| 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) |
13080 |
15548 |
84.1 % |
1507.75-1514.25 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
284 |
300 |
94.7 % |
1510.50-1511.50 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
91541 |
83500 |
109.6 % |
1510.00-1512.00 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
271634 |
263413 |
103.1 % |
1509.75-1510.99 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
245 |
311 |
78.8 % |
1510.00-1510.50 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1508.50-1513.50 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1508.50-1513.50 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
339 |
299 |
113.4 % |
1510.50-1511.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
292 |
246 |
118.7 % |
1510.50-1511.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
5313 |
5590 |
95.0 % |
1510.50-1511.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
9 |
13 |
69.2 % |
1510.50-1511.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
31034 |
30594 |
101.4 % |
1510.50-1511.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
27648 |
27635 |
100.0 % |
1510.50-1511.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
37 |
40 |
92.5 % |
1510.50-1511.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
236 |
191 |
123.6 % |
1510.50-1511.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
3 |
2 |
150.0 % |
1510.50-1511.50 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
100 |
100 |
100.0 % |
1510.50-1511.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1510.50-1511.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
2383 |
2431 |
98.0 % |
1510.50-1511.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
939 |
963 |
97.5 % |
1510.50-1511.50 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
26 |
51 |
51.0 % |
1510.50-1511.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
212 |
212 |
100.0 % |
1510.50-1511.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
76 |
75 |
101.3 % |
1510.50-1511.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
666 |
666 |
100.0 % |
1510.50-1511.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
172 |
172 |
100.0 % |
1510.50-1511.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
355 |
356 |
99.7 % |
1510.50-1511.50 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
11316 |
10927 |
103.6 % |
1510.50-1511.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
48 |
54 |
88.9 % |
1510.50-1511.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
69 |
88 |
78.4 % |
1510.50-1511.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
20 |
19 |
105.3 % |
1510.50-1511.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
5998 |
5723 |
104.8 % |
1510.50-1511.50 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
340 |
341 |
99.7 % |
1510.50-1511.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
341 |
293 |
116.4 % |
1510.00-1512.00 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
16 |
16 |
100.0 % |
1509.50-1512.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
2 |
2 |
100.0 % |
1510.00-1512.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
28 |
26 |
107.7 % |
1510.50-1511.50 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
152 |
123 |
123.6 % |
1510.50-1511.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
826 |
851 |
97.1 % |
1510.50-1511.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1510.50-1511.50 |
| 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 |
35437 |
30489 |
116.2 % |
1508.00-1513.99 |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
67081 |
13089 |
512.5 % |
1508.00-1513.99 |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
16745 |
3267 |
512.5 % |
1508.00-1513.99 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
50238 |
49849 |
100.8 % |
1508.00-1513.99 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
201301 |
199558 |
100.9 % |
1508.00-1513.99 |
acarsa |
Auto. MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (ARINC) via AFWA |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1507.75-1514.25 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
1682 |
1515 |
111.0 % |
1507.75-1514.25 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
0 |
18028 |
0.0 % |
1508.00-1513.99 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
9710 |
11725 |
82.8 % |
1507.75-1514.25 |
ascat |
METOP-2 ASCAT products |
3934 |
4332 |
90.8 % |
1509.00-1513.00 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
564 |
581 |
97.1 % |
1507.75-1514.25 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
5 |
5 |
100.0 % |
1510.50-1511.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
3 |
0.0 % |
1510.00-1512.00 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
3965 |
3698 |
107.2 % |
1507.75-1514.25 |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 AMSU-A proc. bright. temps from RARS |
10033 |
15379 |
65.2 % |
1510.00-1512.00 |
esamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B proc. bright. temps from RARS |
61661 |
48392 |
127.4 % |
1510.00-1512.00 |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 HIRS-3/-4 proc bright. temps from RARS |
24095 |
39011 |
61.8 % |
1510.00-1512.00 |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 MHS processed bright. temps from RARS |
66275 |
126043 |
52.6 % |
1510.00-1512.00 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
5185 |
5269 |
98.4 % |
1509.50-1512.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
4865 |
2915 |
166.9 % |
1508.50-1513.50 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1508.50-1513.50 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
2751 |
2709 |
101.6 % |
1509.50-1512.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
3842 |
2962 |
129.7 % |
1508.50-1513.50 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1508.50-1513.50 |
lgycld |
GOES/NASA(Langley) hi-res. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
1093288 |
939181 |
116.4 % |
1510.50-1511.50 |
ltnglr |
LLDN Long-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1510.50-1511.50 |
ltngsr |
NLDN Shrt-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
2129 |
1994 |
106.8 % |
1510.50-1511.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
6 |
5 |
120.0 % |
1510.50-1511.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
52 |
49 |
106.1 % |
1510.50-1511.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
104 |
109 |
95.4 % |
1510.50-1511.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1510.50-1511.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
40 |
29 |
137.9 % |
1510.50-1511.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1299 |
1246 |
104.3 % |
1510.50-1511.50 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1510.00-1512.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
10 |
16 |
62.5 % |
1507.75-1514.25 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
135 |
131 |
103.1 % |
1509.50-1512.50 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1509.50-1512.50 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
1024347 |
1055858 |
97.0 % |
1510.00-1512.00 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1510.00-1512.00 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1510.00-1512.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1510.00-1512.00 |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
985576 |
972089 |
101.4 % |
1510.50-1511.49 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1510.00-1512.00 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
1 |
7 |
14.3 % |
1510.50-1511.50 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1510.50-1511.50 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1507.75-1514.25 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1507.75-1514.25 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1507.75-1514.25 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
4399 |
4827 |
91.1 % |
1509.50-1512.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
29 |
14 |
207.1 % |
1508.50-1513.50 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1508.50-1513.50 |
wdsat |
CORIOLIS WindSat products from FNMOC |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1509.00-1513.00 |
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