| 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) |
2974 |
3720 |
79.9 % |
0106.00-0108.00 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
158 |
276 |
57.2 % |
0106.50-0107.50 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
71161 |
65151 |
109.2 % |
0106.00-0108.00 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
268784 |
203131 |
132.3 % |
0105.75-0106.99 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
255 |
234 |
109.0 % |
0106.00-0106.50 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
7043 |
6870 |
102.5 % |
0104.50-0109.50 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
8306 |
7393 |
112.3 % |
0104.50-0109.50 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
327 |
313 |
104.5 % |
0106.50-0107.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
183 |
189 |
96.8 % |
0106.50-0107.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
5388 |
5216 |
103.3 % |
0106.50-0107.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
18 |
16 |
112.5 % |
0106.50-0107.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
36633 |
26818 |
136.6 % |
0106.50-0107.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
27993 |
27034 |
103.5 % |
0106.50-0107.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
34 |
48 |
70.8 % |
0106.50-0107.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
117 |
108 |
108.3 % |
0106.50-0107.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
9 |
8 |
112.5 % |
0106.50-0107.50 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
163 |
106 |
153.8 % |
0106.50-0107.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0106.50-0107.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
2236 |
1803 |
124.0 % |
0106.50-0107.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
1178 |
1115 |
105.7 % |
0106.50-0107.50 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
39 |
33 |
118.2 % |
0106.50-0107.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
201 |
200 |
100.5 % |
0106.50-0107.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
78 |
57 |
136.8 % |
0106.50-0107.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
560 |
553 |
101.3 % |
0106.50-0107.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
161 |
148 |
108.8 % |
0106.50-0107.50 |
msomin |
Mesonet/MADIS Minnesota Dept. of Transportation |
630 |
593 |
106.2 % |
0106.50-0107.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
302 |
280 |
107.9 % |
0106.50-0107.50 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
7741 |
6670 |
116.1 % |
0106.50-0107.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
62 |
45 |
137.8 % |
0106.50-0107.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
98 |
88 |
111.4 % |
0106.50-0107.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
26 |
25 |
104.0 % |
0106.50-0107.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
4230 |
3519 |
120.2 % |
0106.50-0107.50 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
473 |
446 |
106.1 % |
0106.50-0107.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
286 |
284 |
100.7 % |
0106.00-0108.00 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
35 |
39 |
89.7 % |
0105.50-0108.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
1 |
3 |
33.3 % |
0106.00-0108.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
20 |
24 |
83.3 % |
0106.50-0107.50 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
90 |
103 |
87.4 % |
0106.50-0107.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
870 |
886 |
98.2 % |
0106.50-0107.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0106.50-0107.50 |
| 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 |
5604 |
2846 |
196.9 % |
0106.00-0108.00 |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
0 |
13279 |
0.0 % |
0106.00-0108.00 |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
0 |
3294 |
0.0 % |
0106.00-0108.00 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
12411 |
4475 |
277.3 % |
0106.00-0108.00 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
46515 |
17067 |
272.5 % |
0106.00-0108.00 |
acarsa |
Auto. MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (ARINC) via AFWA |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0106.00-0108.00 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
1998 |
1998 |
100.0 % |
0103.75-0110.25 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
9044 |
6211 |
145.6 % |
0103.75-0110.25 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
445 |
250 |
178.0 % |
0103.75-0110.25 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
7 |
6 |
116.7 % |
0106.50-0107.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0106.00-0108.00 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
2727 |
2776 |
98.2 % |
0103.75-0110.25 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
4391 |
4377 |
100.3 % |
0105.50-0108.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
2418 |
2689 |
89.9 % |
0104.50-0109.50 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0104.50-0109.50 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
2543 |
2612 |
97.4 % |
0105.50-0108.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
2858 |
3007 |
95.0 % |
0104.50-0109.50 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0104.50-0109.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
9 |
9 |
100.0 % |
0106.50-0107.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
38 |
38 |
100.0 % |
0106.50-0107.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
108 |
99 |
109.1 % |
0106.50-0107.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0106.50-0107.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
34 |
31 |
109.7 % |
0106.50-0107.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1106 |
992 |
111.5 % |
0106.50-0107.50 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0106.00-0108.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
20 |
14 |
142.9 % |
0103.75-0110.25 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
161 |
162 |
99.4 % |
0105.50-0108.50 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0105.50-0108.50 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
804666 |
596098 |
135.0 % |
0106.25-0107.75 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0106.25-0107.75 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0106.00-0108.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0106.00-0108.00 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0106.00-0108.00 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0106.50-0107.50 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
23 |
22 |
104.5 % |
0106.50-0107.50 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0103.75-0110.25 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0103.75-0110.25 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0103.75-0110.25 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
678 |
648 |
104.6 % |
0105.50-0108.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
1026 |
1073 |
95.6 % |
0104.50-0109.50 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0104.50-0109.50 |
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