| 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) |
21938 |
27028 |
81.2 % |
1508.75-1515.25 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
545 |
461 |
118.2 % |
1511.50-1512.50 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
139476 |
130325 |
107.0 % |
1511.00-1513.00 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
271524 |
265619 |
102.2 % |
1510.75-1511.99 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
315 |
316 |
99.7 % |
1511.00-1511.50 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
6891 |
7205 |
95.6 % |
1510.50-1513.50 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
7564 |
7278 |
103.9 % |
1510.50-1513.50 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
618 |
591 |
104.6 % |
1511.50-1512.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
503 |
452 |
111.3 % |
1511.50-1512.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
5829 |
6081 |
95.9 % |
1511.50-1512.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
15 |
24 |
62.5 % |
1511.50-1512.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
46369 |
47180 |
98.3 % |
1511.50-1512.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
40540 |
42097 |
96.3 % |
1511.50-1512.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
48 |
54 |
88.9 % |
1511.50-1512.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
382 |
349 |
109.5 % |
1511.50-1512.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
5 |
5 |
100.0 % |
1511.50-1512.50 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
150 |
151 |
99.3 % |
1511.50-1512.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1511.50-1512.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
7131 |
6659 |
107.1 % |
1511.50-1512.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
1237 |
1257 |
98.4 % |
1511.50-1512.50 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
75 |
0.0 % |
1511.50-1512.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
288 |
278 |
103.6 % |
1511.50-1512.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
154 |
158 |
97.5 % |
1511.50-1512.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
888 |
884 |
100.5 % |
1511.50-1512.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
229 |
236 |
97.0 % |
1511.50-1512.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
571 |
603 |
94.7 % |
1511.50-1512.50 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
17662 |
16481 |
107.2 % |
1511.50-1512.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
114 |
117 |
97.4 % |
1511.50-1512.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
144 |
157 |
91.7 % |
1511.50-1512.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
44 |
43 |
102.3 % |
1511.50-1512.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
13664 |
13737 |
99.5 % |
1511.50-1512.50 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
690 |
699 |
98.7 % |
1511.50-1512.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
562 |
529 |
106.2 % |
1511.00-1513.00 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
16 |
16 |
100.0 % |
1510.50-1513.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
171 |
167 |
102.4 % |
1511.00-1513.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
40 |
41 |
97.6 % |
1511.50-1512.50 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
290 |
266 |
109.0 % |
1511.50-1512.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
2215 |
2188 |
101.2 % |
1511.50-1512.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1511.50-1512.50 |
| 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 |
33863 |
34408 |
98.4 % |
1509.00-1514.99 |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
16704 |
7317 |
228.3 % |
1509.00-1514.99 |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
4135 |
1829 |
226.1 % |
1509.00-1514.99 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
76574 |
63879 |
119.9 % |
1509.00-1514.99 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
212653 |
255817 |
83.1 % |
1509.00-1514.99 |
acarsa |
Auto. MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (ARINC) via AFWA |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1508.75-1515.25 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
2324 |
2126 |
109.3 % |
1508.75-1515.25 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
44274 |
15903 |
278.4 % |
1509.00-1514.99 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
10425 |
15114 |
69.0 % |
1508.75-1515.25 |
ascat |
METOP-2 ASCAT products |
8866 |
8556 |
103.6 % |
1510.00-1514.00 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
1112 |
1154 |
96.4 % |
1508.75-1515.25 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
7 |
6 |
116.7 % |
1511.50-1512.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
5 |
0.0 % |
1511.00-1513.00 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
4759 |
4607 |
103.3 % |
1508.75-1515.25 |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 AMSU-A proc. bright. temps from RARS |
24518 |
20675 |
118.6 % |
1511.00-1513.00 |
esamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B proc. bright. temps from RARS |
82163 |
45853 |
179.2 % |
1511.00-1513.00 |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 HIRS-3/-4 proc bright. temps from RARS |
61375 |
52892 |
116.0 % |
1511.00-1513.00 |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 MHS processed bright. temps from RARS |
201935 |
199392 |
101.3 % |
1511.00-1513.00 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
5181 |
5363 |
96.6 % |
1510.50-1513.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
3994 |
2173 |
183.8 % |
1510.50-1513.50 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1510.50-1513.50 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
2782 |
2769 |
100.5 % |
1510.50-1513.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
3003 |
2237 |
134.2 % |
1510.50-1513.50 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1510.50-1513.50 |
lgycld |
GOES/NASA(Langley) hi-res. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
1457859 |
1201886 |
121.3 % |
1511.50-1512.50 |
ltnglr |
LLDN Long-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1511.50-1512.50 |
ltngsr |
NLDN Shrt-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
4254 |
2714 |
156.7 % |
1511.50-1512.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
8 |
11 |
72.7 % |
1511.50-1512.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
92 |
88 |
104.5 % |
1511.50-1512.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
141 |
173 |
81.5 % |
1511.50-1512.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1511.50-1512.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
48 |
35 |
137.1 % |
1511.50-1512.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
2081 |
2008 |
103.6 % |
1511.50-1512.50 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1511.00-1513.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
30 |
53 |
56.6 % |
1508.75-1515.25 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
173 |
163 |
106.1 % |
1510.50-1513.50 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1510.50-1513.50 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
999775 |
1010504 |
98.9 % |
1511.00-1513.00 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
152102 |
146502 |
103.8 % |
1511.00-1513.00 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1511.00-1513.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
5 |
5 |
100.0 % |
1511.00-1513.00 |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
1282113 |
1262074 |
101.6 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1511.00-1513.00 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
6 |
3 |
200.0 % |
1511.50-1512.50 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
88 |
88 |
100.0 % |
1511.50-1512.50 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1508.75-1515.25 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1508.75-1515.25 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1508.75-1515.25 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
4582 |
4904 |
93.4 % |
1510.50-1513.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1510.50-1513.50 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
5076 |
2239 |
226.7 % |
1510.50-1513.50 |
wdsat |
CORIOLIS WindSat products from FNMOC |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1510.00-1514.00 |
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