| 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) |
42213 |
46580 |
90.6 % |
1911.75-1918.25 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
250 |
309 |
80.9 % |
1914.50-1915.50 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
131744 |
112421 |
117.2 % |
1914.00-1916.00 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
272534 |
249917 |
109.0 % |
1913.75-1914.99 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
338 |
312 |
108.3 % |
1914.00-1914.50 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
3981 |
3958 |
100.6 % |
1912.50-1917.50 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
3938 |
3555 |
110.8 % |
1912.50-1917.50 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
318 |
307 |
103.6 % |
1914.50-1915.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
267 |
250 |
106.8 % |
1914.50-1915.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
5493 |
5582 |
98.4 % |
1914.50-1915.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
18 |
15 |
120.0 % |
1914.50-1915.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
30061 |
31053 |
96.8 % |
1914.50-1915.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
25194 |
27214 |
92.6 % |
1914.50-1915.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
28 |
32 |
87.5 % |
1914.50-1915.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
235 |
202 |
116.3 % |
1914.50-1915.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
3 |
3 |
100.0 % |
1914.50-1915.50 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
100 |
98 |
102.0 % |
1914.50-1915.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1914.50-1915.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
2578 |
2322 |
111.0 % |
1914.50-1915.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
920 |
954 |
96.4 % |
1914.50-1915.50 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
39 |
47 |
83.0 % |
1914.50-1915.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
210 |
218 |
96.3 % |
1914.50-1915.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
74 |
74 |
100.0 % |
1914.50-1915.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
666 |
625 |
106.6 % |
1914.50-1915.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
179 |
174 |
102.9 % |
1914.50-1915.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
338 |
349 |
96.8 % |
1914.50-1915.50 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
11075 |
10277 |
107.8 % |
1914.50-1915.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
59 |
60 |
98.3 % |
1914.50-1915.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
91 |
87 |
104.6 % |
1914.50-1915.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
14 |
18 |
77.8 % |
1914.50-1915.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
5618 |
6049 |
92.9 % |
1914.50-1915.50 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
339 |
347 |
97.7 % |
1914.50-1915.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
259 |
280 |
92.5 % |
1914.00-1916.00 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
16 |
16 |
100.0 % |
1913.50-1916.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
2 |
1 |
200.0 % |
1914.00-1916.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
26 |
26 |
100.0 % |
1914.50-1915.50 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
145 |
136 |
106.6 % |
1914.50-1915.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
1247 |
1208 |
103.2 % |
1914.50-1915.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1914.50-1915.50 |
| 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 |
45624 |
34829 |
131.0 % |
1912.00-1917.99 |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
73421 |
38873 |
188.9 % |
1912.00-1917.99 |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
18052 |
9656 |
187.0 % |
1912.00-1917.99 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
65952 |
56337 |
117.1 % |
1912.00-1917.99 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
264830 |
225350 |
117.5 % |
1912.00-1917.99 |
acarsa |
Auto. MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (ARINC) via AFWA |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1911.75-1918.25 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
1914 |
2422 |
79.0 % |
1911.75-1918.25 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
41796 |
25784 |
162.1 % |
1912.00-1917.99 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
7517 |
5039 |
149.2 % |
1911.75-1918.25 |
ascat |
METOP-2 ASCAT products |
0 |
3031 |
0.0 % |
1913.00-1917.00 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
1997 |
1786 |
111.8 % |
1911.75-1918.25 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
1 |
6 |
16.7 % |
1914.50-1915.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
2 |
0.0 % |
1914.00-1916.00 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
3710 |
3803 |
97.6 % |
1911.75-1918.25 |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 AMSU-A proc. bright. temps from RARS |
13123 |
12835 |
102.2 % |
1914.00-1916.00 |
esamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B proc. bright. temps from RARS |
89563 |
45516 |
196.8 % |
1914.00-1916.00 |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 HIRS-3/-4 proc bright. temps from RARS |
35241 |
32058 |
109.9 % |
1914.00-1916.00 |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 MHS processed bright. temps from RARS |
112229 |
122977 |
91.3 % |
1914.00-1916.00 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
5532 |
5364 |
103.1 % |
1913.50-1916.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
2981 |
2364 |
126.1 % |
1912.50-1917.50 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1912.50-1917.50 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
3006 |
2796 |
107.5 % |
1913.50-1916.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
2229 |
2489 |
89.6 % |
1912.50-1917.50 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1912.50-1917.50 |
lgycld |
GOES/NASA(Langley) hi-res. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
923625 |
961967 |
96.0 % |
1914.50-1915.50 |
ltnglr |
LLDN Long-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1914.50-1915.50 |
ltngsr |
NLDN Shrt-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
1695 |
1534 |
110.5 % |
1914.50-1915.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
5 |
6 |
83.3 % |
1914.50-1915.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
52 |
49 |
106.1 % |
1914.50-1915.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
104 |
103 |
101.0 % |
1914.50-1915.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1914.50-1915.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
32 |
34 |
94.1 % |
1914.50-1915.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1097 |
1227 |
89.4 % |
1914.50-1915.50 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1914.00-1916.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
114 |
137 |
83.2 % |
1911.75-1918.25 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
122 |
124 |
98.4 % |
1913.50-1916.50 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1913.50-1916.50 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
852616 |
932324 |
91.5 % |
1914.00-1916.00 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1914.00-1916.00 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1914.00-1916.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1914.00-1916.00 |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
765184 |
886405 |
86.3 % |
1914.50-1915.49 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1914.00-1916.00 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
10 |
14 |
71.4 % |
1914.50-1915.50 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
203 |
197 |
103.0 % |
1914.50-1915.50 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1911.75-1918.25 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1911.75-1918.25 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1911.75-1918.25 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
4233 |
4704 |
90.0 % |
1913.50-1916.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1912.50-1917.50 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
10173 |
5265 |
193.2 % |
1912.50-1917.50 |
wdsat |
CORIOLIS WindSat products from FNMOC |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1913.00-1917.00 |
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