| 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) |
37790 |
35008 |
107.9 % |
1511.75-1518.25 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
318 |
320 |
99.4 % |
1514.50-1515.50 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
131258 |
110697 |
118.6 % |
1514.00-1516.00 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
272499 |
250174 |
108.9 % |
1513.75-1514.99 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
320 |
309 |
103.6 % |
1514.00-1514.50 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
3733 |
4058 |
92.0 % |
1512.50-1517.50 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
3649 |
3568 |
102.3 % |
1512.50-1517.50 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
332 |
302 |
109.9 % |
1514.50-1515.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
268 |
245 |
109.4 % |
1514.50-1515.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
5351 |
5593 |
95.7 % |
1514.50-1515.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
9 |
15 |
60.0 % |
1514.50-1515.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
30711 |
30770 |
99.8 % |
1514.50-1515.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
26318 |
27398 |
96.1 % |
1514.50-1515.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
33 |
32 |
103.1 % |
1514.50-1515.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
238 |
189 |
125.9 % |
1514.50-1515.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
3 |
3 |
100.0 % |
1514.50-1515.50 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
100 |
98 |
102.0 % |
1514.50-1515.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1514.50-1515.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
2342 |
2322 |
100.9 % |
1514.50-1515.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
923 |
957 |
96.4 % |
1514.50-1515.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
221 |
217 |
101.8 % |
1514.50-1515.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
70 |
76 |
92.1 % |
1514.50-1515.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
666 |
622 |
107.1 % |
1514.50-1515.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
177 |
175 |
101.1 % |
1514.50-1515.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
317 |
353 |
89.8 % |
1514.50-1515.50 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
9144 |
10303 |
88.8 % |
1514.50-1515.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
62 |
61 |
101.6 % |
1514.50-1515.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
75 |
88 |
85.2 % |
1514.50-1515.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
20 |
19 |
105.3 % |
1514.50-1515.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
6614 |
6104 |
108.4 % |
1514.50-1515.50 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
332 |
342 |
97.1 % |
1514.50-1515.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
292 |
278 |
105.0 % |
1514.00-1516.00 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
16 |
16 |
100.0 % |
1513.50-1516.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1514.00-1516.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
26 |
27 |
96.3 % |
1514.50-1515.50 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
158 |
134 |
117.9 % |
1514.50-1515.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
1113 |
1211 |
91.9 % |
1514.50-1515.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1514.50-1515.50 |
| 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 |
30930 |
34540 |
89.5 % |
1512.00-1517.99 |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
65089 |
39842 |
163.4 % |
1512.00-1517.99 |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
16108 |
9894 |
162.8 % |
1512.00-1517.99 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
42383 |
55591 |
76.2 % |
1512.00-1517.99 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
170965 |
222521 |
76.8 % |
1512.00-1517.99 |
acarsa |
Auto. MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (ARINC) via AFWA |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1511.75-1518.25 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
2541 |
2433 |
104.4 % |
1511.75-1518.25 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
27585 |
27001 |
102.2 % |
1512.00-1517.99 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
7237 |
9895 |
73.1 % |
1511.75-1518.25 |
ascat |
METOP-2 ASCAT products |
0 |
2925 |
0.0 % |
1513.00-1517.00 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
1334 |
1786 |
74.7 % |
1511.75-1518.25 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
5 |
6 |
83.3 % |
1514.50-1515.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
2 |
0.0 % |
1514.00-1516.00 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
3661 |
3801 |
96.3 % |
1511.75-1518.25 |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 AMSU-A proc. bright. temps from RARS |
14669 |
13459 |
109.0 % |
1514.00-1516.00 |
esamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B proc. bright. temps from RARS |
22073 |
45827 |
48.2 % |
1514.00-1516.00 |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 HIRS-3/-4 proc bright. temps from RARS |
37855 |
33767 |
112.1 % |
1514.00-1516.00 |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 MHS processed bright. temps from RARS |
182762 |
128781 |
141.9 % |
1514.00-1516.00 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
5188 |
5397 |
96.1 % |
1513.50-1516.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
3763 |
2150 |
175.0 % |
1512.50-1517.50 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1512.50-1517.50 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
2765 |
2814 |
98.3 % |
1513.50-1516.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
3058 |
2320 |
131.8 % |
1512.50-1517.50 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1512.50-1517.50 |
lgycld |
GOES/NASA(Langley) hi-res. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
1003838 |
968336 |
103.7 % |
1514.50-1515.50 |
ltnglr |
LLDN Long-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1514.50-1515.50 |
ltngsr |
NLDN Shrt-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
1088 |
1548 |
70.3 % |
1514.50-1515.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
8 |
6 |
133.3 % |
1514.50-1515.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
50 |
49 |
102.0 % |
1514.50-1515.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
139 |
104 |
133.7 % |
1514.50-1515.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1514.50-1515.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
40 |
33 |
121.2 % |
1514.50-1515.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1252 |
1223 |
102.4 % |
1514.50-1515.50 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1514.00-1516.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
109 |
138 |
79.0 % |
1511.75-1518.25 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
132 |
128 |
103.1 % |
1513.50-1516.50 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1513.50-1516.50 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
993855 |
929277 |
106.9 % |
1514.00-1516.00 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1514.00-1516.00 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1514.00-1516.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1514.00-1516.00 |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
892068 |
867716 |
102.8 % |
1514.50-1515.49 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1514.00-1516.00 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
9 |
14 |
64.3 % |
1514.50-1515.50 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
203 |
196 |
103.6 % |
1514.50-1515.50 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1511.75-1518.25 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1511.75-1518.25 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1511.75-1518.25 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
4600 |
4770 |
96.4 % |
1513.50-1516.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1512.50-1517.50 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
7709 |
5066 |
152.2 % |
1512.50-1517.50 |
wdsat |
CORIOLIS WindSat products from FNMOC |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1513.00-1517.00 |
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