| 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) |
46287 |
42300 |
109.4 % |
1516.75-1523.25 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
287 |
302 |
95.0 % |
1519.50-1520.50 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
158457 |
112722 |
140.6 % |
1519.00-1521.00 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
273169 |
219795 |
124.3 % |
1518.75-1519.99 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
327 |
312 |
104.8 % |
1519.00-1519.50 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1517.50-1522.50 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1517.50-1522.50 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
103 |
312 |
33.0 % |
1519.50-1520.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
99 |
240 |
41.2 % |
1519.50-1520.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
5204 |
5396 |
96.4 % |
1519.50-1520.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
9 |
14 |
64.3 % |
1519.50-1520.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
31795 |
31186 |
102.0 % |
1519.50-1520.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
26944 |
27249 |
98.9 % |
1519.50-1520.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
42 |
34 |
123.5 % |
1519.50-1520.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
236 |
193 |
122.3 % |
1519.50-1520.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
3 |
3 |
100.0 % |
1519.50-1520.50 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
100 |
97 |
103.1 % |
1519.50-1520.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1519.50-1520.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
2706 |
2471 |
109.5 % |
1519.50-1520.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
871 |
970 |
89.8 % |
1519.50-1520.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
222 |
214 |
103.7 % |
1519.50-1520.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
68 |
77 |
88.3 % |
1519.50-1520.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
666 |
648 |
102.8 % |
1519.50-1520.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
173 |
174 |
99.4 % |
1519.50-1520.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
381 |
350 |
108.9 % |
1519.50-1520.50 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
9098 |
10524 |
86.5 % |
1519.50-1520.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
72 |
56 |
128.6 % |
1519.50-1520.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
93 |
88 |
105.7 % |
1519.50-1520.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
19 |
18 |
105.6 % |
1519.50-1520.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
7470 |
5771 |
129.4 % |
1519.50-1520.50 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
328 |
351 |
93.4 % |
1519.50-1520.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
296 |
287 |
103.1 % |
1519.00-1521.00 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
16 |
16 |
100.0 % |
1518.50-1521.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
0 |
1 |
0.0 % |
1519.00-1521.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
26 |
27 |
96.3 % |
1519.50-1520.50 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
140 |
123 |
113.8 % |
1519.50-1520.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
876 |
817 |
107.2 % |
1519.50-1520.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1519.50-1520.50 |
| 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 |
30223 |
35132 |
86.0 % |
1517.00-1522.99 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
58808 |
59482 |
98.9 % |
1517.00-1522.99 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
235784 |
237751 |
99.2 % |
1517.00-1522.99 |
acarsa |
Auto. MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (ARINC) via AFWA |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1516.75-1523.25 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
1277 |
1233 |
103.6 % |
1516.75-1523.25 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
64068 |
31466 |
203.6 % |
1517.00-1522.99 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
4672 |
6477 |
72.1 % |
1516.75-1523.25 |
ascat |
METOP-2 ASCAT products |
0 |
3796 |
0.0 % |
1518.00-1522.00 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
1703 |
1813 |
93.9 % |
1516.75-1523.25 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
11 |
13 |
84.6 % |
1519.50-1520.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1519.00-1521.00 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
3753 |
3523 |
106.5 % |
1516.75-1523.25 |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 AMSU-A proc. bright. temps from RARS |
15156 |
15014 |
100.9 % |
1519.00-1521.00 |
esamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B proc. bright. temps from RARS |
11250 |
51940 |
21.7 % |
1519.00-1521.00 |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 HIRS-3/-4 proc bright. temps from RARS |
39836 |
37841 |
105.3 % |
1519.00-1521.00 |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 MHS processed bright. temps from RARS |
177190 |
120906 |
146.6 % |
1519.00-1521.00 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
5072 |
5377 |
94.3 % |
1518.50-1521.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
3804 |
2201 |
172.8 % |
1517.50-1522.50 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1517.50-1522.50 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
2622 |
2792 |
93.9 % |
1518.50-1521.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
3272 |
2345 |
139.5 % |
1517.50-1522.50 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1517.50-1522.50 |
lgycld |
GOES/NASA(Langley) hi-res. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
951154 |
874816 |
108.7 % |
1519.50-1520.50 |
ltnglr |
LLDN Long-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1519.50-1520.50 |
ltngsr |
NLDN Shrt-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
10127 |
4712 |
214.9 % |
1519.50-1520.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
5 |
6 |
83.3 % |
1519.50-1520.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
47 |
47 |
100.0 % |
1519.50-1520.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
105 |
104 |
101.0 % |
1519.50-1520.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1519.50-1520.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
40 |
34 |
117.6 % |
1519.50-1520.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1366 |
1242 |
110.0 % |
1519.50-1520.50 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1519.00-1521.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
122 |
143 |
85.3 % |
1516.75-1523.25 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
122 |
126 |
96.8 % |
1518.50-1521.50 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1518.50-1521.50 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
1217360 |
1204125 |
101.1 % |
1519.00-1521.00 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1519.00-1521.00 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1519.00-1521.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1519.00-1521.00 |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
862840 |
1257659 |
68.6 % |
1519.50-1520.49 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1519.00-1521.00 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
4 |
4 |
100.0 % |
1519.50-1520.50 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1519.50-1520.50 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1516.75-1523.25 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1516.75-1523.25 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1516.75-1523.25 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
6031 |
4747 |
127.0 % |
1518.50-1521.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1517.50-1522.50 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
640 |
509 |
125.7 % |
1517.50-1522.50 |
wdsat |
CORIOLIS WindSat products from FNMOC |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1518.00-1522.00 |
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