| 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) |
47914 |
44628 |
107.4 % |
1515.75-1522.25 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
442 |
292 |
151.4 % |
1518.50-1519.50 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
131293 |
94393 |
139.1 % |
1518.00-1520.00 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
271349 |
228157 |
118.9 % |
1517.75-1518.99 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
326 |
314 |
103.8 % |
1518.00-1518.50 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
7591 |
8235 |
92.2 % |
1516.50-1521.50 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
8303 |
8167 |
101.7 % |
1516.50-1521.50 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
255 |
312 |
81.7 % |
1518.50-1519.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
304 |
248 |
122.6 % |
1518.50-1519.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
5363 |
5460 |
98.2 % |
1518.50-1519.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
9 |
14 |
64.3 % |
1518.50-1519.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
31220 |
31226 |
100.0 % |
1518.50-1519.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
27584 |
27819 |
99.2 % |
1518.50-1519.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
28 |
35 |
80.0 % |
1518.50-1519.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
239 |
194 |
123.2 % |
1518.50-1519.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
3 |
3 |
100.0 % |
1518.50-1519.50 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
100 |
98 |
102.0 % |
1518.50-1519.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1518.50-1519.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
2732 |
2519 |
108.5 % |
1518.50-1519.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
886 |
965 |
91.8 % |
1518.50-1519.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
216 |
219 |
98.6 % |
1518.50-1519.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
70 |
75 |
93.3 % |
1518.50-1519.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
666 |
662 |
100.6 % |
1518.50-1519.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
179 |
174 |
102.9 % |
1518.50-1519.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
383 |
354 |
108.2 % |
1518.50-1519.50 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
9166 |
10454 |
87.7 % |
1518.50-1519.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
71 |
58 |
122.4 % |
1518.50-1519.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
88 |
88 |
100.0 % |
1518.50-1519.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
19 |
18 |
105.6 % |
1518.50-1519.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
7433 |
6140 |
121.1 % |
1518.50-1519.50 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
333 |
351 |
94.9 % |
1518.50-1519.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
296 |
289 |
102.4 % |
1518.00-1520.00 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
16 |
16 |
100.0 % |
1517.50-1520.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
2 |
5 |
40.0 % |
1518.00-1520.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
27 |
27 |
100.0 % |
1518.50-1519.50 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
138 |
126 |
109.5 % |
1518.50-1519.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
825 |
853 |
96.7 % |
1518.50-1519.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1518.50-1519.50 |
| 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 |
43299 |
33248 |
130.2 % |
1516.00-1521.99 |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
8048 |
37319 |
21.6 % |
1516.00-1521.99 |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
1936 |
9066 |
21.4 % |
1516.00-1521.99 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
71315 |
54422 |
131.0 % |
1516.00-1521.99 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
285358 |
217897 |
131.0 % |
1516.00-1521.99 |
acarsa |
Auto. MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (ARINC) via AFWA |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1515.75-1522.25 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
1538 |
1484 |
103.6 % |
1515.75-1522.25 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
15366 |
28962 |
53.1 % |
1516.00-1521.99 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
5074 |
6164 |
82.3 % |
1515.75-1522.25 |
ascat |
METOP-2 ASCAT products |
6965 |
4158 |
167.5 % |
1517.00-1521.00 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
1660 |
1769 |
93.8 % |
1515.75-1522.25 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
6 |
6 |
100.0 % |
1518.50-1519.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
1 |
0.0 % |
1518.00-1520.00 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
4229 |
3813 |
110.9 % |
1515.75-1522.25 |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 AMSU-A proc. bright. temps from RARS |
10409 |
13879 |
75.0 % |
1518.00-1520.00 |
esamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B proc. bright. temps from RARS |
67753 |
45095 |
150.2 % |
1518.00-1520.00 |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 HIRS-3/-4 proc bright. temps from RARS |
21796 |
34971 |
62.3 % |
1518.00-1520.00 |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 MHS processed bright. temps from RARS |
48970 |
119627 |
40.9 % |
1518.00-1520.00 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
5069 |
5385 |
94.1 % |
1517.50-1520.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
3811 |
2114 |
180.3 % |
1516.50-1521.50 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1516.50-1521.50 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
2657 |
2814 |
94.4 % |
1517.50-1520.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
3421 |
2297 |
148.9 % |
1516.50-1521.50 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1516.50-1521.50 |
lgycld |
GOES/NASA(Langley) hi-res. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
941465 |
889213 |
105.9 % |
1518.50-1519.50 |
ltnglr |
LLDN Long-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1518.50-1519.50 |
ltngsr |
NLDN Shrt-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
9124 |
3946 |
231.2 % |
1518.50-1519.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
4 |
6 |
66.7 % |
1518.50-1519.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
47 |
46 |
102.2 % |
1518.50-1519.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
138 |
108 |
127.8 % |
1518.50-1519.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1518.50-1519.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
40 |
34 |
117.6 % |
1518.50-1519.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1374 |
1222 |
112.4 % |
1518.50-1519.50 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1518.00-1520.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
131 |
149 |
87.9 % |
1515.75-1522.25 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
120 |
130 |
92.3 % |
1517.50-1520.50 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1517.50-1520.50 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
1194517 |
1131524 |
105.6 % |
1518.00-1520.00 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1518.00-1520.00 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1518.00-1520.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1518.00-1520.00 |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
856642 |
1186526 |
72.2 % |
1518.50-1519.49 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
1 |
0.0 % |
1518.00-1520.00 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
31 |
5 |
620.0 % |
1518.50-1519.50 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1518.50-1519.50 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1515.75-1522.25 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1515.75-1522.25 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1515.75-1522.25 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
6869 |
5919 |
116.1 % |
1517.50-1520.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1516.50-1521.50 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
20962 |
17313 |
121.1 % |
1516.50-1521.50 |
wdsat |
CORIOLIS WindSat products from FNMOC |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1517.00-1521.00 |
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