| 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) |
12856 |
8118 |
158.4 % |
1504.75-1511.25 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
587 |
342 |
171.6 % |
1507.50-1508.50 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
97636 |
82979 |
117.7 % |
1507.00-1509.00 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
273602 |
245193 |
111.6 % |
1506.75-1507.99 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
316 |
307 |
102.9 % |
1507.00-1507.50 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1505.50-1510.50 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1505.50-1510.50 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
331 |
300 |
110.3 % |
1507.50-1508.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
265 |
242 |
109.5 % |
1507.50-1508.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
5333 |
5455 |
97.8 % |
1507.50-1508.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
9 |
10 |
90.0 % |
1507.50-1508.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
30568 |
30690 |
99.6 % |
1507.50-1508.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
25695 |
27409 |
93.7 % |
1507.50-1508.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
26 |
32 |
81.2 % |
1507.50-1508.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
237 |
190 |
124.7 % |
1507.50-1508.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
3 |
3 |
100.0 % |
1507.50-1508.50 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
100 |
100 |
100.0 % |
1507.50-1508.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1507.50-1508.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
2548 |
2409 |
105.8 % |
1507.50-1508.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
932 |
951 |
98.0 % |
1507.50-1508.50 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
36 |
54 |
66.7 % |
1507.50-1508.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
206 |
210 |
98.1 % |
1507.50-1508.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
72 |
76 |
94.7 % |
1507.50-1508.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
666 |
666 |
100.0 % |
1507.50-1508.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
173 |
174 |
99.4 % |
1507.50-1508.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
364 |
348 |
104.6 % |
1507.50-1508.50 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
10273 |
9915 |
103.6 % |
1507.50-1508.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
49 |
60 |
81.7 % |
1507.50-1508.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
129 |
91 |
141.8 % |
1507.50-1508.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
17 |
18 |
94.4 % |
1507.50-1508.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
6877 |
6321 |
108.8 % |
1507.50-1508.50 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
342 |
340 |
100.6 % |
1507.50-1508.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
292 |
294 |
99.3 % |
1507.00-1509.00 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
16 |
16 |
100.0 % |
1506.50-1509.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
0 |
1 |
0.0 % |
1507.00-1509.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
25 |
26 |
96.2 % |
1507.50-1508.50 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
145 |
121 |
119.8 % |
1507.50-1508.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
824 |
838 |
98.3 % |
1507.50-1508.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1507.50-1508.50 |
| 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 |
39677 |
31455 |
126.1 % |
1505.00-1510.99 |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
58851 |
38747 |
151.9 % |
1505.00-1510.99 |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
14405 |
9498 |
151.7 % |
1505.00-1510.99 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
73509 |
58320 |
126.0 % |
1505.00-1510.99 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
293415 |
233422 |
125.7 % |
1505.00-1510.99 |
acarsa |
Auto. MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (ARINC) via AFWA |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1504.75-1511.25 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
2289 |
2135 |
107.2 % |
1504.75-1511.25 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
17391 |
16827 |
103.4 % |
1505.00-1510.99 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
9627 |
12133 |
79.3 % |
1504.75-1511.25 |
ascat |
METOP-2 ASCAT products |
10789 |
4665 |
231.3 % |
1506.00-1510.00 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
106 |
113 |
93.8 % |
1504.75-1511.25 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
6 |
6 |
100.0 % |
1507.50-1508.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1507.00-1509.00 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
3881 |
3661 |
106.0 % |
1504.75-1511.25 |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 AMSU-A proc. bright. temps from RARS |
13935 |
9681 |
143.9 % |
1507.00-1509.00 |
esamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B proc. bright. temps from RARS |
496 |
7411 |
6.7 % |
1507.00-1509.00 |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 HIRS-3/-4 proc bright. temps from RARS |
36065 |
24666 |
146.2 % |
1507.00-1509.00 |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 MHS processed bright. temps from RARS |
196185 |
114732 |
171.0 % |
1507.00-1509.00 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
5228 |
5260 |
99.4 % |
1506.50-1509.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
5001 |
3207 |
155.9 % |
1505.50-1510.50 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1505.50-1510.50 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
2768 |
2730 |
101.4 % |
1506.50-1509.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
4019 |
3111 |
129.2 % |
1505.50-1510.50 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1505.50-1510.50 |
lgycld |
GOES/NASA(Langley) hi-res. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
1095143 |
931128 |
117.6 % |
1507.50-1508.50 |
ltnglr |
LLDN Long-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1507.50-1508.50 |
ltngsr |
NLDN Shrt-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
5311 |
2331 |
227.8 % |
1507.50-1508.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
0 |
6 |
0.0 % |
1507.50-1508.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
52 |
46 |
113.0 % |
1507.50-1508.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
139 |
109 |
127.5 % |
1507.50-1508.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1507.50-1508.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
40 |
29 |
137.9 % |
1507.50-1508.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1359 |
1244 |
109.2 % |
1507.50-1508.50 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
1 |
0.0 % |
1507.00-1509.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
12 |
8 |
150.0 % |
1504.75-1511.25 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
139 |
132 |
105.3 % |
1506.50-1509.50 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1506.50-1509.50 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
1089765 |
1211048 |
90.0 % |
1507.00-1509.00 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1507.00-1509.00 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1507.00-1509.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1507.00-1509.00 |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
1030547 |
1088266 |
94.7 % |
1507.50-1508.49 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1507.00-1509.00 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
2 |
4 |
50.0 % |
1507.50-1508.50 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1507.50-1508.50 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1504.75-1511.25 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1504.75-1511.25 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1504.75-1511.25 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
2821 |
3432 |
82.2 % |
1506.50-1509.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
540 |
560 |
96.4 % |
1505.50-1510.50 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1505.50-1510.50 |
wdsat |
CORIOLIS WindSat products from FNMOC |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1506.00-1510.00 |
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