| 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) |
3870 |
4147 |
93.3 % |
0107.00-0109.00 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
416 |
284 |
146.5 % |
0107.50-0108.50 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
98389 |
75796 |
129.8 % |
0107.00-0109.00 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
270703 |
207201 |
130.6 % |
0106.75-0107.99 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
227 |
230 |
98.7 % |
0107.00-0107.50 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0105.50-0110.50 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0105.50-0110.50 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
319 |
316 |
100.9 % |
0107.50-0108.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
181 |
181 |
100.0 % |
0107.50-0108.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
5420 |
5265 |
102.9 % |
0107.50-0108.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
18 |
16 |
112.5 % |
0107.50-0108.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
36567 |
29629 |
123.4 % |
0107.50-0108.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
39336 |
30223 |
130.2 % |
0107.50-0108.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
34 |
50 |
68.0 % |
0107.50-0108.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
115 |
113 |
101.8 % |
0107.50-0108.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
9 |
8 |
112.5 % |
0107.50-0108.50 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
201 |
115 |
174.8 % |
0107.50-0108.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0107.50-0108.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
1887 |
2061 |
91.6 % |
0107.50-0108.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
1178 |
1174 |
100.3 % |
0107.50-0108.50 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
40 |
34 |
117.6 % |
0107.50-0108.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
150 |
210 |
71.4 % |
0107.50-0108.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
77 |
62 |
124.2 % |
0107.50-0108.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
448 |
553 |
81.0 % |
0107.50-0108.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
160 |
154 |
103.9 % |
0107.50-0108.50 |
msomin |
Mesonet/MADIS Minnesota Dept. of Transportation |
642 |
623 |
103.0 % |
0107.50-0108.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
304 |
303 |
100.3 % |
0107.50-0108.50 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
7679 |
7038 |
109.1 % |
0107.50-0108.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
65 |
47 |
138.3 % |
0107.50-0108.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
99 |
93 |
106.5 % |
0107.50-0108.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
28 |
27 |
103.7 % |
0107.50-0108.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
5324 |
3766 |
141.4 % |
0107.50-0108.50 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
473 |
462 |
102.4 % |
0107.50-0108.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
287 |
284 |
101.1 % |
0107.00-0109.00 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
34 |
39 |
87.2 % |
0106.50-0109.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
0 |
1 |
0.0 % |
0107.00-0109.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
19 |
24 |
79.2 % |
0107.50-0108.50 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
88 |
103 |
85.4 % |
0107.50-0108.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
891 |
883 |
100.9 % |
0107.50-0108.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0107.50-0108.50 |
| 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 |
3969 |
3720 |
106.7 % |
0107.00-0109.00 |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
15651 |
11601 |
134.9 % |
0107.00-0109.00 |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
3932 |
2873 |
136.9 % |
0107.00-0109.00 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
8539 |
6174 |
138.3 % |
0107.00-0109.00 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
34678 |
24048 |
144.2 % |
0107.00-0109.00 |
acarsa |
Auto. MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (ARINC) via AFWA |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0107.00-0109.00 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
1649 |
1668 |
98.9 % |
0104.75-0111.25 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
9531 |
7203 |
132.3 % |
0104.75-0111.25 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
227 |
144 |
157.6 % |
0104.75-0111.25 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
8 |
8 |
100.0 % |
0107.50-0108.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0107.00-0109.00 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
2797 |
2890 |
96.8 % |
0104.75-0111.25 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
4347 |
4366 |
99.6 % |
0106.50-0109.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
2247 |
2577 |
87.2 % |
0105.50-0110.50 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0105.50-0110.50 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
2522 |
2620 |
96.3 % |
0106.50-0109.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
2662 |
2890 |
92.1 % |
0105.50-0110.50 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0105.50-0110.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
10 |
9 |
111.1 % |
0107.50-0108.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
39 |
39 |
100.0 % |
0107.50-0108.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
108 |
103 |
104.9 % |
0107.50-0108.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0107.50-0108.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
34 |
34 |
100.0 % |
0107.50-0108.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1101 |
1070 |
102.9 % |
0107.50-0108.50 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
1 |
0.0 % |
0107.00-0109.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
11 |
9 |
122.2 % |
0104.75-0111.25 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
166 |
164 |
101.2 % |
0106.50-0109.50 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0106.50-0109.50 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
773417 |
575404 |
134.4 % |
0107.25-0108.75 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0107.25-0108.75 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0107.00-0109.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0107.00-0109.00 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0107.00-0109.00 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0107.50-0108.50 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
23 |
22 |
104.5 % |
0107.50-0108.50 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0104.75-0111.25 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0104.75-0111.25 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0104.75-0111.25 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
1517 |
1662 |
91.3 % |
0106.50-0109.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
668 |
780 |
85.6 % |
0105.50-0110.50 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0105.50-0110.50 |
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