| 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) |
11561 |
12024 |
96.1 % |
0101.00-0103.00 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
291 |
245 |
118.8 % |
0101.50-0102.50 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
84613 |
75811 |
111.6 % |
0101.00-0103.00 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
270703 |
221519 |
122.2 % |
0100.75-0101.99 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
218 |
252 |
86.5 % |
0101.00-0101.50 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3023.50-0104.50 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3023.50-0104.50 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
316 |
313 |
101.0 % |
0101.50-0102.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
158 |
184 |
85.9 % |
0101.50-0102.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
5255 |
5056 |
103.9 % |
0101.50-0102.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
18 |
16 |
112.5 % |
0101.50-0102.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
33491 |
26749 |
125.2 % |
0101.50-0102.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
27445 |
26751 |
102.6 % |
0101.50-0102.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
34 |
50 |
68.0 % |
0101.50-0102.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
120 |
108 |
111.1 % |
0101.50-0102.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
9 |
8 |
112.5 % |
0101.50-0102.50 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
88 |
112 |
78.6 % |
0101.50-0102.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0101.50-0102.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
2237 |
1971 |
113.5 % |
0101.50-0102.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
1168 |
1125 |
103.8 % |
0101.50-0102.50 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
33 |
34 |
97.1 % |
0101.50-0102.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
212 |
207 |
102.4 % |
0101.50-0102.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
76 |
56 |
135.7 % |
0101.50-0102.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
560 |
541 |
103.5 % |
0101.50-0102.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
158 |
148 |
106.8 % |
0101.50-0102.50 |
msomin |
Mesonet/MADIS Minnesota Dept. of Transportation |
555 |
516 |
107.6 % |
0101.50-0102.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
303 |
296 |
102.4 % |
0101.50-0102.50 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
7378 |
6704 |
110.1 % |
0101.50-0102.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
40 |
47 |
85.1 % |
0101.50-0102.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
105 |
98 |
107.1 % |
0101.50-0102.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
25 |
26 |
96.2 % |
0101.50-0102.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
4251 |
3862 |
110.1 % |
0101.50-0102.50 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
470 |
458 |
102.6 % |
0101.50-0102.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
297 |
283 |
104.9 % |
0101.00-0103.00 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
35 |
39 |
89.7 % |
0100.50-0103.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
1 |
0 |
n/a |
0101.00-0103.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
22 |
24 |
91.7 % |
0101.50-0102.50 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
102 |
108 |
94.4 % |
0101.50-0102.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
869 |
869 |
100.0 % |
0101.50-0102.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0101.50-0102.50 |
| 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 |
6063 |
3571 |
169.8 % |
0101.00-0103.00 |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
3734 |
7988 |
46.7 % |
0101.00-0103.00 |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
857 |
1956 |
43.8 % |
0101.00-0103.00 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
12577 |
6045 |
208.1 % |
0101.00-0103.00 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
46900 |
22983 |
204.1 % |
0101.00-0103.00 |
acarsa |
Auto. MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (ARINC) via AFWA |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0101.00-0103.00 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
1452 |
1543 |
94.1 % |
3022.75-0105.25 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
0 |
12952 |
0.0 % |
0100.00-0103.99 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
5278 |
3990 |
132.3 % |
3022.75-0105.25 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
1684 |
1647 |
102.2 % |
3022.75-0105.25 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
9 |
10 |
90.0 % |
0101.50-0102.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
2 |
0 |
n/a |
0101.00-0103.00 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
1228 |
1326 |
92.6 % |
3022.75-0105.25 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
4394 |
4399 |
99.9 % |
0100.50-0103.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
2271 |
2579 |
88.1 % |
3023.50-0104.50 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3023.50-0104.50 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
2572 |
2571 |
100.0 % |
0100.50-0103.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
2056 |
3047 |
67.5 % |
3023.50-0104.50 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3023.50-0104.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
8 |
8 |
100.0 % |
0101.50-0102.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
42 |
36 |
116.7 % |
0101.50-0102.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
108 |
102 |
105.9 % |
0101.50-0102.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0101.50-0102.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
39 |
36 |
108.3 % |
0101.50-0102.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1112 |
1080 |
103.0 % |
0101.50-0102.50 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0101.00-0103.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
85 |
112 |
75.9 % |
3022.75-0105.25 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
153 |
167 |
91.6 % |
0100.50-0103.50 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0100.50-0103.50 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
738006 |
608181 |
121.3 % |
0101.25-0102.75 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0101.25-0102.75 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0101.00-0103.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0101.00-0103.00 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
2 |
0 |
n/a |
0101.00-0103.00 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0101.50-0102.50 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
23 |
23 |
100.0 % |
0101.50-0102.50 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3022.75-0105.25 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3022.75-0105.25 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3022.75-0105.25 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0100.50-0103.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
589 |
1142 |
51.6 % |
3023.50-0104.50 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
34 |
289 |
11.8 % |
3023.50-0104.50 |
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