| 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) |
47606 |
42016 |
113.3 % |
1513.75-1520.25 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
170 |
296 |
57.4 % |
1516.50-1517.50 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
124791 |
108242 |
115.3 % |
1516.00-1518.00 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
271240 |
256505 |
105.7 % |
1515.75-1516.99 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
316 |
310 |
101.9 % |
1516.00-1516.50 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1514.50-1519.50 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1514.50-1519.50 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
334 |
302 |
110.6 % |
1516.50-1517.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
268 |
240 |
111.7 % |
1516.50-1517.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
5317 |
5513 |
96.4 % |
1516.50-1517.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
9 |
15 |
60.0 % |
1516.50-1517.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
30389 |
30521 |
99.6 % |
1516.50-1517.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
26488 |
25639 |
103.3 % |
1516.50-1517.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
26 |
39 |
66.7 % |
1516.50-1517.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
237 |
189 |
125.4 % |
1516.50-1517.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
3 |
3 |
100.0 % |
1516.50-1517.50 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
100 |
96 |
104.2 % |
1516.50-1517.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1516.50-1517.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
2528 |
2461 |
102.7 % |
1516.50-1517.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
888 |
955 |
93.0 % |
1516.50-1517.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
209 |
217 |
96.3 % |
1516.50-1517.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
72 |
76 |
94.7 % |
1516.50-1517.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
666 |
659 |
101.1 % |
1516.50-1517.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
177 |
174 |
101.7 % |
1516.50-1517.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
350 |
357 |
98.0 % |
1516.50-1517.50 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
8694 |
10614 |
81.9 % |
1516.50-1517.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
71 |
56 |
126.8 % |
1516.50-1517.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
87 |
85 |
102.4 % |
1516.50-1517.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
20 |
18 |
111.1 % |
1516.50-1517.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
6094 |
6022 |
101.2 % |
1516.50-1517.50 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
327 |
330 |
99.1 % |
1516.50-1517.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
360 |
280 |
128.6 % |
1516.00-1518.00 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
16 |
16 |
100.0 % |
1515.50-1518.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
0 |
1 |
0.0 % |
1516.00-1518.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
22 |
26 |
84.6 % |
1516.50-1517.50 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
139 |
124 |
112.1 % |
1516.50-1517.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
856 |
840 |
101.9 % |
1516.50-1517.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1516.50-1517.50 |
| 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 |
44430 |
32943 |
134.9 % |
1514.00-1519.99 |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
34838 |
20423 |
170.6 % |
1514.00-1519.99 |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
8538 |
5014 |
170.3 % |
1514.00-1519.99 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
86978 |
57196 |
152.1 % |
1514.00-1519.99 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
347749 |
229046 |
151.8 % |
1514.00-1519.99 |
acarsa |
Auto. MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (ARINC) via AFWA |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1513.75-1520.25 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
2135 |
2079 |
102.7 % |
1513.75-1520.25 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
37072 |
21226 |
174.7 % |
1514.00-1519.99 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
5927 |
6623 |
89.5 % |
1513.75-1520.25 |
ascat |
METOP-2 ASCAT products |
11670 |
4032 |
289.4 % |
1515.00-1519.00 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
1593 |
1871 |
85.1 % |
1513.75-1520.25 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
10 |
12 |
83.3 % |
1516.50-1517.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1516.00-1518.00 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
4599 |
4122 |
111.6 % |
1513.75-1520.25 |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 AMSU-A proc. bright. temps from RARS |
11354 |
13832 |
82.1 % |
1516.00-1518.00 |
esamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B proc. bright. temps from RARS |
26523 |
41200 |
64.4 % |
1516.00-1518.00 |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 HIRS-3/-4 proc bright. temps from RARS |
29524 |
35959 |
82.1 % |
1516.00-1518.00 |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 MHS processed bright. temps from RARS |
122793 |
134600 |
91.2 % |
1516.00-1518.00 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
5138 |
5427 |
94.7 % |
1515.50-1518.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
4553 |
2510 |
181.4 % |
1514.50-1519.50 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1514.50-1519.50 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
2740 |
2830 |
96.8 % |
1515.50-1518.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
4005 |
2804 |
142.8 % |
1514.50-1519.50 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1514.50-1519.50 |
lgycld |
GOES/NASA(Langley) hi-res. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
925931 |
898932 |
103.0 % |
1516.50-1517.50 |
ltnglr |
LLDN Long-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1516.50-1517.50 |
ltngsr |
NLDN Shrt-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
4981 |
1850 |
269.2 % |
1516.50-1517.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
6 |
5 |
120.0 % |
1516.50-1517.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
52 |
51 |
102.0 % |
1516.50-1517.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
133 |
108 |
123.1 % |
1516.50-1517.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1516.50-1517.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
39 |
33 |
118.2 % |
1516.50-1517.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1115 |
1242 |
89.8 % |
1516.50-1517.50 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1516.00-1518.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
122 |
162 |
75.3 % |
1513.75-1520.25 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
126 |
126 |
100.0 % |
1515.50-1518.50 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1515.50-1518.50 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
1104827 |
1001091 |
110.4 % |
1516.00-1518.00 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1516.00-1518.00 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1516.00-1518.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1516.00-1518.00 |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
1044850 |
1001952 |
104.3 % |
1516.50-1517.49 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
1 |
0.0 % |
1516.00-1518.00 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
3 |
4 |
75.0 % |
1516.50-1517.50 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1516.50-1517.50 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1513.75-1520.25 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1513.75-1520.25 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1513.75-1520.25 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
5180 |
5065 |
102.3 % |
1515.50-1518.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1514.50-1519.50 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1514.50-1519.50 |
wdsat |
CORIOLIS WindSat products from FNMOC |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1515.00-1519.00 |
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