| 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) |
45976 |
41275 |
111.4 % |
1518.75-1601.25 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
254 |
263 |
96.6 % |
1521.50-1522.50 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
129748 |
105968 |
122.4 % |
1521.00-1523.00 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
271378 |
254959 |
106.4 % |
1520.75-1521.99 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
307 |
322 |
95.3 % |
1521.00-1521.50 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
8403 |
8223 |
102.2 % |
1519.50-1600.50 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
8604 |
7908 |
108.8 % |
1519.50-1600.50 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
231 |
300 |
77.0 % |
1521.50-1522.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
224 |
243 |
92.2 % |
1521.50-1522.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
4967 |
5345 |
92.9 % |
1521.50-1522.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
9 |
11 |
81.8 % |
1521.50-1522.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
31766 |
30922 |
102.7 % |
1521.50-1522.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
27234 |
26722 |
101.9 % |
1521.50-1522.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
31 |
34 |
91.2 % |
1521.50-1522.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
235 |
197 |
119.3 % |
1521.50-1522.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
3 |
3 |
100.0 % |
1521.50-1522.50 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
100 |
98 |
102.0 % |
1521.50-1522.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1521.50-1522.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
1287 |
2454 |
52.4 % |
1521.50-1522.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
880 |
940 |
93.6 % |
1521.50-1522.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
217 |
218 |
99.5 % |
1521.50-1522.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
73 |
76 |
96.1 % |
1521.50-1522.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
666 |
662 |
100.6 % |
1521.50-1522.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
175 |
174 |
100.6 % |
1521.50-1522.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
133 |
340 |
39.1 % |
1521.50-1522.50 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
8215 |
10256 |
80.1 % |
1521.50-1522.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
70 |
62 |
112.9 % |
1521.50-1522.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
123 |
94 |
130.9 % |
1521.50-1522.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
18 |
18 |
100.0 % |
1521.50-1522.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
7383 |
5962 |
123.8 % |
1521.50-1522.50 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
328 |
341 |
96.2 % |
1521.50-1522.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
282 |
293 |
96.2 % |
1521.00-1523.00 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
16 |
16 |
100.0 % |
1520.50-1523.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
0 |
1 |
0.0 % |
1521.00-1523.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
18 |
27 |
66.7 % |
1521.50-1522.50 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
144 |
129 |
111.6 % |
1521.50-1522.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
865 |
806 |
107.3 % |
1521.50-1522.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1521.50-1522.50 |
| 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 |
39326 |
37905 |
103.7 % |
1519.00-1600.99 |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
56411 |
56794 |
99.3 % |
1519.00-1600.99 |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
13769 |
13785 |
99.9 % |
1519.00-1600.99 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
55085 |
60124 |
91.6 % |
1519.00-1600.99 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
220929 |
243885 |
90.6 % |
1519.00-1600.99 |
acarsa |
Auto. MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (ARINC) via AFWA |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1518.75-1601.25 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
901 |
819 |
110.0 % |
1518.75-1601.25 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
4418 |
19801 |
22.3 % |
1519.00-1600.99 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
4302 |
3048 |
141.1 % |
1518.75-1601.25 |
ascat |
METOP-2 ASCAT products |
13206 |
4136 |
319.3 % |
1520.00-1600.00 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
1812 |
2093 |
86.6 % |
1518.75-1601.25 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
6 |
5 |
120.0 % |
1521.50-1522.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1521.00-1523.00 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
2989 |
2765 |
108.1 % |
1518.75-1601.25 |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 AMSU-A proc. bright. temps from RARS |
15638 |
13541 |
115.5 % |
1521.00-1523.00 |
esamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B proc. bright. temps from RARS |
69817 |
56055 |
124.6 % |
1521.00-1523.00 |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 HIRS-3/-4 proc bright. temps from RARS |
39767 |
35134 |
113.2 % |
1521.00-1523.00 |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 MHS processed bright. temps from RARS |
106768 |
98846 |
108.0 % |
1521.00-1523.00 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
5094 |
5371 |
94.8 % |
1520.50-1523.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
4001 |
2755 |
145.2 % |
1519.50-1600.50 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1519.50-1600.50 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
2659 |
2739 |
97.1 % |
1520.50-1523.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
2912 |
2933 |
99.3 % |
1519.50-1600.50 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1519.50-1600.50 |
lgycld |
GOES/NASA(Langley) hi-res. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
978810 |
912970 |
107.2 % |
1521.50-1522.50 |
ltnglr |
LLDN Long-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1521.50-1522.50 |
ltngsr |
NLDN Shrt-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
9725 |
6957 |
139.8 % |
1521.50-1522.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
2 |
6 |
33.3 % |
1521.50-1522.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
48 |
47 |
102.1 % |
1521.50-1522.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
140 |
107 |
130.8 % |
1521.50-1522.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1521.50-1522.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
40 |
35 |
114.3 % |
1521.50-1522.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1494 |
1226 |
121.9 % |
1521.50-1522.50 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1521.00-1523.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
101 |
132 |
76.5 % |
1518.75-1601.25 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
110 |
127 |
86.6 % |
1520.50-1523.50 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1520.50-1523.50 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
1162985 |
1246846 |
93.3 % |
1521.00-1523.00 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1521.00-1523.00 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1521.00-1523.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1521.00-1523.00 |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
928473 |
1328438 |
69.9 % |
1521.50-1522.49 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1521.00-1523.00 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
1 |
3 |
33.3 % |
1521.50-1522.50 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1521.50-1522.50 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1518.75-1601.25 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1518.75-1601.25 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1518.75-1601.25 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
2147 |
1026 |
209.3 % |
1520.50-1523.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
68 |
387 |
17.6 % |
1519.50-1600.50 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
22796 |
17762 |
128.3 % |
1519.50-1600.50 |
wdsat |
CORIOLIS WindSat products from FNMOC |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1520.00-1600.00 |
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