| 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) |
51075 |
49752 |
102.7 % |
0515.75-0522.25 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
444 |
374 |
118.7 % |
0518.50-0519.50 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
110585 |
106614 |
103.7 % |
0518.00-0520.00 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
271806 |
271908 |
100.0 % |
0517.75-0518.99 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
291 |
289 |
100.7 % |
0518.00-0518.50 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
7585 |
7851 |
96.6 % |
0516.50-0521.50 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
8361 |
9700 |
86.2 % |
0516.50-0521.50 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
364 |
330 |
110.3 % |
0518.50-0519.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
211 |
216 |
97.7 % |
0518.50-0519.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
5799 |
5601 |
103.5 % |
0518.50-0519.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
0 |
10 |
0.0 % |
0518.50-0519.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
34158 |
33875 |
100.8 % |
0518.50-0519.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
29403 |
27917 |
105.3 % |
0518.50-0519.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
44 |
34 |
129.4 % |
0518.50-0519.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
227 |
219 |
103.7 % |
0518.50-0519.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
5 |
6 |
83.3 % |
0518.50-0519.50 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
100 |
99 |
101.0 % |
0518.50-0519.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0518.50-0519.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
2597 |
2512 |
103.4 % |
0518.50-0519.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
897 |
875 |
102.5 % |
0518.50-0519.50 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
53 |
53 |
100.0 % |
0518.50-0519.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
275 |
271 |
101.5 % |
0518.50-0519.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
79 |
71 |
111.3 % |
0518.50-0519.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
666 |
577 |
115.4 % |
0518.50-0519.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
181 |
180 |
100.6 % |
0518.50-0519.50 |
msomin |
Mesonet/MADIS Minnesota Dept. of Transportation |
710 |
641 |
110.8 % |
0518.50-0519.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
336 |
333 |
100.9 % |
0518.50-0519.50 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
10075 |
9282 |
108.5 % |
0518.50-0519.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
66 |
45 |
146.7 % |
0518.50-0519.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
100 |
107 |
93.5 % |
0518.50-0519.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
18 |
22 |
81.8 % |
0518.50-0519.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
6229 |
5894 |
105.7 % |
0518.50-0519.50 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
364 |
344 |
105.8 % |
0518.50-0519.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
262 |
280 |
93.6 % |
0518.00-0520.00 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
10 |
12 |
83.3 % |
0517.50-0520.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
7 |
5 |
140.0 % |
0518.00-0520.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
32 |
30 |
106.7 % |
0518.50-0519.50 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
116 |
120 |
96.7 % |
0518.50-0519.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
825 |
833 |
99.0 % |
0518.50-0519.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
229 |
229 |
100.0 % |
0518.50-0519.50 |
| 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 |
29191 |
36883 |
79.1 % |
0516.00-0521.99 |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
0 |
29397 |
0.0 % |
0516.00-0521.99 |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
0 |
7146 |
0.0 % |
0516.00-0521.99 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
64762 |
60412 |
107.2 % |
0516.00-0521.99 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
260232 |
242364 |
107.4 % |
0516.00-0521.99 |
acarsa |
Auto. MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (ARINC) via AFWA |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0515.75-0522.25 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
1871 |
1721 |
108.7 % |
0515.75-0522.25 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
13071 |
31499 |
41.5 % |
0516.00-0521.99 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
6522 |
7857 |
83.0 % |
0515.75-0522.25 |
ascat |
METOP-2 ASCAT products |
23465 |
17648 |
133.0 % |
0517.00-0521.00 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
1798 |
1786 |
100.7 % |
0515.75-0522.25 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
7 |
11 |
63.6 % |
0518.50-0519.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0518.00-0520.00 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
3334 |
3683 |
90.5 % |
0515.75-0522.25 |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 AMSU-A proc. bright. temps from RARS |
16394 |
13803 |
118.8 % |
0518.00-0520.00 |
esamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B proc. bright. temps from RARS |
34110 |
42990 |
79.3 % |
0518.00-0520.00 |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 HIRS-3/-4 proc bright. temps from RARS |
39721 |
33907 |
117.1 % |
0518.00-0520.00 |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 MHS processed bright. temps from RARS |
174064 |
124437 |
139.9 % |
0518.00-0520.00 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
4036 |
4193 |
96.3 % |
0517.50-0520.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
2078 |
1916 |
108.5 % |
0516.50-0521.50 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0516.50-0521.50 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
2649 |
2682 |
98.8 % |
0517.50-0520.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
3073 |
2724 |
112.8 % |
0516.50-0521.50 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0516.50-0521.50 |
lgycld |
GOES/NASA(Langley) hi-res. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
642029 |
973524 |
65.9 % |
0518.50-0519.50 |
ltnglr |
LLDN Long-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
23430 |
18256 |
128.3 % |
0518.50-0519.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
8 |
5 |
160.0 % |
0518.50-0519.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
47 |
45 |
104.4 % |
0518.50-0519.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
102 |
121 |
84.3 % |
0518.50-0519.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0518.50-0519.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
39 |
43 |
90.7 % |
0518.50-0519.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1178 |
1225 |
96.2 % |
0518.50-0519.50 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0518.00-0520.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
190 |
212 |
89.6 % |
0515.75-0522.25 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
170 |
168 |
101.2 % |
0517.50-0520.50 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0517.50-0520.50 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
833174 |
675507 |
123.3 % |
0518.00-0520.00 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0518.00-0520.00 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0518.00-0520.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0518.00-0520.00 |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
1057674 |
609570 |
173.5 % |
0518.50-0519.49 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
1 |
0.0 % |
0518.00-0520.00 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
2 |
3 |
66.7 % |
0518.50-0519.50 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0518.50-0519.50 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0515.75-0522.25 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0515.75-0522.25 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0515.75-0522.25 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
2045 |
2286 |
89.5 % |
0517.50-0520.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0516.50-0521.50 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
14559 |
13330 |
109.2 % |
0516.50-0521.50 |
wdsat |
CORIOLIS WindSat products from FNMOC |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0517.00-0521.00 |
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