| 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) |
46296 |
40584 |
114.1 % |
1517.75-1600.25 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
360 |
265 |
135.8 % |
1520.50-1521.50 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
111514 |
82998 |
134.4 % |
1520.00-1522.00 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
208503 |
179893 |
115.9 % |
1519.75-1520.99 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
323 |
322 |
100.3 % |
1520.00-1520.50 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
4468 |
4715 |
94.8 % |
1518.50-1523.50 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
4279 |
4356 |
98.2 % |
1518.50-1523.50 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
336 |
315 |
106.7 % |
1520.50-1521.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
268 |
242 |
110.7 % |
1520.50-1521.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
5251 |
5386 |
97.5 % |
1520.50-1521.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
9 |
13 |
69.2 % |
1520.50-1521.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
30591 |
30762 |
99.4 % |
1520.50-1521.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
26238 |
26809 |
97.9 % |
1520.50-1521.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
42 |
40 |
105.0 % |
1520.50-1521.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
213 |
190 |
112.1 % |
1520.50-1521.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
3 |
3 |
100.0 % |
1520.50-1521.50 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
100 |
98 |
102.0 % |
1520.50-1521.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1520.50-1521.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
2496 |
2404 |
103.8 % |
1520.50-1521.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
884 |
975 |
90.7 % |
1520.50-1521.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
220 |
218 |
100.9 % |
1520.50-1521.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
70 |
75 |
93.3 % |
1520.50-1521.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
666 |
666 |
100.0 % |
1520.50-1521.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
178 |
173 |
102.9 % |
1520.50-1521.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
351 |
338 |
103.8 % |
1520.50-1521.50 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
8603 |
10290 |
83.6 % |
1520.50-1521.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
66 |
56 |
117.9 % |
1520.50-1521.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
117 |
89 |
131.5 % |
1520.50-1521.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
18 |
17 |
105.9 % |
1520.50-1521.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
6122 |
5566 |
110.0 % |
1520.50-1521.50 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
332 |
350 |
94.9 % |
1520.50-1521.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
283 |
293 |
96.6 % |
1520.00-1522.00 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
16 |
16 |
100.0 % |
1519.50-1522.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
0 |
1 |
0.0 % |
1520.00-1522.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
20 |
27 |
74.1 % |
1520.50-1521.50 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
161 |
139 |
115.8 % |
1520.50-1521.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
1147 |
1183 |
97.0 % |
1520.50-1521.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1520.50-1521.50 |
| 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 |
43404 |
39137 |
110.9 % |
1518.00-1523.99 |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
89635 |
35377 |
253.4 % |
1518.00-1523.99 |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
21709 |
8559 |
253.6 % |
1518.00-1523.99 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
48778 |
62949 |
77.5 % |
1518.00-1523.99 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
194943 |
251729 |
77.4 % |
1518.00-1523.99 |
acarsa |
Auto. MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (ARINC) via AFWA |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1517.75-1600.25 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
1059 |
993 |
106.6 % |
1517.75-1600.25 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
16848 |
22613 |
74.5 % |
1518.00-1523.99 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
4534 |
5158 |
87.9 % |
1517.75-1600.25 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
1790 |
1980 |
90.4 % |
1517.75-1600.25 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
11 |
7 |
157.1 % |
1520.50-1521.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
1 |
0.0 % |
1520.00-1522.00 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
3269 |
3222 |
101.5 % |
1517.75-1600.25 |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 AMSU-A proc. bright. temps from RARS |
14773 |
14233 |
103.8 % |
1520.00-1522.00 |
esamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B proc. bright. temps from RARS |
82885 |
59778 |
138.7 % |
1520.00-1522.00 |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 HIRS-3/-4 proc bright. temps from RARS |
36606 |
35868 |
102.1 % |
1520.00-1522.00 |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 MHS processed bright. temps from RARS |
80508 |
96726 |
83.2 % |
1520.00-1522.00 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
5114 |
5375 |
95.1 % |
1519.50-1522.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
3546 |
2132 |
166.3 % |
1518.50-1523.50 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1518.50-1523.50 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
2642 |
2766 |
95.5 % |
1519.50-1522.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
2792 |
2310 |
120.9 % |
1518.50-1523.50 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1518.50-1523.50 |
lgycld |
GOES/NASA(Langley) hi-res. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
987347 |
910237 |
108.5 % |
1520.50-1521.50 |
ltnglr |
LLDN Long-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1520.50-1521.50 |
ltngsr |
NLDN Shrt-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
7199 |
6251 |
115.2 % |
1520.50-1521.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
8 |
5 |
160.0 % |
1520.50-1521.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
48 |
47 |
102.1 % |
1520.50-1521.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
105 |
109 |
96.3 % |
1520.50-1521.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1520.50-1521.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
40 |
34 |
117.6 % |
1520.50-1521.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1260 |
1189 |
106.0 % |
1520.50-1521.50 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1520.00-1522.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
115 |
138 |
83.3 % |
1517.75-1600.25 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
122 |
130 |
93.8 % |
1519.50-1522.50 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1519.50-1522.50 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
1228448 |
1240511 |
99.0 % |
1520.00-1522.00 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1520.00-1522.00 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1520.00-1522.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1520.00-1522.00 |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
888401 |
1328860 |
66.9 % |
1520.50-1521.49 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1520.00-1522.00 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
11 |
12 |
91.7 % |
1520.50-1521.50 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
196 |
191 |
102.6 % |
1520.50-1521.50 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1517.75-1600.25 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1517.75-1600.25 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1517.75-1600.25 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
4653 |
2856 |
162.9 % |
1519.50-1522.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
65 |
174 |
37.4 % |
1518.50-1523.50 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
8231 |
8166 |
100.8 % |
1518.50-1523.50 |
wdsat |
CORIOLIS WindSat products from FNMOC |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1519.00-1523.00 |
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