| 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) |
8612 |
3689 |
233.5 % |
1907.75-1914.25 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
417 |
271 |
153.9 % |
1910.50-1911.50 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
87726 |
95373 |
92.0 % |
1910.00-1912.00 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
272027 |
271785 |
100.1 % |
1909.75-1910.99 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
317 |
285 |
111.2 % |
1910.00-1910.50 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1908.50-1913.50 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1908.50-1913.50 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
295 |
312 |
94.6 % |
1910.50-1911.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
229 |
215 |
106.5 % |
1910.50-1911.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
5689 |
5469 |
104.0 % |
1910.50-1911.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
12 |
13 |
92.3 % |
1910.50-1911.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
31170 |
30803 |
101.2 % |
1910.50-1911.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
25263 |
28445 |
88.8 % |
1910.50-1911.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
40 |
40 |
100.0 % |
1910.50-1911.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
191 |
182 |
104.9 % |
1910.50-1911.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
2 |
3 |
66.7 % |
1910.50-1911.50 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
100 |
80 |
125.0 % |
1910.50-1911.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1910.50-1911.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
2552 |
2473 |
103.2 % |
1910.50-1911.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
948 |
962 |
98.5 % |
1910.50-1911.50 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
61 |
57 |
107.0 % |
1910.50-1911.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
220 |
222 |
99.1 % |
1910.50-1911.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
83 |
85 |
97.6 % |
1910.50-1911.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
666 |
665 |
100.2 % |
1910.50-1911.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
165 |
174 |
94.8 % |
1910.50-1911.50 |
msomin |
Mesonet/MADIS Minnesota Dept. of Transportation |
655 |
679 |
96.5 % |
1910.50-1911.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
328 |
324 |
101.2 % |
1910.50-1911.50 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
7807 |
11794 |
66.2 % |
1910.50-1911.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
63 |
68 |
92.6 % |
1910.50-1911.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
91 |
94 |
96.8 % |
1910.50-1911.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
23 |
14 |
164.3 % |
1910.50-1911.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
6681 |
5784 |
115.5 % |
1910.50-1911.50 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
297 |
357 |
83.2 % |
1910.50-1911.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
286 |
281 |
101.8 % |
1910.00-1912.00 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
14 |
19 |
73.7 % |
1909.50-1912.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
0 |
2 |
0.0 % |
1910.00-1912.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
26 |
24 |
108.3 % |
1910.50-1911.50 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
125 |
123 |
101.6 % |
1910.50-1911.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
828 |
808 |
102.5 % |
1910.50-1911.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1910.50-1911.50 |
| 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 |
24860 |
28038 |
88.7 % |
1908.00-1913.99 |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
0 |
6878 |
0.0 % |
1908.00-1913.99 |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
0 |
1702 |
0.0 % |
1908.00-1913.99 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
37039 |
45413 |
81.6 % |
1908.00-1913.99 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
148311 |
182506 |
81.3 % |
1908.00-1913.99 |
acarsa |
Auto. MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (ARINC) via AFWA |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1907.75-1914.25 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
1649 |
1402 |
117.6 % |
1907.75-1914.25 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
3533 |
18726 |
18.9 % |
1908.00-1913.99 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
7554 |
6538 |
115.5 % |
1907.75-1914.25 |
ascat |
METOP-2 ASCAT products |
13995 |
6643 |
210.7 % |
1909.00-1913.00 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
608 |
546 |
111.4 % |
1907.75-1914.25 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
5 |
5 |
100.0 % |
1910.50-1911.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
8 |
1 |
800.0 % |
1910.00-1912.00 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
4023 |
3708 |
108.5 % |
1907.75-1914.25 |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 AMSU-A proc. bright. temps from RARS |
13448 |
12734 |
105.6 % |
1910.00-1912.00 |
esamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B proc. bright. temps from RARS |
61433 |
52434 |
117.2 % |
1910.00-1912.00 |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 HIRS-3/-4 proc bright. temps from RARS |
32858 |
32088 |
102.4 % |
1910.00-1912.00 |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 MHS processed bright. temps from RARS |
87948 |
79962 |
110.0 % |
1910.00-1912.00 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
5372 |
7980 |
67.3 % |
1909.50-1912.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
2560 |
2454 |
104.3 % |
1908.50-1913.50 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1908.50-1913.50 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
2858 |
4077 |
70.1 % |
1909.50-1912.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
2399 |
2727 |
88.0 % |
1908.50-1913.50 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1908.50-1913.50 |
lgycld |
GOES/NASA(Langley) hi-res. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
1075892 |
1011066 |
106.4 % |
1910.50-1911.50 |
ltnglr |
LLDN Long-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1910.50-1911.50 |
ltngsr |
NLDN Shrt-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
4745 |
1103 |
430.2 % |
1910.50-1911.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
6 |
5 |
120.0 % |
1910.50-1911.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
49 |
49 |
100.0 % |
1910.50-1911.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
140 |
109 |
128.4 % |
1910.50-1911.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1910.50-1911.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
30 |
26 |
115.4 % |
1910.50-1911.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1336 |
1086 |
123.0 % |
1910.50-1911.50 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1910.00-1912.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
14 |
15 |
93.3 % |
1907.75-1914.25 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
134 |
125 |
107.2 % |
1909.50-1912.50 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1909.50-1912.50 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
1244631 |
962906 |
129.3 % |
1910.00-1912.00 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1910.00-1912.00 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1910.00-1912.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1910.00-1912.00 |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
1176821 |
661414 |
177.9 % |
1910.50-1911.49 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1910.00-1912.00 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
6 |
4 |
150.0 % |
1910.50-1911.50 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1910.50-1911.50 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1907.75-1914.25 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1907.75-1914.25 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1907.75-1914.25 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
4464 |
8610 |
51.8 % |
1909.50-1912.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
5 |
16 |
31.2 % |
1908.50-1913.50 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1908.50-1913.50 |
wdsat |
CORIOLIS WindSat products from FNMOC |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1909.00-1913.00 |
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