| 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) |
27468 |
25637 |
107.1 % |
1809.75-1816.25 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
340 |
293 |
116.0 % |
1812.50-1813.50 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
111354 |
100560 |
110.7 % |
1812.00-1814.00 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
235137 |
263470 |
89.2 % |
1811.75-1812.99 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
335 |
314 |
106.7 % |
1812.00-1812.50 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
7990 |
7102 |
112.5 % |
1810.50-1815.50 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
8734 |
7227 |
120.9 % |
1810.50-1815.50 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
290 |
306 |
94.8 % |
1812.50-1813.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
250 |
247 |
101.2 % |
1812.50-1813.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
5601 |
5584 |
100.3 % |
1812.50-1813.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
18 |
14 |
128.6 % |
1812.50-1813.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
30906 |
30238 |
102.2 % |
1812.50-1813.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
25236 |
26082 |
96.8 % |
1812.50-1813.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
34 |
32 |
106.2 % |
1812.50-1813.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
237 |
200 |
118.5 % |
1812.50-1813.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
3 |
3 |
100.0 % |
1812.50-1813.50 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
100 |
100 |
100.0 % |
1812.50-1813.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1812.50-1813.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
2375 |
2234 |
106.3 % |
1812.50-1813.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
934 |
948 |
98.5 % |
1812.50-1813.50 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
35 |
46 |
76.1 % |
1812.50-1813.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
242 |
209 |
115.8 % |
1812.50-1813.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
65 |
74 |
87.8 % |
1812.50-1813.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
666 |
659 |
101.1 % |
1812.50-1813.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
174 |
172 |
101.2 % |
1812.50-1813.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
316 |
333 |
94.9 % |
1812.50-1813.50 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
10564 |
9951 |
106.2 % |
1812.50-1813.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
48 |
47 |
102.1 % |
1812.50-1813.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
52 |
83 |
62.7 % |
1812.50-1813.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
20 |
19 |
105.3 % |
1812.50-1813.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
4910 |
5036 |
97.5 % |
1812.50-1813.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
288 |
283 |
101.8 % |
1812.00-1814.00 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
16 |
15 |
106.7 % |
1811.50-1814.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
158 |
152 |
103.9 % |
1812.00-1814.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
22 |
26 |
84.6 % |
1812.50-1813.50 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
130 |
126 |
103.2 % |
1812.50-1813.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
829 |
816 |
101.6 % |
1812.50-1813.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1812.50-1813.50 |
| 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 |
25756 |
28753 |
89.6 % |
1810.00-1815.99 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
53480 |
52834 |
101.2 % |
1810.00-1815.99 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
214376 |
212539 |
100.9 % |
1810.00-1815.99 |
acarsa |
Auto. MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (ARINC) via AFWA |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1809.75-1816.25 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
1891 |
2135 |
88.6 % |
1809.75-1816.25 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
8686 |
6662 |
130.4 % |
1809.75-1816.25 |
ascat |
METOP-2 ASCAT products |
0 |
3453 |
0.0 % |
1811.00-1815.00 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
1307 |
1282 |
102.0 % |
1809.75-1816.25 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
5 |
5 |
100.0 % |
1812.50-1813.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
3 |
0.0 % |
1812.00-1814.00 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
4179 |
4007 |
104.3 % |
1809.75-1816.25 |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 AMSU-A proc. bright. temps from RARS |
12979 |
13608 |
95.4 % |
1812.00-1814.00 |
esamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B proc. bright. temps from RARS |
17749 |
28221 |
62.9 % |
1812.00-1814.00 |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 HIRS-3/-4 proc bright. temps from RARS |
33203 |
35521 |
93.5 % |
1812.00-1814.00 |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 MHS processed bright. temps from RARS |
148197 |
139569 |
106.2 % |
1812.00-1814.00 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
5493 |
5260 |
104.4 % |
1811.50-1814.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
3355 |
2368 |
141.7 % |
1810.50-1815.50 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
4 |
0 |
n/a |
1810.50-1815.50 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
2826 |
2721 |
103.9 % |
1811.50-1814.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
3729 |
2312 |
161.3 % |
1810.50-1815.50 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1810.50-1815.50 |
lgycld |
GOES/NASA(Langley) hi-res. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
1008364 |
974444 |
103.5 % |
1812.50-1813.50 |
ltnglr |
LLDN Long-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1812.50-1813.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
6 |
6 |
100.0 % |
1812.50-1813.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
51 |
47 |
108.5 % |
1812.50-1813.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
105 |
104 |
101.0 % |
1812.50-1813.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1812.50-1813.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1169 |
1108 |
105.5 % |
1812.50-1813.50 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1812.00-1814.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
79 |
68 |
116.2 % |
1809.75-1816.25 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
50 |
126 |
39.7 % |
1811.50-1814.50 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1811.50-1814.50 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
1079862 |
945654 |
114.2 % |
1812.00-1814.00 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1812.00-1814.00 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1812.00-1814.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
1 |
0 |
n/a |
1812.00-1814.00 |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
843825 |
801180 |
105.3 % |
1812.50-1813.49 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1812.00-1814.00 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
3 |
5 |
60.0 % |
1812.50-1813.50 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1812.50-1813.50 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1809.75-1816.25 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1809.75-1816.25 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1809.75-1816.25 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
4400 |
4694 |
93.7 % |
1811.50-1814.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1810.50-1815.50 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
6139 |
2301 |
266.8 % |
1810.50-1815.50 |
wdsat |
CORIOLIS WindSat products from FNMOC |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1811.00-1815.00 |
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