| 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) |
8062 |
9643 |
83.6 % |
0104.00-0106.00 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
109 |
244 |
44.7 % |
0104.50-0105.50 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
66385 |
53863 |
123.2 % |
0104.00-0106.00 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
268784 |
193463 |
138.9 % |
0103.75-0104.99 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
261 |
249 |
104.8 % |
0104.00-0104.50 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0102.50-0107.50 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0102.50-0107.50 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
320 |
311 |
102.9 % |
0104.50-0105.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
139 |
179 |
77.7 % |
0104.50-0105.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
5263 |
5128 |
102.6 % |
0104.50-0105.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
18 |
17 |
105.9 % |
0104.50-0105.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
12708 |
28514 |
44.6 % |
0104.50-0105.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
6991 |
29939 |
23.4 % |
0104.50-0105.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
34 |
49 |
69.4 % |
0104.50-0105.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
115 |
114 |
100.9 % |
0104.50-0105.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
9 |
9 |
100.0 % |
0104.50-0105.50 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
100 |
111 |
90.1 % |
0104.50-0105.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0104.50-0105.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
1918 |
2128 |
90.1 % |
0104.50-0105.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
1171 |
1132 |
103.4 % |
0104.50-0105.50 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
40 |
38 |
105.3 % |
0104.50-0105.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
203 |
214 |
94.9 % |
0104.50-0105.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
75 |
62 |
121.0 % |
0104.50-0105.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
672 |
556 |
120.9 % |
0104.50-0105.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
158 |
155 |
101.9 % |
0104.50-0105.50 |
msomin |
Mesonet/MADIS Minnesota Dept. of Transportation |
599 |
584 |
102.6 % |
0104.50-0105.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
305 |
306 |
99.7 % |
0104.50-0105.50 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
7681 |
7088 |
108.4 % |
0104.50-0105.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
42 |
45 |
93.3 % |
0104.50-0105.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
99 |
95 |
104.2 % |
0104.50-0105.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
24 |
27 |
88.9 % |
0104.50-0105.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
4236 |
3784 |
111.9 % |
0104.50-0105.50 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
465 |
461 |
100.9 % |
0104.50-0105.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
279 |
284 |
98.2 % |
0104.00-0106.00 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
34 |
39 |
87.2 % |
0103.50-0106.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
0 |
1 |
0.0 % |
0104.00-0106.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
20 |
24 |
83.3 % |
0104.50-0105.50 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
88 |
107 |
82.2 % |
0104.50-0105.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
881 |
888 |
99.2 % |
0104.50-0105.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0104.50-0105.50 |
| 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 |
0 |
3168 |
0.0 % |
0104.00-0106.00 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
0 |
3187 |
0.0 % |
0104.00-0106.00 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
0 |
11971 |
0.0 % |
0104.00-0106.00 |
acarsa |
Auto. MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (ARINC) via AFWA |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0104.00-0106.00 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
2620 |
2454 |
106.8 % |
0101.75-0108.25 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
20 |
2615 |
0.8 % |
0103.00-0106.99 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
7559 |
5480 |
137.9 % |
0101.75-0108.25 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
1059 |
801 |
132.2 % |
0101.75-0108.25 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
6 |
7 |
85.7 % |
0104.50-0105.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0104.00-0106.00 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
2063 |
2134 |
96.7 % |
0101.75-0108.25 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
4309 |
4322 |
99.7 % |
0103.50-0106.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
2718 |
3134 |
86.7 % |
0102.50-0107.50 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0102.50-0107.50 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
2563 |
2562 |
100.0 % |
0103.50-0106.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
2718 |
3631 |
74.9 % |
0102.50-0107.50 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0102.50-0107.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
10 |
9 |
111.1 % |
0104.50-0105.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
40 |
39 |
102.6 % |
0104.50-0105.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
108 |
106 |
101.9 % |
0104.50-0105.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0104.50-0105.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
39 |
37 |
105.4 % |
0104.50-0105.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1108 |
979 |
113.2 % |
0104.50-0105.50 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0104.00-0106.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
47 |
40 |
117.5 % |
0101.75-0108.25 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
166 |
163 |
101.8 % |
0103.50-0106.50 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0103.50-0106.50 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
829455 |
612086 |
135.5 % |
0104.25-0105.75 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0104.25-0105.75 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0104.00-0106.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0104.00-0106.00 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0104.00-0106.00 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0104.50-0105.50 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
23 |
22 |
104.5 % |
0104.50-0105.50 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0101.75-0108.25 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0101.75-0108.25 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0101.75-0108.25 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
77 |
13 |
592.3 % |
0103.50-0106.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
793 |
1235 |
64.2 % |
0102.50-0107.50 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
31 |
134 |
23.1 % |
0102.50-0107.50 |
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