| 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) |
47027 |
41276 |
113.9 % |
1519.75-1602.25 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
364 |
313 |
116.3 % |
1522.50-1523.50 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
128612 |
107941 |
119.2 % |
1522.00-1600.00 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
271274 |
258479 |
105.0 % |
1521.75-1522.99 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
316 |
320 |
98.8 % |
1522.00-1522.50 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1520.50-1601.50 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1520.50-1601.50 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
332 |
306 |
108.5 % |
1522.50-1523.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
266 |
241 |
110.4 % |
1522.50-1523.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
5100 |
5309 |
96.1 % |
1522.50-1523.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
8 |
10 |
80.0 % |
1522.50-1523.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
29841 |
30573 |
97.6 % |
1522.50-1523.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
21919 |
26755 |
81.9 % |
1522.50-1523.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
48 |
40 |
120.0 % |
1522.50-1523.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
236 |
198 |
119.2 % |
1522.50-1523.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
3 |
3 |
100.0 % |
1522.50-1523.50 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
100 |
99 |
101.0 % |
1522.50-1523.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1522.50-1523.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
2602 |
2497 |
104.2 % |
1522.50-1523.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
872 |
990 |
88.1 % |
1522.50-1523.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
217 |
215 |
100.9 % |
1522.50-1523.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
73 |
77 |
94.8 % |
1522.50-1523.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
666 |
666 |
100.0 % |
1522.50-1523.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
174 |
174 |
100.0 % |
1522.50-1523.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
357 |
352 |
101.4 % |
1522.50-1523.50 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
8597 |
9661 |
89.0 % |
1522.50-1523.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
70 |
62 |
112.9 % |
1522.50-1523.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
108 |
89 |
121.3 % |
1522.50-1523.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
21 |
18 |
116.7 % |
1522.50-1523.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
6564 |
5909 |
111.1 % |
1522.50-1523.50 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
332 |
341 |
97.4 % |
1522.50-1523.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
284 |
291 |
97.6 % |
1522.00-1600.00 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
16 |
16 |
100.0 % |
1521.50-1600.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
1 |
1 |
100.0 % |
1522.00-1600.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
23 |
27 |
85.2 % |
1522.50-1523.50 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
147 |
131 |
112.2 % |
1522.50-1523.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
863 |
831 |
103.9 % |
1522.50-1523.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1522.50-1523.50 |
| 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 |
42509 |
33521 |
126.8 % |
1520.00-1601.99 |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
23122 |
45712 |
50.6 % |
1520.00-1601.99 |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
5595 |
11132 |
50.3 % |
1520.00-1601.99 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
86849 |
59783 |
145.3 % |
1520.00-1601.99 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
349527 |
240194 |
145.5 % |
1520.00-1601.99 |
acarsa |
Auto. MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (ARINC) via AFWA |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1519.75-1602.25 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
856 |
733 |
116.8 % |
1519.75-1602.25 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
15372 |
17598 |
87.4 % |
1520.00-1601.99 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
4325 |
2898 |
149.2 % |
1519.75-1602.25 |
ascat |
METOP-2 ASCAT products |
0 |
3907 |
0.0 % |
1521.00-1601.00 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
1816 |
2219 |
81.8 % |
1519.75-1602.25 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
11 |
14 |
78.6 % |
1522.50-1523.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1522.00-1600.00 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
2673 |
2363 |
113.1 % |
1519.75-1602.25 |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 AMSU-A proc. bright. temps from RARS |
16934 |
13584 |
124.7 % |
1522.00-1600.00 |
esamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B proc. bright. temps from RARS |
86998 |
56245 |
154.7 % |
1522.00-1600.00 |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 HIRS-3/-4 proc bright. temps from RARS |
42424 |
34624 |
122.5 % |
1522.00-1600.00 |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 MHS processed bright. temps from RARS |
117861 |
92228 |
127.8 % |
1522.00-1600.00 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
5079 |
5359 |
94.8 % |
1521.50-1600.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
2856 |
2900 |
98.5 % |
1520.50-1601.50 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1520.50-1601.50 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
2627 |
2725 |
96.4 % |
1521.50-1600.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
1926 |
3003 |
64.1 % |
1520.50-1601.50 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1520.50-1601.50 |
lgycld |
GOES/NASA(Langley) hi-res. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
997632 |
938479 |
106.3 % |
1522.50-1523.50 |
ltnglr |
LLDN Long-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1522.50-1523.50 |
ltngsr |
NLDN Shrt-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
10713 |
7777 |
137.8 % |
1522.50-1523.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
6 |
5 |
120.0 % |
1522.50-1523.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
48 |
47 |
102.1 % |
1522.50-1523.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
105 |
113 |
92.9 % |
1522.50-1523.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1522.50-1523.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
40 |
36 |
111.1 % |
1522.50-1523.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1379 |
1206 |
114.3 % |
1522.50-1523.50 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1522.00-1600.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
80 |
125 |
64.0 % |
1519.75-1602.25 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
101 |
126 |
80.2 % |
1521.50-1600.50 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1521.50-1600.50 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
1185639 |
1207798 |
98.2 % |
1522.00-1600.00 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1522.00-1600.00 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1522.00-1600.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1522.00-1600.00 |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
888671 |
1324612 |
67.1 % |
1522.50-1523.49 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
1 |
0.0 % |
1522.00-1600.00 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
2 |
4 |
50.0 % |
1522.50-1523.50 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1522.50-1523.50 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1519.75-1602.25 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1519.75-1602.25 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1519.75-1602.25 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
208 |
74 |
281.1 % |
1521.50-1600.49 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1520.50-1601.50 |
wdsat |
CORIOLIS WindSat products from FNMOC |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1521.00-1601.00 |
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