| 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) |
4634 |
5733 |
80.8 % |
0105.00-0107.00 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
471 |
271 |
173.8 % |
0105.50-0106.50 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
72292 |
58426 |
123.7 % |
0105.00-0107.00 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
268784 |
177207 |
151.7 % |
0104.75-0105.99 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
265 |
245 |
108.2 % |
0105.00-0105.50 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
3591 |
3274 |
109.7 % |
0103.50-0108.50 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
3554 |
2877 |
123.5 % |
0103.50-0108.50 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
329 |
312 |
105.4 % |
0105.50-0106.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
148 |
186 |
79.6 % |
0105.50-0106.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
5397 |
5200 |
103.8 % |
0105.50-0106.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
18 |
17 |
105.9 % |
0105.50-0106.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
36636 |
28753 |
127.4 % |
0105.50-0106.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
31903 |
29990 |
106.4 % |
0105.50-0106.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
33 |
50 |
66.0 % |
0105.50-0106.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
111 |
109 |
101.8 % |
0105.50-0106.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
9 |
8 |
112.5 % |
0105.50-0106.50 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
100 |
111 |
90.1 % |
0105.50-0106.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0105.50-0106.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
1939 |
2037 |
95.2 % |
0105.50-0106.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
1258 |
1147 |
109.7 % |
0105.50-0106.50 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
39 |
38 |
102.6 % |
0105.50-0106.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
190 |
206 |
92.2 % |
0105.50-0106.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
74 |
60 |
123.3 % |
0105.50-0106.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
560 |
511 |
109.6 % |
0105.50-0106.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
159 |
152 |
104.6 % |
0105.50-0106.50 |
msomin |
Mesonet/MADIS Minnesota Dept. of Transportation |
547 |
526 |
104.0 % |
0105.50-0106.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
307 |
302 |
101.7 % |
0105.50-0106.50 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
7833 |
6957 |
112.6 % |
0105.50-0106.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
33 |
45 |
73.3 % |
0105.50-0106.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
98 |
95 |
103.2 % |
0105.50-0106.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
27 |
26 |
103.8 % |
0105.50-0106.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
4212 |
3731 |
112.9 % |
0105.50-0106.50 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
472 |
461 |
102.4 % |
0105.50-0106.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
289 |
283 |
102.1 % |
0105.00-0107.00 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
35 |
39 |
89.7 % |
0104.50-0107.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
4 |
5 |
80.0 % |
0105.00-0107.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
19 |
24 |
79.2 % |
0105.50-0106.50 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
171 |
203 |
84.2 % |
0105.50-0106.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
1863 |
1851 |
100.6 % |
0105.50-0106.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0105.50-0106.50 |
| 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 |
2363 |
2020 |
117.0 % |
0105.00-0107.00 |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
41485 |
11071 |
374.7 % |
0105.00-0107.00 |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
10216 |
2718 |
375.9 % |
0105.00-0107.00 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
1365 |
3198 |
42.7 % |
0105.00-0107.00 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
5322 |
12009 |
44.3 % |
0105.00-0107.00 |
acarsa |
Auto. MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (ARINC) via AFWA |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0105.00-0107.00 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
2357 |
2286 |
103.1 % |
0102.75-0109.25 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
8303 |
7061 |
117.6 % |
0102.75-0109.25 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
720 |
508 |
141.7 % |
0102.75-0109.25 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
8 |
7 |
114.3 % |
0105.50-0106.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0105.00-0107.00 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
2664 |
2658 |
100.2 % |
0102.75-0109.25 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
4395 |
4311 |
101.9 % |
0104.50-0107.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
2929 |
3241 |
90.4 % |
0103.50-0108.50 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0103.50-0108.50 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
2544 |
2565 |
99.2 % |
0104.50-0107.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
3248 |
3679 |
88.3 % |
0103.50-0108.50 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0103.50-0108.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
10 |
9 |
111.1 % |
0105.50-0106.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
39 |
37 |
105.4 % |
0105.50-0106.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
108 |
105 |
102.9 % |
0105.50-0106.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0105.50-0106.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
36 |
33 |
109.1 % |
0105.50-0106.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1360 |
993 |
137.0 % |
0105.50-0106.50 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0105.00-0107.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
33 |
24 |
137.5 % |
0102.75-0109.25 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
163 |
160 |
101.9 % |
0104.50-0107.50 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0104.50-0107.50 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
811039 |
587143 |
138.1 % |
0105.25-0106.75 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0105.25-0106.75 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0105.00-0107.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0105.00-0107.00 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0105.00-0107.00 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0105.50-0106.50 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
84 |
86 |
97.7 % |
0105.50-0106.50 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0102.75-0109.25 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0102.75-0109.25 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0102.75-0109.25 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
255 |
156 |
163.5 % |
0104.50-0107.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
1247 |
1350 |
92.4 % |
0103.50-0108.50 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0103.50-0108.50 |
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