| 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) |
30588 |
29623 |
103.3 % |
1510.75-1517.25 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
369 |
316 |
116.8 % |
1513.50-1514.50 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
138082 |
111574 |
123.8 % |
1513.00-1515.00 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
273717 |
254906 |
107.4 % |
1512.75-1513.99 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
319 |
310 |
102.9 % |
1513.00-1513.50 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1511.50-1516.50 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1511.50-1516.50 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
327 |
303 |
107.9 % |
1513.50-1514.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
264 |
244 |
108.2 % |
1513.50-1514.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
5380 |
5620 |
95.7 % |
1513.50-1514.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
9 |
15 |
60.0 % |
1513.50-1514.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
31144 |
30114 |
103.4 % |
1513.50-1514.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
24122 |
27396 |
88.0 % |
1513.50-1514.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
24 |
33 |
72.7 % |
1513.50-1514.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
238 |
188 |
126.6 % |
1513.50-1514.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
3 |
3 |
100.0 % |
1513.50-1514.50 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
100 |
98 |
102.0 % |
1513.50-1514.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1513.50-1514.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
2691 |
2396 |
112.3 % |
1513.50-1514.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
934 |
959 |
97.4 % |
1513.50-1514.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
216 |
215 |
100.5 % |
1513.50-1514.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
71 |
76 |
93.4 % |
1513.50-1514.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
666 |
636 |
104.7 % |
1513.50-1514.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
173 |
174 |
99.4 % |
1513.50-1514.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
385 |
348 |
110.6 % |
1513.50-1514.50 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
10831 |
10203 |
106.2 % |
1513.50-1514.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
69 |
60 |
115.0 % |
1513.50-1514.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
90 |
83 |
108.4 % |
1513.50-1514.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
20 |
19 |
105.3 % |
1513.50-1514.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
7343 |
5836 |
125.8 % |
1513.50-1514.50 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
339 |
345 |
98.3 % |
1513.50-1514.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
291 |
279 |
104.3 % |
1513.00-1515.00 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
16 |
16 |
100.0 % |
1512.50-1515.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1513.00-1515.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
28 |
27 |
103.7 % |
1513.50-1514.50 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
140 |
123 |
113.8 % |
1513.50-1514.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
803 |
819 |
98.0 % |
1513.50-1514.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1513.50-1514.50 |
| 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 |
38740 |
33200 |
116.7 % |
1511.00-1516.99 |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
64854 |
46506 |
139.5 % |
1511.00-1516.99 |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
16071 |
11037 |
145.6 % |
1511.00-1516.99 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
65774 |
52714 |
124.8 % |
1511.00-1516.99 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
262997 |
212309 |
123.9 % |
1511.00-1516.99 |
acarsa |
Auto. MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (ARINC) via AFWA |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1510.75-1517.25 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
2532 |
2390 |
105.9 % |
1510.75-1517.25 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
18078 |
18218 |
99.2 % |
1511.00-1516.99 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
8081 |
10293 |
78.5 % |
1510.75-1517.25 |
ascat |
METOP-2 ASCAT products |
1364 |
3300 |
41.3 % |
1512.00-1516.00 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
1275 |
1617 |
78.8 % |
1510.75-1517.25 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
7 |
7 |
100.0 % |
1513.50-1514.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
3 |
0.0 % |
1513.00-1515.00 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
4217 |
4127 |
102.2 % |
1510.75-1517.25 |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 AMSU-A proc. bright. temps from RARS |
12417 |
14005 |
88.7 % |
1513.00-1515.00 |
esamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B proc. bright. temps from RARS |
75536 |
48615 |
155.4 % |
1513.00-1515.00 |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 HIRS-3/-4 proc bright. temps from RARS |
31422 |
36474 |
86.1 % |
1513.00-1515.00 |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 MHS processed bright. temps from RARS |
75635 |
130793 |
57.8 % |
1513.00-1515.00 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
5206 |
5307 |
98.1 % |
1512.50-1515.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
3951 |
2178 |
181.4 % |
1511.50-1516.50 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1511.50-1516.50 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
2762 |
2752 |
100.4 % |
1512.50-1515.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
3108 |
2276 |
136.6 % |
1511.50-1516.50 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1511.50-1516.50 |
lgycld |
GOES/NASA(Langley) hi-res. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
1036160 |
919642 |
112.7 % |
1513.50-1514.50 |
ltnglr |
LLDN Long-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1513.50-1514.50 |
ltngsr |
NLDN Shrt-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
1649 |
1577 |
104.6 % |
1513.50-1514.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
8 |
6 |
133.3 % |
1513.50-1514.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
50 |
48 |
104.2 % |
1513.50-1514.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
140 |
106 |
132.1 % |
1513.50-1514.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1513.50-1514.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
40 |
33 |
121.2 % |
1513.50-1514.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1373 |
1197 |
114.7 % |
1513.50-1514.50 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1513.00-1515.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
86 |
108 |
79.6 % |
1510.75-1517.25 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
133 |
129 |
103.1 % |
1512.50-1515.50 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1512.50-1515.50 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
974706 |
919531 |
106.0 % |
1513.00-1515.00 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1513.00-1515.00 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1513.00-1515.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1513.00-1515.00 |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
954915 |
822374 |
116.1 % |
1513.50-1514.49 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1513.00-1515.00 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
4 |
6 |
66.7 % |
1513.50-1514.50 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1513.50-1514.50 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1510.75-1517.25 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1510.75-1517.25 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1510.75-1517.25 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
4669 |
4741 |
98.5 % |
1512.50-1515.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1511.50-1516.50 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1511.50-1516.50 |
wdsat |
CORIOLIS WindSat products from FNMOC |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1512.00-1516.00 |
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