| 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) |
14832 |
17502 |
84.7 % |
2106.75-2113.25 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
244 |
262 |
93.1 % |
2109.50-2110.50 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
84311 |
88241 |
95.5 % |
2109.00-2111.00 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
272054 |
266198 |
102.2 % |
2108.75-2109.99 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
313 |
285 |
109.8 % |
2109.00-2109.50 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
7988 |
7485 |
106.7 % |
2107.50-2112.50 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
8194 |
7810 |
104.9 % |
2107.50-2112.50 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
168 |
303 |
55.4 % |
2109.50-2110.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
162 |
214 |
75.7 % |
2109.50-2110.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
5717 |
5482 |
104.3 % |
2109.50-2110.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
14 |
10 |
140.0 % |
2109.50-2110.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
30416 |
30356 |
100.2 % |
2109.50-2110.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
27735 |
28054 |
98.9 % |
2109.50-2110.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
27 |
37 |
73.0 % |
2109.50-2110.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
193 |
182 |
106.0 % |
2109.50-2110.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
2 |
3 |
66.7 % |
2109.50-2110.50 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
100 |
79 |
126.6 % |
2109.50-2110.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2109.50-2110.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
1521 |
2459 |
61.9 % |
2109.50-2110.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
882 |
960 |
91.9 % |
2109.50-2110.50 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
38 |
57 |
66.7 % |
2109.50-2110.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
172 |
212 |
81.1 % |
2109.50-2110.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
82 |
84 |
97.6 % |
2109.50-2110.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
646 |
666 |
97.0 % |
2109.50-2110.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
139 |
174 |
79.9 % |
2109.50-2110.50 |
msomin |
Mesonet/MADIS Minnesota Dept. of Transportation |
544 |
678 |
80.2 % |
2109.50-2110.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
366 |
321 |
114.0 % |
2109.50-2110.50 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
12118 |
11356 |
106.7 % |
2109.50-2110.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
51 |
64 |
79.7 % |
2109.50-2110.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
97 |
88 |
110.2 % |
2109.50-2110.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
19 |
15 |
126.7 % |
2109.50-2110.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
3769 |
5854 |
64.4 % |
2109.50-2110.50 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
301 |
348 |
86.5 % |
2109.50-2110.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
286 |
286 |
100.0 % |
2109.00-2111.00 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
14 |
18 |
77.8 % |
2108.50-2111.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
0 |
1 |
0.0 % |
2109.00-2111.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
26 |
24 |
108.3 % |
2109.50-2110.50 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
135 |
124 |
108.9 % |
2109.50-2110.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
872 |
823 |
106.0 % |
2109.50-2110.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2109.50-2110.50 |
| 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 |
32334 |
31951 |
101.2 % |
2107.00-2112.99 |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
15845 |
28693 |
55.2 % |
2107.00-2112.99 |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
4091 |
7124 |
57.4 % |
2107.00-2112.99 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
50608 |
50684 |
99.9 % |
2107.00-2112.99 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
202847 |
203075 |
99.9 % |
2107.00-2112.99 |
acarsa |
Auto. MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (ARINC) via AFWA |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2106.75-2113.25 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
1466 |
1360 |
107.8 % |
2106.75-2113.25 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
24300 |
19936 |
121.9 % |
2107.00-2112.99 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
9770 |
6708 |
145.6 % |
2106.75-2113.25 |
ascat |
METOP-2 ASCAT products |
11688 |
6177 |
189.2 % |
2108.00-2112.00 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
264 |
280 |
94.3 % |
2106.75-2113.25 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
1 |
5 |
20.0 % |
2109.50-2110.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
5 |
1 |
500.0 % |
2109.00-2111.00 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
3599 |
3522 |
102.2 % |
2106.75-2113.25 |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 AMSU-A proc. bright. temps from RARS |
13299 |
12681 |
104.9 % |
2109.00-2111.00 |
esamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B proc. bright. temps from RARS |
41481 |
45478 |
91.2 % |
2109.00-2111.00 |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 HIRS-3/-4 proc bright. temps from RARS |
33444 |
32405 |
103.2 % |
2109.00-2111.00 |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 MHS processed bright. temps from RARS |
92313 |
95860 |
96.3 % |
2109.00-2111.00 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
5292 |
7599 |
69.6 % |
2108.50-2111.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
4229 |
2751 |
153.7 % |
2107.50-2112.50 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2107.50-2112.50 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
2811 |
3910 |
71.9 % |
2108.50-2111.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
3467 |
2946 |
117.7 % |
2107.50-2112.50 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2107.50-2112.50 |
ltnglr |
LLDN Long-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2109.50-2110.50 |
ltngsr |
NLDN Shrt-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
2011 |
1212 |
165.9 % |
2109.50-2110.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
7 |
4 |
175.0 % |
2109.50-2110.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
43 |
49 |
87.8 % |
2109.50-2110.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
104 |
110 |
94.5 % |
2109.50-2110.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2109.50-2110.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
24 |
26 |
92.3 % |
2109.50-2110.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1037 |
1124 |
92.3 % |
2109.50-2110.50 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2109.00-2111.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
7 |
7 |
100.0 % |
2106.75-2113.25 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
139 |
125 |
111.2 % |
2108.50-2111.50 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2108.50-2111.50 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
1247358 |
1035898 |
120.4 % |
2109.00-2111.00 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2109.00-2111.00 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2109.00-2111.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2109.00-2111.00 |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
1042605 |
744812 |
140.0 % |
2109.50-2110.49 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2109.00-2111.00 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
2 |
3 |
66.7 % |
2109.50-2110.50 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2109.50-2110.50 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2106.75-2113.25 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2106.75-2113.25 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2106.75-2113.25 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
5487 |
7883 |
69.6 % |
2108.50-2111.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
72 |
93 |
77.4 % |
2107.50-2112.50 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2107.50-2112.50 |
wdsat |
CORIOLIS WindSat products from FNMOC |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2108.00-2112.00 |
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