| 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) |
40125 |
39018 |
102.8 % |
1913.75-1920.25 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
157 |
274 |
57.3 % |
1916.50-1917.50 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
111851 |
122047 |
91.6 % |
1916.00-1918.00 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
272100 |
271387 |
100.3 % |
1915.75-1916.99 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
311 |
277 |
112.3 % |
1916.00-1916.50 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1914.50-1919.50 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1914.50-1919.50 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
312 |
303 |
103.0 % |
1916.50-1917.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
268 |
215 |
124.7 % |
1916.50-1917.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
5575 |
5466 |
102.0 % |
1916.50-1917.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
12 |
15 |
80.0 % |
1916.50-1917.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
31221 |
30776 |
101.4 % |
1916.50-1917.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
28336 |
28939 |
97.9 % |
1916.50-1917.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
29 |
39 |
74.4 % |
1916.50-1917.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
187 |
187 |
100.0 % |
1916.50-1917.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
3 |
3 |
100.0 % |
1916.50-1917.50 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
100 |
73 |
137.0 % |
1916.50-1917.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1916.50-1917.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
2569 |
2349 |
109.4 % |
1916.50-1917.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
910 |
999 |
91.1 % |
1916.50-1917.50 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
60 |
56 |
107.1 % |
1916.50-1917.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
210 |
241 |
87.1 % |
1916.50-1917.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
81 |
82 |
98.8 % |
1916.50-1917.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
666 |
655 |
101.7 % |
1916.50-1917.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
164 |
176 |
93.2 % |
1916.50-1917.50 |
msomin |
Mesonet/MADIS Minnesota Dept. of Transportation |
640 |
677 |
94.5 % |
1916.50-1917.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
407 |
310 |
131.3 % |
1916.50-1917.50 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
8328 |
11131 |
74.8 % |
1916.50-1917.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
74 |
70 |
105.7 % |
1916.50-1917.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
94 |
97 |
96.9 % |
1916.50-1917.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
20 |
15 |
133.3 % |
1916.50-1917.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
6788 |
5138 |
132.1 % |
1916.50-1917.50 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
290 |
338 |
85.8 % |
1916.50-1917.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
294 |
266 |
110.5 % |
1916.00-1918.00 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
14 |
19 |
73.7 % |
1915.50-1918.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
0 |
1 |
0.0 % |
1916.00-1918.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
29 |
25 |
116.0 % |
1916.50-1917.50 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
136 |
124 |
109.7 % |
1916.50-1917.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
769 |
835 |
92.1 % |
1916.50-1917.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1916.50-1917.50 |
| 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 |
36245 |
35099 |
103.3 % |
1914.00-1919.99 |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
70721 |
29308 |
241.3 % |
1914.00-1919.99 |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
17215 |
7196 |
239.2 % |
1914.00-1919.99 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
63271 |
58999 |
107.2 % |
1914.00-1919.99 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
254523 |
235825 |
107.9 % |
1914.00-1919.99 |
acarsa |
Auto. MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (ARINC) via AFWA |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1913.75-1920.25 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
2100 |
2019 |
104.0 % |
1913.75-1920.25 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
62262 |
23662 |
263.1 % |
1914.00-1919.99 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
5213 |
5249 |
99.3 % |
1913.75-1920.25 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
1570 |
1950 |
80.5 % |
1913.75-1920.25 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
10 |
13 |
76.9 % |
1916.50-1917.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
1 |
0 |
n/a |
1916.00-1918.00 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
3645 |
4184 |
87.1 % |
1913.75-1920.25 |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 AMSU-A proc. bright. temps from RARS |
11722 |
15145 |
77.4 % |
1916.00-1918.00 |
esamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B proc. bright. temps from RARS |
42938 |
48868 |
87.9 % |
1916.00-1918.00 |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 HIRS-3/-4 proc bright. temps from RARS |
30744 |
37683 |
81.6 % |
1916.00-1918.00 |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 MHS processed bright. temps from RARS |
84038 |
122569 |
68.6 % |
1916.00-1918.00 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
5404 |
8229 |
65.7 % |
1915.50-1918.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
2169 |
2051 |
105.8 % |
1914.50-1919.50 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1914.50-1919.50 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
2869 |
4186 |
68.5 % |
1915.50-1918.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
2144 |
2524 |
84.9 % |
1914.50-1919.50 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1914.50-1919.50 |
lgycld |
GOES/NASA(Langley) hi-res. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
937378 |
920132 |
101.9 % |
1916.50-1917.50 |
ltnglr |
LLDN Long-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1916.50-1917.50 |
ltngsr |
NLDN Shrt-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
2010 |
955 |
210.5 % |
1916.50-1917.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
7 |
5 |
140.0 % |
1916.50-1917.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
50 |
47 |
106.4 % |
1916.50-1917.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
134 |
113 |
118.6 % |
1916.50-1917.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1916.50-1917.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
35 |
31 |
112.9 % |
1916.50-1917.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1108 |
994 |
111.5 % |
1916.50-1917.50 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1916.00-1918.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
142 |
158 |
89.9 % |
1913.75-1920.25 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
125 |
125 |
100.0 % |
1915.50-1918.50 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1915.50-1918.50 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
1120371 |
856537 |
130.8 % |
1916.00-1918.00 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1916.00-1918.00 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1916.00-1918.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1916.00-1918.00 |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
935412 |
645840 |
144.8 % |
1916.50-1917.49 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
2 |
1 |
200.0 % |
1916.00-1918.00 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
8 |
3 |
266.7 % |
1916.50-1917.50 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1916.50-1917.50 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1913.75-1920.25 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1913.75-1920.25 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1913.75-1920.25 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
4843 |
8765 |
55.3 % |
1915.50-1918.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1914.50-1919.50 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1914.50-1919.50 |
wdsat |
CORIOLIS WindSat products from FNMOC |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1915.00-1919.00 |
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