| 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) |
50302 |
51558 |
97.6 % |
1814.75-1821.25 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
185 |
307 |
60.3 % |
1817.50-1818.50 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
135854 |
112624 |
120.6 % |
1817.00-1819.00 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
271058 |
261922 |
103.5 % |
1816.75-1817.99 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
335 |
312 |
107.4 % |
1817.00-1817.50 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
4970 |
4404 |
112.9 % |
1815.50-1820.50 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
4628 |
4092 |
113.1 % |
1815.50-1820.50 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
331 |
298 |
111.1 % |
1817.50-1818.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
250 |
246 |
101.6 % |
1817.50-1818.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
5419 |
5470 |
99.1 % |
1817.50-1818.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
18 |
14 |
128.6 % |
1817.50-1818.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
31854 |
30811 |
103.4 % |
1817.50-1818.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
26132 |
25532 |
102.3 % |
1817.50-1818.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
30 |
34 |
88.2 % |
1817.50-1818.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
236 |
199 |
118.6 % |
1817.50-1818.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
3 |
3 |
100.0 % |
1817.50-1818.50 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
100 |
100 |
100.0 % |
1817.50-1818.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1817.50-1818.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
2639 |
2434 |
108.4 % |
1817.50-1818.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
923 |
937 |
98.5 % |
1817.50-1818.50 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
32 |
49 |
65.3 % |
1817.50-1818.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
225 |
214 |
105.1 % |
1817.50-1818.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
73 |
75 |
97.3 % |
1817.50-1818.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
666 |
659 |
101.1 % |
1817.50-1818.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
178 |
173 |
102.9 % |
1817.50-1818.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
348 |
347 |
100.3 % |
1817.50-1818.50 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
11955 |
10466 |
114.2 % |
1817.50-1818.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
68 |
53 |
128.3 % |
1817.50-1818.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
136 |
84 |
161.9 % |
1817.50-1818.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
17 |
18 |
94.4 % |
1817.50-1818.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
5542 |
5764 |
96.1 % |
1817.50-1818.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
272 |
283 |
96.1 % |
1817.00-1819.00 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
16 |
16 |
100.0 % |
1816.50-1819.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
5 |
5 |
100.0 % |
1817.00-1819.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
29 |
27 |
107.4 % |
1817.50-1818.50 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
191 |
182 |
104.9 % |
1817.50-1818.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
1793 |
1861 |
96.3 % |
1817.50-1818.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1817.50-1818.50 |
| 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 |
31645 |
34276 |
92.3 % |
1815.00-1820.99 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
68848 |
52989 |
129.9 % |
1815.00-1820.99 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
273670 |
212217 |
129.0 % |
1815.00-1820.99 |
acarsa |
Auto. MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (ARINC) via AFWA |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1814.75-1821.25 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
1417 |
1760 |
80.5 % |
1814.75-1821.25 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
12445 |
25055 |
49.7 % |
1815.00-1820.99 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
6068 |
4222 |
143.7 % |
1814.75-1821.25 |
ascat |
METOP-2 ASCAT products |
4955 |
3620 |
136.9 % |
1816.00-1820.00 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
2192 |
1914 |
114.5 % |
1814.75-1821.25 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
6 |
8 |
75.0 % |
1817.50-1818.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
1 |
0.0 % |
1817.00-1819.00 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
3934 |
4032 |
97.6 % |
1814.75-1821.25 |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 AMSU-A proc. bright. temps from RARS |
10523 |
15731 |
66.9 % |
1817.00-1819.00 |
esamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B proc. bright. temps from RARS |
13781 |
54104 |
25.5 % |
1817.00-1819.00 |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 HIRS-3/-4 proc bright. temps from RARS |
27406 |
38958 |
70.3 % |
1817.00-1819.00 |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 MHS processed bright. temps from RARS |
135499 |
139210 |
97.3 % |
1817.00-1819.00 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
5477 |
5364 |
102.1 % |
1816.50-1819.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
3309 |
2794 |
118.4 % |
1815.50-1820.50 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1815.50-1820.50 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
2868 |
2815 |
101.9 % |
1816.50-1819.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
4194 |
2923 |
143.5 % |
1815.50-1820.50 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1815.50-1820.50 |
lgycld |
GOES/NASA(Langley) hi-res. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
847306 |
922542 |
91.8 % |
1817.50-1818.50 |
ltnglr |
LLDN Long-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1817.50-1818.50 |
ltngsr |
NLDN Shrt-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
1389 |
2900 |
47.9 % |
1817.50-1818.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
5 |
5 |
100.0 % |
1817.50-1818.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
46 |
51 |
90.2 % |
1817.50-1818.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
105 |
105 |
100.0 % |
1817.50-1818.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1817.50-1818.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
40 |
35 |
114.3 % |
1817.50-1818.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1335 |
1264 |
105.6 % |
1817.50-1818.50 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1817.00-1819.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
123 |
153 |
80.4 % |
1814.75-1821.25 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
122 |
123 |
99.2 % |
1816.50-1819.50 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1816.50-1819.50 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
1188911 |
1090649 |
109.0 % |
1817.00-1819.00 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1817.00-1819.00 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1817.00-1819.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
1 |
2 |
50.0 % |
1817.00-1819.00 |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
1098582 |
1131952 |
97.1 % |
1817.50-1818.49 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
2 |
1 |
200.0 % |
1817.00-1819.00 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
37 |
37 |
100.0 % |
1817.50-1818.50 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
85 |
73 |
116.4 % |
1817.50-1818.50 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1814.75-1821.25 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1814.75-1821.25 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1814.75-1821.25 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
5474 |
5806 |
94.3 % |
1816.50-1819.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1815.50-1820.50 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
10659 |
8361 |
127.5 % |
1815.50-1820.50 |
wdsat |
CORIOLIS WindSat products from FNMOC |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1816.00-1820.00 |
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