| 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) |
18990 |
17081 |
111.2 % |
3023.00-0101.00 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
416 |
418 |
99.5 % |
3023.50-0100.50 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
76260 |
98956 |
77.1 % |
3023.00-0101.00 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
268784 |
268783 |
100.0 % |
3022.75-3023.99 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
241 |
253 |
95.3 % |
3023.00-3023.50 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
9342 |
8763 |
106.6 % |
3022.50-0101.50 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
10067 |
9270 |
108.6 % |
3022.50-0101.50 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
600 |
609 |
98.5 % |
3023.50-0100.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
366 |
367 |
99.7 % |
3023.50-0100.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
5601 |
5541 |
101.1 % |
3023.50-0100.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
30 |
29 |
103.4 % |
3023.50-0100.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
49772 |
40581 |
122.6 % |
3023.50-0100.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
48414 |
43270 |
111.9 % |
3023.50-0100.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
69 |
89 |
77.5 % |
3023.50-0100.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
260 |
259 |
100.4 % |
3023.50-0100.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
15 |
15 |
100.0 % |
3023.50-0100.50 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
150 |
168 |
89.3 % |
3023.50-0100.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3023.50-0100.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
4868 |
6833 |
71.2 % |
3023.50-0100.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
1668 |
1593 |
104.7 % |
3023.50-0100.50 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
53 |
58 |
91.4 % |
3023.50-0100.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
341 |
336 |
101.5 % |
3023.50-0100.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
161 |
119 |
135.3 % |
3023.50-0100.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
672 |
777 |
86.5 % |
3023.50-0100.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
229 |
225 |
101.8 % |
3023.50-0100.50 |
msomin |
Mesonet/MADIS Minnesota Dept. of Transportation |
900 |
914 |
98.5 % |
3023.50-0100.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
617 |
596 |
103.5 % |
3023.50-0100.50 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
12429 |
11969 |
103.8 % |
3023.50-0100.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
115 |
109 |
105.5 % |
3023.50-0100.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
271 |
223 |
121.5 % |
3023.50-0100.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
51 |
51 |
100.0 % |
3023.50-0100.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
6667 |
9011 |
74.0 % |
3023.50-0100.50 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
884 |
865 |
102.2 % |
3023.50-0100.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
561 |
502 |
111.8 % |
3023.00-0101.00 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
34 |
39 |
87.2 % |
3022.50-0101.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
162 |
161 |
100.6 % |
3023.00-0101.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
23 |
30 |
76.7 % |
3023.50-0100.50 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
227 |
252 |
90.1 % |
3023.50-0100.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
2078 |
2086 |
99.6 % |
3023.50-0100.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3023.50-0100.50 |
| 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 |
9425 |
6845 |
137.7 % |
3023.00-0101.00 |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
5369 |
8095 |
66.3 % |
3023.00-0101.00 |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
1344 |
1940 |
69.3 % |
3023.00-0101.00 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
20860 |
13212 |
157.9 % |
3023.00-0101.00 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
78084 |
50758 |
153.8 % |
3023.00-0101.00 |
acarsa |
Auto. MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (ARINC) via AFWA |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3023.00-0101.00 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
875 |
925 |
94.6 % |
3020.75-0103.25 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
11885 |
10833 |
109.7 % |
3022.00-0101.99 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
4009 |
3390 |
118.3 % |
3020.75-0103.25 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
2291 |
2159 |
106.1 % |
3020.75-0103.25 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
1 |
12 |
8.3 % |
3023.50-0100.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3023.00-0101.00 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
1777 |
1842 |
96.5 % |
3020.75-0103.25 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
4516 |
4398 |
102.7 % |
3022.50-0101.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
1763 |
1920 |
91.8 % |
3022.50-0101.50 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
1 |
0.0 % |
3022.50-0101.50 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
2674 |
2564 |
104.3 % |
3022.50-0101.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
1384 |
2255 |
61.4 % |
3022.50-0101.50 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3022.50-0101.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
18 |
20 |
90.0 % |
3023.50-0100.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
78 |
80 |
97.5 % |
3023.50-0100.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
180 |
178 |
101.1 % |
3023.50-0100.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3023.50-0100.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
54 |
49 |
110.2 % |
3023.50-0100.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
2017 |
2001 |
100.8 % |
3023.50-0100.50 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3023.00-0101.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
152 |
165 |
92.1 % |
3020.75-0103.25 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
199 |
192 |
103.6 % |
3022.50-0101.50 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3022.50-0101.50 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
664319 |
543168 |
122.3 % |
3023.25-0100.75 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
178220 |
143002 |
124.6 % |
3023.25-0100.75 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3023.00-0101.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
5 |
5 |
100.0 % |
3023.00-0101.00 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
2 |
2 |
100.0 % |
3023.00-0101.00 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3023.50-0100.50 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
82 |
84 |
97.6 % |
3023.50-0100.50 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3020.75-0103.25 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3020.75-0103.25 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3020.75-0103.25 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3022.50-0101.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
268 |
860 |
31.2 % |
3022.50-0101.50 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
16830 |
14052 |
119.8 % |
3022.50-0101.50 |
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