| 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) |
7665 |
4341 |
176.6 % |
1905.75-1912.25 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
382 |
249 |
153.4 % |
1908.50-1909.50 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
92252 |
97359 |
94.8 % |
1908.00-1910.00 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
272776 |
269019 |
101.4 % |
1907.75-1908.99 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
317 |
259 |
122.4 % |
1908.00-1908.50 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
4169 |
3800 |
109.7 % |
1906.50-1911.50 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
3744 |
3661 |
102.3 % |
1906.50-1911.50 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
275 |
314 |
87.6 % |
1908.50-1909.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
194 |
220 |
88.2 % |
1908.50-1909.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
5539 |
5409 |
102.4 % |
1908.50-1909.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
12 |
10 |
120.0 % |
1908.50-1909.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
31186 |
31018 |
100.5 % |
1908.50-1909.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
28075 |
29269 |
95.9 % |
1908.50-1909.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
41 |
42 |
97.6 % |
1908.50-1909.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
191 |
184 |
103.8 % |
1908.50-1909.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
2 |
3 |
66.7 % |
1908.50-1909.50 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
100 |
83 |
120.5 % |
1908.50-1909.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1908.50-1909.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
2508 |
2572 |
97.5 % |
1908.50-1909.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
975 |
971 |
100.4 % |
1908.50-1909.50 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
54 |
60 |
90.0 % |
1908.50-1909.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
209 |
214 |
97.7 % |
1908.50-1909.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
83 |
84 |
98.8 % |
1908.50-1909.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
666 |
655 |
101.7 % |
1908.50-1909.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
171 |
176 |
97.2 % |
1908.50-1909.50 |
msomin |
Mesonet/MADIS Minnesota Dept. of Transportation |
663 |
685 |
96.8 % |
1908.50-1909.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
378 |
322 |
117.4 % |
1908.50-1909.50 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
8081 |
11261 |
71.8 % |
1908.50-1909.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
58 |
69 |
84.1 % |
1908.50-1909.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
91 |
92 |
98.9 % |
1908.50-1909.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
19 |
14 |
135.7 % |
1908.50-1909.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
6793 |
6080 |
111.7 % |
1908.50-1909.50 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
301 |
357 |
84.3 % |
1908.50-1909.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
300 |
294 |
102.0 % |
1908.00-1910.00 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
14 |
19 |
73.7 % |
1907.50-1910.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
0 |
1 |
0.0 % |
1908.00-1910.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
28 |
24 |
116.7 % |
1908.50-1909.50 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
148 |
136 |
108.8 % |
1908.50-1909.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
1147 |
1158 |
99.1 % |
1908.50-1909.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1908.50-1909.50 |
| 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 |
39140 |
35394 |
110.6 % |
1906.00-1911.99 |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
22370 |
50795 |
44.0 % |
1906.00-1911.99 |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
5471 |
12521 |
43.7 % |
1906.00-1911.99 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
63863 |
60126 |
106.2 % |
1906.00-1911.99 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
256651 |
240832 |
106.6 % |
1906.00-1911.99 |
acarsa |
Auto. MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (ARINC) via AFWA |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1905.75-1912.25 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
1725 |
1600 |
107.8 % |
1905.75-1912.25 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
52327 |
20424 |
256.2 % |
1906.00-1911.99 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
7090 |
5080 |
139.6 % |
1905.75-1912.25 |
ascat |
METOP-2 ASCAT products |
13811 |
7589 |
182.0 % |
1907.00-1911.00 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
157 |
177 |
88.7 % |
1905.75-1912.25 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
5 |
4 |
125.0 % |
1908.50-1909.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1908.00-1910.00 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
3355 |
3416 |
98.2 % |
1905.75-1912.25 |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 AMSU-A proc. bright. temps from RARS |
3981 |
9704 |
41.0 % |
1908.00-1910.00 |
esamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B proc. bright. temps from RARS |
23670 |
18878 |
125.4 % |
1908.00-1910.00 |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 HIRS-3/-4 proc bright. temps from RARS |
10305 |
24766 |
41.6 % |
1908.00-1910.00 |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 MHS processed bright. temps from RARS |
15302 |
89222 |
17.2 % |
1908.00-1910.00 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
5433 |
7995 |
68.0 % |
1907.50-1910.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
2723 |
2419 |
112.6 % |
1906.50-1911.50 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1906.50-1911.50 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
2810 |
4101 |
68.5 % |
1907.50-1910.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
2400 |
2566 |
93.5 % |
1906.50-1911.50 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1906.50-1911.50 |
lgycld |
GOES/NASA(Langley) hi-res. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
734982 |
807864 |
91.0 % |
1908.50-1909.50 |
ltnglr |
LLDN Long-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1908.50-1909.50 |
ltngsr |
NLDN Shrt-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
2792 |
1051 |
265.7 % |
1908.50-1909.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
9 |
6 |
150.0 % |
1908.50-1909.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
46 |
48 |
95.8 % |
1908.50-1909.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
105 |
112 |
93.8 % |
1908.50-1909.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1908.50-1909.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
30 |
27 |
111.1 % |
1908.50-1909.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1105 |
1137 |
97.2 % |
1908.50-1909.50 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1908.00-1910.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
5 |
6 |
83.3 % |
1905.75-1912.25 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
134 |
124 |
108.1 % |
1907.50-1910.50 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1907.50-1910.50 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
1412103 |
1101137 |
128.2 % |
1908.00-1910.00 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1908.00-1910.00 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1908.00-1910.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1908.00-1910.00 |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
1315333 |
788461 |
166.8 % |
1908.50-1909.49 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1908.00-1910.00 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
11 |
13 |
84.6 % |
1908.50-1909.50 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
201 |
205 |
98.0 % |
1908.50-1909.50 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1905.75-1912.25 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1905.75-1912.25 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1905.75-1912.25 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
3730 |
7648 |
48.8 % |
1907.50-1910.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
143 |
197 |
72.6 % |
1906.50-1911.50 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1906.50-1911.50 |
wdsat |
CORIOLIS WindSat products from FNMOC |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1907.00-1911.00 |