| 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) |
12787 |
11761 |
108.7 % |
0100.00-0102.00 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
301 |
266 |
113.2 % |
0100.50-0101.50 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
33717 |
16426 |
205.3 % |
0100.00-0102.00 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
162268 |
107866 |
150.4 % |
3023.75-0100.99 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
222 |
252 |
88.1 % |
0100.00-0100.50 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
9342 |
8763 |
106.6 % |
3022.50-0103.50 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
10067 |
9270 |
108.6 % |
3022.50-0103.50 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
316 |
313 |
101.0 % |
0100.50-0101.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
200 |
191 |
104.7 % |
0100.50-0101.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
5195 |
5074 |
102.4 % |
0100.50-0101.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
18 |
17 |
105.9 % |
0100.50-0101.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
36885 |
30422 |
121.2 % |
0100.50-0101.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
36342 |
29696 |
122.4 % |
0100.50-0101.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
34 |
52 |
65.4 % |
0100.50-0101.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
120 |
119 |
100.8 % |
0100.50-0101.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
9 |
8 |
112.5 % |
0100.50-0101.50 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
100 |
118 |
84.7 % |
0100.50-0101.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0100.50-0101.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
2643 |
2149 |
123.0 % |
0100.50-0101.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
1182 |
1184 |
99.8 % |
0100.50-0101.50 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
32 |
36 |
88.9 % |
0100.50-0101.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
222 |
212 |
104.7 % |
0100.50-0101.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
75 |
56 |
133.9 % |
0100.50-0101.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
448 |
560 |
80.0 % |
0100.50-0101.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
159 |
152 |
104.6 % |
0100.50-0101.50 |
msomin |
Mesonet/MADIS Minnesota Dept. of Transportation |
634 |
619 |
102.4 % |
0100.50-0101.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
305 |
310 |
98.4 % |
0100.50-0101.50 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
7429 |
7132 |
104.2 % |
0100.50-0101.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
24 |
48 |
50.0 % |
0100.50-0101.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
105 |
99 |
106.1 % |
0100.50-0101.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
25 |
26 |
96.2 % |
0100.50-0101.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
3941 |
3801 |
103.7 % |
0100.50-0101.50 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
471 |
457 |
103.1 % |
0100.50-0101.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
288 |
279 |
103.2 % |
0100.00-0102.00 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
33 |
39 |
84.6 % |
3023.50-0102.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
139 |
139 |
100.0 % |
0100.00-0102.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
21 |
24 |
87.5 % |
0100.50-0101.50 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
104 |
110 |
94.5 % |
0100.50-0101.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
875 |
873 |
100.2 % |
0100.50-0101.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0100.50-0101.50 |
| 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 |
4093 |
4513 |
90.7 % |
0100.00-0102.00 |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
0 |
3409 |
0.0 % |
0100.00-0102.00 |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
0 |
824 |
0.0 % |
0100.00-0102.00 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
4654 |
7465 |
62.3 % |
0100.00-0102.00 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
18556 |
28401 |
65.3 % |
0100.00-0102.00 |
acarsa |
Auto. MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (ARINC) via AFWA |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0100.00-0102.00 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
932 |
1042 |
89.4 % |
3021.75-0104.25 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
32517 |
13252 |
245.4 % |
3023.00-0102.99 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
4483 |
3376 |
132.8 % |
3021.75-0104.25 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
1911 |
1835 |
104.1 % |
3021.75-0104.25 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
7 |
6 |
116.7 % |
0100.50-0101.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0100.00-0102.00 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
1372 |
1428 |
96.1 % |
3021.75-0104.25 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
4504 |
4349 |
103.6 % |
3023.50-0102.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
2236 |
2408 |
92.9 % |
3022.50-0103.50 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
1 |
0.0 % |
3022.50-0103.50 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
2614 |
2530 |
103.3 % |
3023.50-0102.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
1933 |
2894 |
66.8 % |
3022.50-0103.50 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3022.50-0103.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
9 |
10 |
90.0 % |
0100.50-0101.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
39 |
40 |
97.5 % |
0100.50-0101.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
108 |
105 |
102.9 % |
0100.50-0101.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0100.50-0101.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
41 |
38 |
107.9 % |
0100.50-0101.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1116 |
1083 |
103.0 % |
0100.50-0101.50 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0100.00-0102.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
122 |
130 |
93.8 % |
3021.75-0104.25 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
161 |
164 |
98.2 % |
3023.50-0102.50 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3023.50-0102.50 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
637289 |
560431 |
113.7 % |
0100.25-0101.75 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0100.25-0101.75 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0100.00-0102.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0100.00-0102.00 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
3 |
1 |
300.0 % |
0100.00-0102.00 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0100.50-0101.50 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
24 |
23 |
104.3 % |
0100.50-0101.50 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3021.75-0104.25 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3021.75-0104.25 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3021.75-0104.25 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3023.50-0102.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
468 |
1115 |
42.0 % |
3022.50-0103.50 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
16830 |
14052 |
119.8 % |
3022.50-0103.50 |
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