| 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) |
10847 |
11677 |
92.9 % |
2603.75-2610.25 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
312 |
323 |
96.6 % |
2606.50-2607.50 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
71036 |
84658 |
83.9 % |
2606.00-2608.00 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
272370 |
251697 |
108.2 % |
2605.75-2606.99 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
323 |
295 |
109.5 % |
2606.00-2606.50 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
7986 |
7651 |
104.4 % |
2604.50-2609.50 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
7783 |
7501 |
103.8 % |
2604.50-2609.50 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
283 |
297 |
95.3 % |
2606.50-2607.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
223 |
213 |
104.7 % |
2606.50-2607.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
5173 |
5396 |
95.9 % |
2606.50-2607.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
9 |
10 |
90.0 % |
2606.50-2607.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
32062 |
31141 |
103.0 % |
2606.50-2607.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
28298 |
28757 |
98.4 % |
2606.50-2607.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
31 |
39 |
79.5 % |
2606.50-2607.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
181 |
183 |
98.9 % |
2606.50-2607.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
3 |
3 |
100.0 % |
2606.50-2607.50 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
100 |
87 |
114.9 % |
2606.50-2607.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2606.50-2607.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
2774 |
2513 |
110.4 % |
2606.50-2607.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
967 |
989 |
97.8 % |
2606.50-2607.50 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
61 |
59 |
103.4 % |
2606.50-2607.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
191 |
219 |
87.2 % |
2606.50-2607.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
84 |
84 |
100.0 % |
2606.50-2607.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
666 |
666 |
100.0 % |
2606.50-2607.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
177 |
176 |
100.6 % |
2606.50-2607.50 |
msomin |
Mesonet/MADIS Minnesota Dept. of Transportation |
671 |
681 |
98.5 % |
2606.50-2607.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
395 |
326 |
121.2 % |
2606.50-2607.50 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
8789 |
10131 |
86.8 % |
2606.50-2607.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
75 |
69 |
108.7 % |
2606.50-2607.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
90 |
99 |
90.9 % |
2606.50-2607.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
20 |
17 |
117.6 % |
2606.50-2607.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
7372 |
6244 |
118.1 % |
2606.50-2607.50 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
368 |
332 |
110.8 % |
2606.50-2607.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
298 |
291 |
102.4 % |
2606.00-2608.00 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
16 |
18 |
88.9 % |
2605.50-2608.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
2 |
3 |
66.7 % |
2606.00-2608.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
27 |
25 |
108.0 % |
2606.50-2607.50 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
143 |
129 |
110.9 % |
2606.50-2607.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
753 |
814 |
92.5 % |
2606.50-2607.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2606.50-2607.50 |
| 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 |
31407 |
24105 |
130.3 % |
2604.00-2609.99 |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
58119 |
21136 |
275.0 % |
2604.00-2609.99 |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
14246 |
5156 |
276.3 % |
2604.00-2609.99 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
53016 |
45468 |
116.6 % |
2604.00-2609.99 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
212455 |
182461 |
116.4 % |
2604.00-2609.99 |
acarsa |
Auto. MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (ARINC) via AFWA |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2603.75-2610.25 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
2379 |
2342 |
101.6 % |
2603.75-2610.25 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
17477 |
18089 |
96.6 % |
2604.00-2609.99 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
8055 |
5468 |
147.3 % |
2603.75-2610.25 |
ascat |
METOP-2 ASCAT products |
6006 |
5910 |
101.6 % |
2605.00-2609.00 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
167 |
307 |
54.4 % |
2603.75-2610.25 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
7 |
4 |
175.0 % |
2606.50-2607.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2606.00-2608.00 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
3588 |
3622 |
99.1 % |
2603.75-2610.25 |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 AMSU-A proc. bright. temps from RARS |
12034 |
8545 |
140.8 % |
2606.00-2608.00 |
esamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B proc. bright. temps from RARS |
0 |
6721 |
0.0 % |
2606.00-2608.00 |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 HIRS-3/-4 proc bright. temps from RARS |
30355 |
22198 |
136.7 % |
2606.00-2608.00 |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 MHS processed bright. temps from RARS |
160700 |
100030 |
160.7 % |
2606.00-2608.00 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
5233 |
7007 |
74.7 % |
2605.50-2608.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
2631 |
3124 |
84.2 % |
2604.50-2609.50 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2604.50-2609.50 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
2656 |
3655 |
72.7 % |
2605.50-2608.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
3286 |
3085 |
106.5 % |
2604.50-2609.50 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2604.50-2609.50 |
lgycld |
GOES/NASA(Langley) hi-res. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
1056110 |
974341 |
108.4 % |
2606.50-2607.50 |
ltnglr |
LLDN Long-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2606.50-2607.50 |
ltngsr |
NLDN Shrt-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
2602 |
1684 |
154.5 % |
2606.50-2607.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
8 |
6 |
133.3 % |
2606.50-2607.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
0 |
47 |
0.0 % |
2606.50-2607.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
105 |
116 |
90.5 % |
2606.50-2607.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2606.50-2607.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
30 |
26 |
115.4 % |
2606.50-2607.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1376 |
1143 |
120.4 % |
2606.50-2607.50 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2606.00-2608.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
5 |
12 |
41.7 % |
2603.75-2610.25 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
137 |
126 |
108.7 % |
2605.50-2608.50 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2605.50-2608.50 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
1202792 |
1229803 |
97.8 % |
2606.00-2608.00 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2606.00-2608.00 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2606.00-2608.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2606.00-2608.00 |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
1046396 |
925327 |
113.1 % |
2606.50-2607.49 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2606.00-2608.00 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
2 |
2 |
100.0 % |
2606.50-2607.50 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2606.50-2607.50 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2603.75-2610.25 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2603.75-2610.25 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2603.75-2610.25 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
1889 |
3519 |
53.7 % |
2605.50-2608.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
1190 |
810 |
146.9 % |
2604.50-2609.50 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2604.50-2609.50 |
wdsat |
CORIOLIS WindSat products from FNMOC |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2605.00-2609.00 |