| 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) |
12088 |
13154 |
91.9 % |
0103.00-0105.00 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
329 |
237 |
138.8 % |
0103.50-0104.50 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
63526 |
65348 |
97.2 % |
0103.00-0105.00 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
268784 |
214915 |
125.1 % |
0102.75-0103.99 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
263 |
246 |
106.9 % |
0103.00-0103.50 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
8419 |
8198 |
102.7 % |
0101.50-0106.50 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
9011 |
8753 |
102.9 % |
0101.50-0106.50 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
309 |
310 |
99.7 % |
0103.50-0104.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
178 |
178 |
100.0 % |
0103.50-0104.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
5180 |
5046 |
102.7 % |
0103.50-0104.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
18 |
16 |
112.5 % |
0103.50-0104.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
32904 |
26710 |
123.2 % |
0103.50-0104.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
31093 |
28373 |
109.6 % |
0103.50-0104.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
32 |
48 |
66.7 % |
0103.50-0104.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
113 |
104 |
108.7 % |
0103.50-0104.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
9 |
8 |
112.5 % |
0103.50-0104.50 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
182 |
112 |
162.5 % |
0103.50-0104.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0103.50-0104.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
1942 |
2031 |
95.6 % |
0103.50-0104.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
1179 |
1123 |
105.0 % |
0103.50-0104.50 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
23 |
32 |
71.9 % |
0103.50-0104.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
208 |
199 |
104.5 % |
0103.50-0104.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
78 |
57 |
136.8 % |
0103.50-0104.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
560 |
511 |
109.6 % |
0103.50-0104.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
154 |
147 |
104.8 % |
0103.50-0104.50 |
msomin |
Mesonet/MADIS Minnesota Dept. of Transportation |
547 |
492 |
111.2 % |
0103.50-0104.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
304 |
288 |
105.6 % |
0103.50-0104.50 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
7535 |
6698 |
112.5 % |
0103.50-0104.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
41 |
47 |
87.2 % |
0103.50-0104.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
103 |
100 |
103.0 % |
0103.50-0104.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
24 |
26 |
92.3 % |
0103.50-0104.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
4221 |
3496 |
120.7 % |
0103.50-0104.50 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
458 |
447 |
102.5 % |
0103.50-0104.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
284 |
285 |
99.6 % |
0103.00-0105.00 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
35 |
38 |
92.1 % |
0102.50-0105.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
2 |
2 |
100.0 % |
0103.00-0105.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
19 |
23 |
82.6 % |
0103.50-0104.50 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
95 |
104 |
91.3 % |
0103.50-0104.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
879 |
874 |
100.6 % |
0103.50-0104.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0103.50-0104.50 |
| 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 |
2645 |
3383 |
78.2 % |
0103.00-0105.00 |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
0 |
8698 |
0.0 % |
0103.00-0105.00 |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
0 |
2121 |
0.0 % |
0103.00-0105.00 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
2365 |
4480 |
52.8 % |
0103.00-0105.00 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
8720 |
16976 |
51.4 % |
0103.00-0105.00 |
acarsa |
Auto. MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (ARINC) via AFWA |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0103.00-0105.00 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
2530 |
2408 |
105.1 % |
0100.75-0107.25 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
648 |
1916 |
33.8 % |
0102.00-0105.99 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
6516 |
5019 |
129.8 % |
0100.75-0107.25 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
1339 |
1178 |
113.7 % |
0100.75-0107.25 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
6 |
4 |
150.0 % |
0103.50-0104.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0103.00-0105.00 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
1527 |
1586 |
96.3 % |
0100.75-0107.25 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
2229 |
2636 |
84.6 % |
0102.50-0105.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
2668 |
3135 |
85.1 % |
0101.50-0106.50 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0101.50-0106.50 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
1313 |
1566 |
83.8 % |
0102.50-0105.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
2436 |
3690 |
66.0 % |
0101.50-0106.50 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0101.50-0106.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
9 |
8 |
112.5 % |
0103.50-0104.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
39 |
35 |
111.4 % |
0103.50-0104.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
108 |
99 |
109.1 % |
0103.50-0104.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0103.50-0104.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
39 |
35 |
111.4 % |
0103.50-0104.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
886 |
975 |
90.9 % |
0103.50-0104.50 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0103.00-0105.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
57 |
62 |
91.9 % |
0100.75-0107.25 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
160 |
165 |
97.0 % |
0102.50-0105.50 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0102.50-0105.50 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
821028 |
637026 |
128.9 % |
0103.25-0104.75 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0103.25-0104.75 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0103.00-0105.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0103.00-0105.00 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0103.00-0105.00 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0103.50-0104.50 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
23 |
22 |
104.5 % |
0103.50-0104.50 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0100.75-0107.25 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0100.75-0107.25 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0100.75-0107.25 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0102.50-0105.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
655 |
1262 |
51.9 % |
0101.50-0106.50 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
8818 |
6858 |
128.6 % |
0101.50-0106.50 |
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