| 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) |
47964 |
42678 |
112.4 % |
1514.75-1521.25 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
416 |
315 |
132.1 % |
1517.50-1518.50 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
129238 |
110947 |
116.5 % |
1517.00-1519.00 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
271201 |
259899 |
104.3 % |
1516.75-1517.99 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
321 |
309 |
103.9 % |
1517.00-1517.50 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
4074 |
4513 |
90.3 % |
1515.50-1520.50 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
4267 |
4133 |
103.2 % |
1515.50-1520.50 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
335 |
291 |
115.1 % |
1517.50-1518.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
274 |
240 |
114.2 % |
1517.50-1518.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
5304 |
5481 |
96.8 % |
1517.50-1518.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
9 |
15 |
60.0 % |
1517.50-1518.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
31093 |
30796 |
101.0 % |
1517.50-1518.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
23396 |
25862 |
90.5 % |
1517.50-1518.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
42 |
34 |
123.5 % |
1517.50-1518.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
237 |
194 |
122.2 % |
1517.50-1518.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
3 |
3 |
100.0 % |
1517.50-1518.50 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
100 |
99 |
101.0 % |
1517.50-1518.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1517.50-1518.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
2684 |
2416 |
111.1 % |
1517.50-1518.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
893 |
941 |
94.9 % |
1517.50-1518.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
212 |
218 |
97.2 % |
1517.50-1518.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
67 |
77 |
87.0 % |
1517.50-1518.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
666 |
659 |
101.1 % |
1517.50-1518.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
175 |
173 |
101.2 % |
1517.50-1518.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
331 |
348 |
95.1 % |
1517.50-1518.50 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
9031 |
10542 |
85.7 % |
1517.50-1518.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
69 |
53 |
130.2 % |
1517.50-1518.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
125 |
82 |
152.4 % |
1517.50-1518.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
18 |
19 |
94.7 % |
1517.50-1518.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
7366 |
5698 |
129.3 % |
1517.50-1518.50 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
327 |
339 |
96.5 % |
1517.50-1518.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
296 |
282 |
105.0 % |
1517.00-1519.00 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
16 |
16 |
100.0 % |
1516.50-1519.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
5 |
5 |
100.0 % |
1517.00-1519.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
25 |
27 |
92.6 % |
1517.50-1518.50 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
184 |
182 |
101.1 % |
1517.50-1518.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
1809 |
1864 |
97.0 % |
1517.50-1518.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1517.50-1518.50 |
| 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 |
41321 |
33417 |
123.7 % |
1515.00-1520.99 |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
60610 |
27416 |
221.1 % |
1515.00-1520.99 |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
14753 |
6671 |
221.2 % |
1515.00-1520.99 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
53059 |
52391 |
101.3 % |
1515.00-1520.99 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
211989 |
209878 |
101.0 % |
1515.00-1520.99 |
acarsa |
Auto. MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (ARINC) via AFWA |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1514.75-1521.25 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
1831 |
1771 |
103.4 % |
1514.75-1521.25 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
35704 |
25889 |
137.9 % |
1515.00-1520.99 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
5224 |
7890 |
66.2 % |
1514.75-1521.25 |
ascat |
METOP-2 ASCAT products |
0 |
3431 |
0.0 % |
1516.00-1520.00 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
1672 |
1908 |
87.6 % |
1514.75-1521.25 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
10 |
9 |
111.1 % |
1517.50-1518.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
1 |
0.0 % |
1517.00-1519.00 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
4494 |
4007 |
112.2 % |
1514.75-1521.25 |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 AMSU-A proc. bright. temps from RARS |
18181 |
15032 |
120.9 % |
1517.00-1519.00 |
esamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B proc. bright. temps from RARS |
65588 |
49552 |
132.4 % |
1517.00-1519.00 |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 HIRS-3/-4 proc bright. temps from RARS |
45939 |
37508 |
122.5 % |
1517.00-1519.00 |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 MHS processed bright. temps from RARS |
182565 |
134915 |
135.3 % |
1517.00-1519.00 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
5149 |
5403 |
95.3 % |
1516.50-1519.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
4679 |
2591 |
180.6 % |
1515.50-1520.50 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1515.50-1520.50 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
2705 |
2831 |
95.5 % |
1516.50-1519.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
4215 |
2818 |
149.6 % |
1515.50-1520.50 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1515.50-1520.50 |
lgycld |
GOES/NASA(Langley) hi-res. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
956034 |
924212 |
103.4 % |
1517.50-1518.50 |
ltnglr |
LLDN Long-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1517.50-1518.50 |
ltngsr |
NLDN Shrt-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
6233 |
2515 |
247.8 % |
1517.50-1518.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
6 |
5 |
120.0 % |
1517.50-1518.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
50 |
49 |
102.0 % |
1517.50-1518.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
137 |
104 |
131.7 % |
1517.50-1518.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1517.50-1518.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
40 |
33 |
121.2 % |
1517.50-1518.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1372 |
1238 |
110.8 % |
1517.50-1518.50 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1517.00-1519.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
127 |
156 |
81.4 % |
1514.75-1521.25 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
128 |
124 |
103.2 % |
1516.50-1519.50 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1516.50-1519.50 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
1133791 |
1074909 |
105.5 % |
1517.00-1519.00 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1517.00-1519.00 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1517.00-1519.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
2 |
2 |
100.0 % |
1517.00-1519.00 |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
1047870 |
1107767 |
94.6 % |
1517.50-1518.49 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
1 |
0.0 % |
1517.00-1519.00 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
43 |
36 |
119.4 % |
1517.50-1518.50 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
85 |
73 |
116.4 % |
1517.50-1518.50 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1514.75-1521.25 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1514.75-1521.25 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1514.75-1521.25 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
6416 |
5795 |
110.7 % |
1516.50-1519.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1515.50-1520.50 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
9987 |
8209 |
121.7 % |
1515.50-1520.50 |
wdsat |
CORIOLIS WindSat products from FNMOC |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1516.00-1520.00 |
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