| 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) |
47415 |
38127 |
124.4 % |
1718.75-1801.25 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
280 |
254 |
110.2 % |
1721.50-1722.50 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
135028 |
106090 |
127.3 % |
1721.00-1723.00 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
271120 |
254921 |
106.4 % |
1720.75-1721.99 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
328 |
316 |
103.8 % |
1721.00-1721.50 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
9491 |
8263 |
114.9 % |
1719.50-1800.50 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
10025 |
7888 |
127.1 % |
1719.50-1800.50 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
300 |
291 |
103.1 % |
1721.50-1722.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
256 |
240 |
106.7 % |
1721.50-1722.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
5328 |
5272 |
101.1 % |
1721.50-1722.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
9 |
10 |
90.0 % |
1721.50-1722.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
30234 |
31052 |
97.4 % |
1721.50-1722.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
25098 |
26768 |
93.8 % |
1721.50-1722.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
42 |
35 |
120.0 % |
1721.50-1722.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
237 |
200 |
118.5 % |
1721.50-1722.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
3 |
3 |
100.0 % |
1721.50-1722.50 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
100 |
98 |
102.0 % |
1721.50-1722.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1721.50-1722.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
2573 |
2347 |
109.6 % |
1721.50-1722.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
1003 |
932 |
107.6 % |
1721.50-1722.50 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
37 |
52 |
71.2 % |
1721.50-1722.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
305 |
216 |
141.2 % |
1721.50-1722.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
55 |
75 |
73.3 % |
1721.50-1722.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
666 |
662 |
100.6 % |
1721.50-1722.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
176 |
173 |
101.7 % |
1721.50-1722.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
397 |
322 |
123.3 % |
1721.50-1722.50 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
11274 |
10050 |
112.2 % |
1721.50-1722.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
66 |
63 |
104.8 % |
1721.50-1722.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
89 |
95 |
93.7 % |
1721.50-1722.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
18 |
18 |
100.0 % |
1721.50-1722.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
6943 |
6139 |
113.1 % |
1721.50-1722.50 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
0 |
353 |
0.0 % |
1721.50-1722.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
295 |
292 |
101.0 % |
1721.00-1723.00 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
16 |
16 |
100.0 % |
1720.50-1723.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
2 |
1 |
200.0 % |
1721.00-1723.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
26 |
27 |
96.3 % |
1721.50-1722.50 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
139 |
125 |
111.2 % |
1721.50-1722.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
869 |
783 |
111.0 % |
1721.50-1722.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1721.50-1722.50 |
| 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 |
23800 |
37904 |
62.8 % |
1719.00-1800.99 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
49397 |
60063 |
82.2 % |
1719.00-1800.99 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
198769 |
243701 |
81.6 % |
1719.00-1800.99 |
acarsa |
Auto. MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (ARINC) via AFWA |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1718.75-1801.25 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
908 |
828 |
109.7 % |
1718.75-1801.25 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
5455 |
3372 |
161.8 % |
1718.75-1801.25 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
2207 |
2073 |
106.5 % |
1718.75-1801.25 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
5 |
5 |
100.0 % |
1721.50-1722.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1721.00-1723.00 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
2844 |
2766 |
102.8 % |
1718.75-1801.25 |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 AMSU-A proc. bright. temps from RARS |
8334 |
13317 |
62.6 % |
1721.00-1723.00 |
esamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B proc. bright. temps from RARS |
91455 |
55543 |
164.7 % |
1721.00-1723.00 |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 HIRS-3/-4 proc bright. temps from RARS |
24118 |
34458 |
70.0 % |
1721.00-1723.00 |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 MHS processed bright. temps from RARS |
45109 |
96645 |
46.7 % |
1721.00-1723.00 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
5393 |
5257 |
102.6 % |
1720.50-1723.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
3339 |
2901 |
115.1 % |
1719.50-1800.50 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1719.50-1800.50 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
2863 |
2684 |
106.7 % |
1720.50-1723.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
3002 |
2954 |
101.6 % |
1719.50-1800.50 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1719.50-1800.50 |
lgycld |
GOES/NASA(Langley) hi-res. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
955077 |
913074 |
104.6 % |
1721.50-1722.50 |
ltnglr |
LLDN Long-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1721.50-1722.50 |
ltngsr |
NLDN Shrt-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
16093 |
7278 |
221.1 % |
1721.50-1722.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
6 |
6 |
100.0 % |
1721.50-1722.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
45 |
47 |
95.7 % |
1721.50-1722.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
105 |
108 |
97.2 % |
1721.50-1722.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1721.50-1722.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
28 |
35 |
80.0 % |
1721.50-1722.50 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1721.00-1723.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
77 |
130 |
59.2 % |
1718.75-1801.25 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
133 |
126 |
105.6 % |
1720.50-1723.50 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1720.50-1723.50 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
1547084 |
1228528 |
125.9 % |
1721.00-1723.00 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1721.00-1723.00 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1721.00-1723.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1721.00-1723.00 |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
1859206 |
1333072 |
139.5 % |
1721.50-1722.49 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1721.00-1723.00 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
1 |
5 |
20.0 % |
1721.50-1722.50 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1721.50-1722.50 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1718.75-1801.25 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1718.75-1801.25 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1718.75-1801.25 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
1190 |
1096 |
108.6 % |
1720.50-1723.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
181 |
322 |
56.2 % |
1719.50-1800.50 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
21701 |
18410 |
117.9 % |
1719.50-1800.50 |
wdsat |
CORIOLIS WindSat products from FNMOC |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1720.00-1800.00 |