| 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) |
49582 |
54013 |
91.8 % |
1917.75-2000.25 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
299 |
270 |
110.7 % |
1920.50-1921.50 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
122504 |
85594 |
143.1 % |
1920.00-1922.00 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
209080 |
181194 |
115.4 % |
1919.75-1920.99 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
340 |
323 |
105.3 % |
1920.00-1920.50 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
4618 |
4584 |
100.7 % |
1918.50-1923.50 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
4534 |
4310 |
105.2 % |
1918.50-1923.50 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
340 |
317 |
107.3 % |
1920.50-1921.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
263 |
251 |
104.8 % |
1920.50-1921.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
5280 |
5375 |
98.2 % |
1920.50-1921.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
18 |
13 |
138.5 % |
1920.50-1921.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
31562 |
30764 |
102.6 % |
1920.50-1921.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
26534 |
26198 |
101.3 % |
1920.50-1921.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
50 |
42 |
119.0 % |
1920.50-1921.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
236 |
195 |
121.0 % |
1920.50-1921.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
3 |
3 |
100.0 % |
1920.50-1921.50 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
100 |
98 |
102.0 % |
1920.50-1921.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1920.50-1921.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
2610 |
2365 |
110.4 % |
1920.50-1921.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
932 |
970 |
96.1 % |
1920.50-1921.50 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
35 |
48 |
72.9 % |
1920.50-1921.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
207 |
216 |
95.8 % |
1920.50-1921.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
75 |
73 |
102.7 % |
1920.50-1921.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
666 |
666 |
100.0 % |
1920.50-1921.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
179 |
173 |
103.5 % |
1920.50-1921.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
327 |
333 |
98.2 % |
1920.50-1921.50 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
10851 |
10357 |
104.8 % |
1920.50-1921.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
61 |
58 |
105.2 % |
1920.50-1921.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
88 |
91 |
96.7 % |
1920.50-1921.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
13 |
17 |
76.5 % |
1920.50-1921.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
6328 |
5658 |
111.8 % |
1920.50-1921.50 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
305 |
344 |
88.7 % |
1920.50-1921.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
292 |
292 |
100.0 % |
1920.00-1922.00 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
16 |
16 |
100.0 % |
1919.50-1922.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
2 |
1 |
200.0 % |
1920.00-1922.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
29 |
25 |
116.0 % |
1920.50-1921.50 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
147 |
142 |
103.5 % |
1920.50-1921.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
1257 |
1183 |
106.3 % |
1920.50-1921.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1920.50-1921.50 |
| 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 |
52019 |
39856 |
130.5 % |
1918.00-1923.99 |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
83926 |
41322 |
203.1 % |
1918.00-1923.99 |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
20477 |
9999 |
204.8 % |
1918.00-1923.99 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
87584 |
63243 |
138.5 % |
1918.00-1923.99 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
350132 |
252915 |
138.4 % |
1918.00-1923.99 |
acarsa |
Auto. MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (ARINC) via AFWA |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1917.75-2000.25 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
1075 |
993 |
108.3 % |
1917.75-2000.25 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
5733 |
4029 |
142.3 % |
1917.75-2000.25 |
ascat |
METOP-2 ASCAT products |
8185 |
3965 |
206.4 % |
1919.00-1923.00 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
2474 |
2005 |
123.4 % |
1917.75-2000.25 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
6 |
7 |
85.7 % |
1920.50-1921.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1920.00-1922.00 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
3274 |
3228 |
101.4 % |
1917.75-2000.25 |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 AMSU-A proc. bright. temps from RARS |
19776 |
15305 |
129.2 % |
1920.00-1922.00 |
esamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B proc. bright. temps from RARS |
36213 |
64700 |
56.0 % |
1920.00-1922.00 |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 HIRS-3/-4 proc bright. temps from RARS |
49779 |
38258 |
130.1 % |
1920.00-1922.00 |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 MHS processed bright. temps from RARS |
167569 |
105583 |
158.7 % |
1920.00-1922.00 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
5455 |
5348 |
102.0 % |
1919.50-1922.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
3502 |
2312 |
151.5 % |
1918.50-1923.50 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1918.50-1923.50 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
2860 |
2758 |
103.7 % |
1919.50-1922.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
2521 |
2405 |
104.8 % |
1918.50-1923.50 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1918.50-1923.50 |
lgycld |
GOES/NASA(Langley) hi-res. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
887713 |
907504 |
97.8 % |
1920.50-1921.50 |
ltnglr |
LLDN Long-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1920.50-1921.50 |
ltngsr |
NLDN Shrt-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
6024 |
7043 |
85.5 % |
1920.50-1921.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
7 |
5 |
140.0 % |
1920.50-1921.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
46 |
50 |
92.0 % |
1920.50-1921.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
104 |
109 |
95.4 % |
1920.50-1921.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1920.50-1921.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
40 |
35 |
114.3 % |
1920.50-1921.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1199 |
1191 |
100.7 % |
1920.50-1921.50 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1920.00-1922.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
147 |
134 |
109.7 % |
1917.75-2000.25 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
140 |
129 |
108.5 % |
1919.50-1922.50 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1919.50-1922.50 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
1291174 |
1256715 |
102.7 % |
1920.00-1922.00 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1920.00-1922.00 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1920.00-1922.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1920.00-1922.00 |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
1210960 |
1349455 |
89.7 % |
1920.50-1921.49 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
2 |
0 |
n/a |
1920.00-1922.00 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
8 |
12 |
66.7 % |
1920.50-1921.50 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
196 |
191 |
102.6 % |
1920.50-1921.50 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1917.75-2000.25 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1917.75-2000.25 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1917.75-2000.25 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
3613 |
3028 |
119.3 % |
1919.50-1922.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
97 |
146 |
66.4 % |
1918.50-1923.50 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
9039 |
8287 |
109.1 % |
1918.50-1923.50 |
wdsat |
CORIOLIS WindSat products from FNMOC |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1919.00-1923.00 |
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