| 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) |
19709 |
19808 |
99.5 % |
1503.75-1510.25 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
309 |
309 |
100.0 % |
1506.50-1507.50 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
86103 |
78592 |
109.6 % |
1506.00-1508.00 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
271595 |
252192 |
107.7 % |
1505.75-1506.99 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
328 |
313 |
104.8 % |
1506.00-1506.50 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
7407 |
7536 |
98.3 % |
1504.50-1509.50 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
8129 |
7155 |
113.6 % |
1504.50-1509.50 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
332 |
306 |
108.5 % |
1506.50-1507.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
267 |
240 |
111.2 % |
1506.50-1507.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
5214 |
5423 |
96.1 % |
1506.50-1507.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
9 |
10 |
90.0 % |
1506.50-1507.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
31751 |
30794 |
103.1 % |
1506.50-1507.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
24365 |
27351 |
89.1 % |
1506.50-1507.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
33 |
38 |
86.8 % |
1506.50-1507.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
236 |
192 |
122.9 % |
1506.50-1507.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
3 |
3 |
100.0 % |
1506.50-1507.50 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
100 |
100 |
100.0 % |
1506.50-1507.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1506.50-1507.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
2698 |
2487 |
108.5 % |
1506.50-1507.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
935 |
953 |
98.1 % |
1506.50-1507.50 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
35 |
54 |
64.8 % |
1506.50-1507.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
213 |
211 |
100.9 % |
1506.50-1507.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
69 |
77 |
89.6 % |
1506.50-1507.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
666 |
666 |
100.0 % |
1506.50-1507.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
179 |
174 |
102.9 % |
1506.50-1507.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
365 |
353 |
103.4 % |
1506.50-1507.50 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
10251 |
9756 |
105.1 % |
1506.50-1507.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
65 |
60 |
108.3 % |
1506.50-1507.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
123 |
97 |
126.8 % |
1506.50-1507.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
16 |
18 |
88.9 % |
1506.50-1507.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
6983 |
6399 |
109.1 % |
1506.50-1507.50 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
343 |
331 |
103.6 % |
1506.50-1507.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
290 |
292 |
99.3 % |
1506.00-1508.00 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
16 |
16 |
100.0 % |
1505.50-1508.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
3 |
3 |
100.0 % |
1506.00-1508.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
27 |
26 |
103.8 % |
1506.50-1507.50 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
140 |
124 |
112.9 % |
1506.50-1507.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
825 |
800 |
103.1 % |
1506.50-1507.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1506.50-1507.50 |
| 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 |
37042 |
26119 |
141.8 % |
1504.00-1509.99 |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
75818 |
23354 |
324.6 % |
1504.00-1509.99 |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
18459 |
5697 |
324.0 % |
1504.00-1509.99 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
60420 |
48557 |
124.4 % |
1504.00-1509.99 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
242254 |
194618 |
124.5 % |
1504.00-1509.99 |
acarsa |
Auto. MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (ARINC) via AFWA |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1503.75-1510.25 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
2576 |
2471 |
104.2 % |
1503.75-1510.25 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
41099 |
16481 |
249.4 % |
1504.00-1509.99 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
8964 |
10921 |
82.1 % |
1503.75-1510.25 |
ascat |
METOP-2 ASCAT products |
172 |
5174 |
3.3 % |
1505.00-1509.00 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
261 |
261 |
100.0 % |
1503.75-1510.25 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
5 |
4 |
125.0 % |
1506.50-1507.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1506.00-1508.00 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
3876 |
3542 |
109.4 % |
1503.75-1510.25 |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 AMSU-A proc. bright. temps from RARS |
11025 |
9390 |
117.4 % |
1506.00-1508.00 |
esamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B proc. bright. temps from RARS |
22139 |
8224 |
269.2 % |
1506.00-1508.00 |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 HIRS-3/-4 proc bright. temps from RARS |
27684 |
23940 |
115.6 % |
1506.00-1508.00 |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 MHS processed bright. temps from RARS |
102011 |
113539 |
89.8 % |
1506.00-1508.00 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
5257 |
5251 |
100.1 % |
1505.50-1508.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
5058 |
3341 |
151.4 % |
1504.50-1509.50 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
4 |
0.0 % |
1504.50-1509.50 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
2800 |
2733 |
102.5 % |
1505.50-1508.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
4226 |
3271 |
129.2 % |
1504.50-1509.50 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1504.50-1509.50 |
lgycld |
GOES/NASA(Langley) hi-res. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
1097708 |
935993 |
117.3 % |
1506.50-1507.50 |
ltnglr |
LLDN Long-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1506.50-1507.50 |
ltngsr |
NLDN Shrt-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
5040 |
3005 |
167.7 % |
1506.50-1507.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
0 |
6 |
0.0 % |
1506.50-1507.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
52 |
46 |
113.0 % |
1506.50-1507.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
139 |
111 |
125.2 % |
1506.50-1507.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1506.50-1507.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
40 |
29 |
137.9 % |
1506.50-1507.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1274 |
1277 |
99.8 % |
1506.50-1507.50 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1506.00-1508.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
10 |
13 |
76.9 % |
1503.75-1510.25 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
137 |
131 |
104.6 % |
1505.50-1508.50 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1505.50-1508.50 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
1078017 |
1209000 |
89.2 % |
1506.00-1508.00 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1506.00-1508.00 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1506.00-1508.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1506.00-1508.00 |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
1184102 |
1121952 |
105.5 % |
1506.50-1507.49 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1506.00-1508.00 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
3 |
3 |
100.0 % |
1506.50-1507.50 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1506.50-1507.50 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1503.75-1510.25 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1503.75-1510.25 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1503.75-1510.25 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
1893 |
2189 |
86.5 % |
1505.50-1508.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
609 |
754 |
80.8 % |
1504.50-1509.50 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1504.50-1509.50 |
wdsat |
CORIOLIS WindSat products from FNMOC |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1505.00-1509.00 |
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