
271401 |
257088 |
105.6 % |
1504.75-1505.99 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
324 |
312 |
103.8 % |
1505.00-1505.50 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
3560 |
3649 |
97.6 % |
1503.50-1508.50 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
3890 |
3383 |
115.0 % |
1503.50-1508.50 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
334 |
299 |
111.7 % |
1505.50-1506.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
271 |
245 |
110.6 % |
1505.50-1506.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
5240 |
5405 |
96.9 % |
1505.50-1506.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
9 |
10 |
90.0 % |
1505.50-1506.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
31143 |
31206 |
99.8 % |
1505.50-1506.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
26639 |
27478 |
96.9 % |
1505.50-1506.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
37 |
32 |
115.6 % |
1505.50-1506.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
231 |
188 |
122.9 % |
1505.50-1506.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
3 |
3 |
100.0 % |
1505.50-1506.50 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
100 |
100 |
100.0 % |
1505.50-1506.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1505.50-1506.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
2584 |
2447 |
105.6 % |
1505.50-1506.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
958 |
950 |
100.8 % |
1505.50-1506.50 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
25 |
54 |
46.3 % |
1505.50-1506.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
214 |
211 |
101.4 % |
1505.50-1506.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
75 |
76 |
98.7 % |
1505.50-1506.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
666 |
666 |
100.0 % |
1505.50-1506.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
180 |
171 |
105.3 % |
1505.50-1506.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
382 |
352 |
108.5 % |
1505.50-1506.50 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
11276 |
9938 |
113.5 % |
1505.50-1506.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
64 |
61 |
104.9 % |
1505.50-1506.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
119 |
94 |
126.6 % |
1505.50-1506.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
21 |
18 |
116.7 % |
1505.50-1506.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
6333 |
6386 |
99.2 % |
1505.50-1506.50 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
346 |
332 |
104.2 % |
1505.50-1506.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
293 |
296 |
99.0 % |
1505.00-1507.00 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
16 |
16 |
100.0 % |
1504.50-1507.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
3 |
5 |
60.0 % |
1505.00-1507.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
25 |
26 |
96.2 % |
1505.50-1506.50 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
213 |
199 |
107.0 % |
1505.50-1506.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
1843 |
1787 |
103.1 % |
1505.50-1506.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1505.50-1506.50 |
| 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 |
25260 |
27760 |
91.0 % |
1503.00-1508.99 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
51711 |
45438 |
113.8 % |
1503.00-1508.99 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
207386 |
182163 |
113.8 % |
1503.00-1508.99 |
acarsa |
Auto. MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (ARINC) via AFWA |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1502.75-1509.25 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
2789 |
2729 |
102.2 % |
1502.75-1509.25 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
4897 |
12885 |
38.0 % |
1503.00-1508.99 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
8003 |
11414 |
70.1 % |
1502.75-1509.25 |
ascat |
METOP-2 ASCAT products |
9044 |
4747 |
190.5 % |
1504.00-1508.00 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
503 |
490 |
102.7 % |
1502.75-1509.25 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
5 |
5 |
100.0 % |
1505.50-1506.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1505.00-1507.00 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
3581 |
3253 |
110.1 % |
1502.75-1509.25 |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 AMSU-A proc. bright. temps from RARS |
10325 |
11201 |
92.2 % |
1505.00-1507.00 |
esamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B proc. bright. temps from RARS |
43997 |
33384 |
131.8 % |
1505.00-1507.00 |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 HIRS-3/-4 proc bright. temps from RARS |
26456 |
28043 |
94.3 % |
1505.00-1507.00 |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 MHS processed bright. temps from RARS |
89479 |
105868 |
84.5 % |
1505.00-1507.00 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
5220 |
5311 |
98.3 % |
1504.50-1507.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
5806 |
3938 |
147.4 % |
1503.50-1508.50 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1503.50-1508.50 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
2759 |
2741 |
100.7 % |
1504.50-1507.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
4926 |
3925 |
125.5 % |
1503.50-1508.50 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1503.50-1508.50 |
lgycld |
GOES/NASA(Langley) hi-res. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
708253 |
813506 |
87.1 % |
1505.50-1506.50 |
ltnglr |
LLDN Long-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1505.50-1506.50 |
ltngsr |
NLDN Shrt-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
5910 |
3522 |
167.8 % |
1505.50-1506.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
6 |
7 |
85.7 % |
1505.50-1506.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
48 |
48 |
100.0 % |
1505.50-1506.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
106 |
110 |
96.4 % |
1505.50-1506.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1505.50-1506.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
40 |
29 |
137.9 % |
1505.50-1506.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1333 |
1265 |
105.4 % |
1505.50-1506.50 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1505.00-1507.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
13 |
21 |
61.9 % |
1502.75-1509.25 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
133 |
129 |
103.1 % |
1504.50-1507.50 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1504.50-1507.50 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
1125235 |
1277712 |
88.1 % |
1505.00-1507.00 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1505.00-1507.00 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1505.00-1507.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1505.00-1507.00 |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
1038657 |
1168621 |
88.9 % |
1505.50-1506.49 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1505.00-1507.00 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
40 |
38 |
105.3 % |
1505.50-1506.50 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
87 |
77 |
113.0 % |
1505.50-1506.50 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1502.75-1509.25 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1502.75-1509.25 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1502.75-1509.25 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
949 |
1018 |
93.2 % |
1504.50-1507.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
740 |
918 |
80.6 % |
1503.50-1508.50 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1503.50-1508.50 |
wdsat |
CORIOLIS WindSat products from FNMOC |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1504.00-1508.00 |
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