| 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) |
22806 |
24688 |
92.4 % |
1509.75-1516.25 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
299 |
300 |
99.7 % |
1512.50-1513.50 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
106784 |
99547 |
107.3 % |
1512.00-1514.00 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
271541 |
261463 |
103.9 % |
1511.75-1512.99 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
318 |
312 |
101.9 % |
1512.00-1512.50 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
6891 |
7205 |
95.6 % |
1510.50-1515.50 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
7564 |
7278 |
103.9 % |
1510.50-1515.50 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
332 |
302 |
109.9 % |
1512.50-1513.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
267 |
239 |
111.7 % |
1512.50-1513.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
5426 |
5591 |
97.0 % |
1512.50-1513.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
9 |
14 |
64.3 % |
1512.50-1513.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
30170 |
30249 |
99.7 % |
1512.50-1513.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
25620 |
26233 |
97.7 % |
1512.50-1513.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
24 |
32 |
75.0 % |
1512.50-1513.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
238 |
189 |
125.9 % |
1512.50-1513.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
3 |
3 |
100.0 % |
1512.50-1513.50 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
100 |
100 |
100.0 % |
1512.50-1513.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1512.50-1513.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
2142 |
2205 |
97.1 % |
1512.50-1513.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
937 |
952 |
98.4 % |
1512.50-1513.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
213 |
209 |
101.9 % |
1512.50-1513.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
63 |
76 |
82.9 % |
1512.50-1513.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
666 |
659 |
101.1 % |
1512.50-1513.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
176 |
172 |
102.3 % |
1512.50-1513.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
326 |
333 |
97.9 % |
1512.50-1513.50 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
10361 |
10070 |
102.9 % |
1512.50-1513.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
49 |
47 |
104.3 % |
1512.50-1513.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
60 |
85 |
70.6 % |
1512.50-1513.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
18 |
19 |
94.7 % |
1512.50-1513.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
4696 |
4880 |
96.2 % |
1512.50-1513.50 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
342 |
340 |
100.6 % |
1512.50-1513.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
293 |
284 |
103.2 % |
1512.00-1514.00 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
16 |
16 |
100.0 % |
1511.50-1514.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
153 |
152 |
100.7 % |
1512.00-1514.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
27 |
26 |
103.8 % |
1512.50-1513.50 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
140 |
126 |
111.1 % |
1512.50-1513.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
825 |
817 |
101.0 % |
1512.50-1513.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1512.50-1513.50 |
| 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 |
33154 |
28070 |
118.1 % |
1510.00-1515.99 |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
16704 |
18203 |
91.8 % |
1510.00-1515.99 |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
4135 |
4643 |
89.1 % |
1510.00-1515.99 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
65197 |
50578 |
128.9 % |
1510.00-1515.99 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
261156 |
203525 |
128.3 % |
1510.00-1515.99 |
acarsa |
Auto. MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (ARINC) via AFWA |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1509.75-1516.25 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
2306 |
2129 |
108.3 % |
1509.75-1516.25 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
0 |
16520 |
0.0 % |
1510.00-1515.99 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
8784 |
9763 |
90.0 % |
1509.75-1516.25 |
ascat |
METOP-2 ASCAT products |
1609 |
3269 |
49.2 % |
1511.00-1515.00 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
1142 |
1284 |
88.9 % |
1509.75-1516.25 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
5 |
5 |
100.0 % |
1512.50-1513.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
3 |
0.0 % |
1512.00-1514.00 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
4142 |
3996 |
103.7 % |
1509.75-1516.25 |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 AMSU-A proc. bright. temps from RARS |
20246 |
12952 |
156.3 % |
1512.00-1514.00 |
esamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B proc. bright. temps from RARS |
55736 |
28205 |
197.6 % |
1512.00-1514.00 |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 HIRS-3/-4 proc bright. temps from RARS |
50330 |
34046 |
147.8 % |
1512.00-1514.00 |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 MHS processed bright. temps from RARS |
218778 |
132580 |
165.0 % |
1512.00-1514.00 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
5213 |
5289 |
98.6 % |
1511.50-1514.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
3994 |
2173 |
183.8 % |
1510.50-1515.50 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1510.50-1515.50 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
2785 |
2735 |
101.8 % |
1511.50-1514.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
3003 |
2237 |
134.2 % |
1510.50-1515.50 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1510.50-1515.50 |
lgycld |
GOES/NASA(Langley) hi-res. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
1088039 |
951655 |
114.3 % |
1512.50-1513.50 |
ltnglr |
LLDN Long-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1512.50-1513.50 |
ltngsr |
NLDN Shrt-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
2238 |
1588 |
140.9 % |
1512.50-1513.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
2 |
6 |
33.3 % |
1512.50-1513.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
52 |
47 |
110.6 % |
1512.50-1513.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
106 |
104 |
101.9 % |
1512.50-1513.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1512.50-1513.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
40 |
33 |
121.2 % |
1512.50-1513.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1169 |
1082 |
108.0 % |
1512.50-1513.50 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1512.00-1514.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
51 |
67 |
76.1 % |
1509.75-1516.25 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
135 |
127 |
106.3 % |
1511.50-1514.50 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1511.50-1514.50 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
969266 |
948625 |
102.2 % |
1512.00-1514.00 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1512.00-1514.00 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1512.00-1514.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1512.00-1514.00 |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
836755 |
788570 |
106.1 % |
1512.50-1513.49 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1512.00-1514.00 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
3 |
4 |
75.0 % |
1512.50-1513.50 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1512.50-1513.50 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1509.75-1516.25 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1509.75-1516.25 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1509.75-1516.25 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
4651 |
4763 |
97.6 % |
1511.50-1514.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1510.50-1515.50 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
5076 |
2239 |
226.7 % |
1510.50-1515.50 |
wdsat |
CORIOLIS WindSat products from FNMOC |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1511.00-1515.00 |
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