| 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) |
41189 |
40409 |
101.9 % |
1915.75-1922.25 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
362 |
268 |
135.1 % |
1918.50-1919.50 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
113307 |
122090 |
92.8 % |
1918.00-1920.00 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
272074 |
271255 |
100.3 % |
1917.75-1918.99 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
314 |
303 |
103.6 % |
1918.00-1918.50 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
9203 |
8908 |
103.3 % |
1916.50-1921.50 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
8793 |
8669 |
101.4 % |
1916.50-1921.50 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
261 |
304 |
85.9 % |
1918.50-1919.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
273 |
215 |
127.0 % |
1918.50-1919.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
5484 |
5408 |
101.4 % |
1918.50-1919.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
12 |
13 |
92.3 % |
1918.50-1919.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
31576 |
29917 |
105.5 % |
1918.50-1919.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
28887 |
27302 |
105.8 % |
1918.50-1919.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
38 |
37 |
102.7 % |
1918.50-1919.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
188 |
182 |
103.3 % |
1918.50-1919.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
3 |
3 |
100.0 % |
1918.50-1919.50 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
100 |
68 |
147.1 % |
1918.50-1919.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1918.50-1919.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
2599 |
2503 |
103.8 % |
1918.50-1919.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
914 |
965 |
94.7 % |
1918.50-1919.50 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
59 |
54 |
109.3 % |
1918.50-1919.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
216 |
228 |
94.7 % |
1918.50-1919.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
83 |
80 |
103.8 % |
1918.50-1919.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
666 |
622 |
107.1 % |
1918.50-1919.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
164 |
169 |
97.0 % |
1918.50-1919.50 |
msomin |
Mesonet/MADIS Minnesota Dept. of Transportation |
636 |
656 |
97.0 % |
1918.50-1919.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
391 |
309 |
126.5 % |
1918.50-1919.50 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
8265 |
10785 |
76.6 % |
1918.50-1919.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
76 |
64 |
118.8 % |
1918.50-1919.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
141 |
91 |
154.9 % |
1918.50-1919.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
17 |
14 |
121.4 % |
1918.50-1919.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
6861 |
5712 |
120.1 % |
1918.50-1919.50 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
292 |
339 |
86.1 % |
1918.50-1919.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
296 |
282 |
105.0 % |
1918.00-1920.00 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
14 |
19 |
73.7 % |
1917.50-1920.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
5 |
3 |
166.7 % |
1918.00-1920.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
29 |
24 |
120.8 % |
1918.50-1919.50 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
135 |
123 |
109.8 % |
1918.50-1919.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
821 |
832 |
98.7 % |
1918.50-1919.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1918.50-1919.50 |
| 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 |
36205 |
30956 |
117.0 % |
1916.00-1921.99 |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
1083 |
33753 |
3.2 % |
1916.00-1921.99 |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
232 |
8206 |
2.8 % |
1916.00-1921.99 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
73908 |
52129 |
141.8 % |
1916.00-1921.99 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
296890 |
208367 |
142.5 % |
1916.00-1921.99 |
acarsa |
Auto. MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (ARINC) via AFWA |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1915.75-1922.25 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
1536 |
1459 |
105.3 % |
1915.75-1922.25 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
30015 |
31293 |
95.9 % |
1916.00-1921.99 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
4907 |
4635 |
105.9 % |
1915.75-1922.25 |
ascat |
METOP-2 ASCAT products |
0 |
6299 |
0.0 % |
1917.00-1921.00 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
1427 |
1801 |
79.2 % |
1915.75-1922.25 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
6 |
6 |
100.0 % |
1918.50-1919.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1918.00-1920.00 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
3673 |
3841 |
95.6 % |
1915.75-1922.25 |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 AMSU-A proc. bright. temps from RARS |
4444 |
13505 |
32.9 % |
1918.00-1920.00 |
esamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B proc. bright. temps from RARS |
1835 |
51649 |
3.6 % |
1918.00-1920.00 |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 HIRS-3/-4 proc bright. temps from RARS |
13169 |
32694 |
40.3 % |
1918.00-1920.00 |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 MHS processed bright. temps from RARS |
48574 |
99734 |
48.7 % |
1918.00-1920.00 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
5369 |
8051 |
66.7 % |
1917.50-1920.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
2087 |
1909 |
109.3 % |
1916.50-1921.50 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1916.50-1921.50 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
2829 |
4128 |
68.5 % |
1917.50-1920.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
1725 |
2424 |
71.2 % |
1916.50-1921.50 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1916.50-1921.50 |
lgycld |
GOES/NASA(Langley) hi-res. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
931589 |
885356 |
105.2 % |
1918.50-1919.50 |
ltnglr |
LLDN Long-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1918.50-1919.50 |
ltngsr |
NLDN Shrt-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
4848 |
1377 |
352.1 % |
1918.50-1919.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
8 |
5 |
160.0 % |
1918.50-1919.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
49 |
45 |
108.9 % |
1918.50-1919.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
138 |
110 |
125.5 % |
1918.50-1919.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1918.50-1919.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
35 |
29 |
120.7 % |
1918.50-1919.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1111 |
1109 |
100.2 % |
1918.50-1919.50 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1918.00-1920.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
169 |
153 |
110.5 % |
1915.75-1922.25 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
124 |
119 |
104.2 % |
1917.50-1920.50 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1917.50-1920.50 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
1249225 |
951434 |
131.3 % |
1918.00-1920.00 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1918.00-1920.00 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1918.00-1920.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1918.00-1920.00 |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
1118706 |
794175 |
140.9 % |
1918.50-1919.49 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
2 |
1 |
200.0 % |
1918.00-1920.00 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
9 |
3 |
300.0 % |
1918.50-1919.50 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1918.50-1919.50 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1915.75-1922.25 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1915.75-1922.25 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1915.75-1922.25 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
6036 |
8104 |
74.5 % |
1917.50-1920.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1916.50-1921.50 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
17653 |
13949 |
126.6 % |
1916.50-1921.50 |
wdsat |
CORIOLIS WindSat products from FNMOC |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1917.00-1921.00 |
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