| 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) |
44050 |
42124 |
104.6 % |
1512.75-1519.25 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
421 |
279 |
150.9 % |
1515.50-1516.50 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
114980 |
102176 |
112.5 % |
1515.00-1517.00 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
250448 |
247029 |
101.4 % |
1514.75-1515.99 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
321 |
312 |
102.9 % |
1515.00-1515.50 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
7169 |
7580 |
94.6 % |
1513.50-1518.50 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
7638 |
7538 |
101.3 % |
1513.50-1518.50 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
333 |
302 |
110.3 % |
1515.50-1516.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
267 |
230 |
116.1 % |
1515.50-1516.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
5346 |
5568 |
96.0 % |
1515.50-1516.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
9 |
15 |
60.0 % |
1515.50-1516.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
31583 |
30986 |
101.9 % |
1515.50-1516.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
25721 |
27426 |
93.8 % |
1515.50-1516.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
37 |
31 |
119.4 % |
1515.50-1516.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
238 |
192 |
124.0 % |
1515.50-1516.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
3 |
3 |
100.0 % |
1515.50-1516.50 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
100 |
98 |
102.0 % |
1515.50-1516.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1515.50-1516.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
2439 |
2398 |
101.7 % |
1515.50-1516.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
908 |
958 |
94.8 % |
1515.50-1516.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
211 |
217 |
97.2 % |
1515.50-1516.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
70 |
76 |
92.1 % |
1515.50-1516.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
666 |
666 |
100.0 % |
1515.50-1516.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
181 |
174 |
104.0 % |
1515.50-1516.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
325 |
355 |
91.5 % |
1515.50-1516.50 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
9016 |
10677 |
84.4 % |
1515.50-1516.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
61 |
53 |
115.1 % |
1515.50-1516.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
86 |
85 |
101.2 % |
1515.50-1516.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
18 |
19 |
94.7 % |
1515.50-1516.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
6917 |
5925 |
116.7 % |
1515.50-1516.50 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
333 |
329 |
101.2 % |
1515.50-1516.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
279 |
279 |
100.0 % |
1515.00-1517.00 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
16 |
16 |
100.0 % |
1514.50-1517.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1515.00-1517.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
28 |
26 |
107.7 % |
1515.50-1516.50 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
141 |
121 |
116.5 % |
1515.50-1516.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
816 |
820 |
99.5 % |
1515.50-1516.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1515.50-1516.50 |
| 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 |
30703 |
32165 |
95.5 % |
1513.00-1518.99 |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
16820 |
23988 |
70.1 % |
1513.00-1518.99 |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
4126 |
5897 |
70.0 % |
1513.00-1518.99 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
50591 |
60679 |
83.4 % |
1513.00-1518.99 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
203017 |
242382 |
83.8 % |
1513.00-1518.99 |
acarsa |
Auto. MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (ARINC) via AFWA |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1512.75-1519.25 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
2342 |
2303 |
101.7 % |
1512.75-1519.25 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
10773 |
22075 |
48.8 % |
1513.00-1518.99 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
6529 |
8675 |
75.3 % |
1512.75-1519.25 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
1558 |
1985 |
78.5 % |
1512.75-1519.25 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
6 |
6 |
100.0 % |
1515.50-1516.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1515.00-1517.00 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
4430 |
4206 |
105.3 % |
1512.75-1519.25 |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 AMSU-A proc. bright. temps from RARS |
11342 |
12387 |
91.6 % |
1515.00-1517.00 |
esamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B proc. bright. temps from RARS |
83320 |
37068 |
224.8 % |
1515.00-1517.00 |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 HIRS-3/-4 proc bright. temps from RARS |
31313 |
31761 |
98.6 % |
1515.00-1517.00 |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 MHS processed bright. temps from RARS |
97469 |
124683 |
78.2 % |
1515.00-1517.00 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
5102 |
5419 |
94.2 % |
1514.50-1517.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
4483 |
2579 |
173.8 % |
1513.50-1518.50 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1513.50-1518.50 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
2756 |
2822 |
97.7 % |
1514.50-1517.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
3947 |
2809 |
140.5 % |
1513.50-1518.50 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1513.50-1518.50 |
lgycld |
GOES/NASA(Langley) hi-res. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
947362 |
905182 |
104.7 % |
1515.50-1516.50 |
ltnglr |
LLDN Long-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1515.50-1516.50 |
ltngsr |
NLDN Shrt-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
1379 |
1617 |
85.3 % |
1515.50-1516.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
2 |
5 |
40.0 % |
1515.50-1516.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
52 |
51 |
102.0 % |
1515.50-1516.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
139 |
107 |
129.9 % |
1515.50-1516.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1515.50-1516.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
40 |
33 |
121.2 % |
1515.50-1516.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1359 |
1232 |
110.3 % |
1515.50-1516.50 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1515.00-1517.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
135 |
156 |
86.5 % |
1512.75-1519.25 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
133 |
123 |
108.1 % |
1514.50-1517.50 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1514.50-1517.50 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
1026367 |
949250 |
108.1 % |
1515.00-1517.00 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1515.00-1517.00 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1515.00-1517.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1515.00-1517.00 |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
1064383 |
928120 |
114.7 % |
1515.50-1516.49 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
1 |
0.0 % |
1515.00-1517.00 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
2 |
2 |
100.0 % |
1515.50-1516.50 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1515.50-1516.50 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1512.75-1519.25 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1512.75-1519.25 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1512.75-1519.25 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
4584 |
4708 |
97.4 % |
1514.50-1517.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1513.50-1518.50 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
7709 |
5009 |
153.9 % |
1513.50-1518.50 |
wdsat |
CORIOLIS WindSat products from FNMOC |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1514.00-1518.00 |
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