| 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) |
4825 |
5809 |
83.1 % |
0108.00-0110.00 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
245 |
248 |
98.8 % |
0108.50-0109.50 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
91057 |
67559 |
134.8 % |
0108.00-0110.00 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
269545 |
184232 |
146.3 % |
0107.75-0108.99 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
258 |
246 |
104.9 % |
0108.00-0108.50 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
3784 |
3543 |
106.8 % |
0106.50-0111.50 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
3614 |
3445 |
104.9 % |
0106.50-0111.50 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
324 |
312 |
103.8 % |
0108.50-0109.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
192 |
183 |
104.9 % |
0108.50-0109.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
5497 |
5268 |
104.3 % |
0108.50-0109.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
18 |
16 |
112.5 % |
0108.50-0109.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
36479 |
28196 |
129.4 % |
0108.50-0109.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
35970 |
30019 |
119.8 % |
0108.50-0109.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
50 |
51 |
98.0 % |
0108.50-0109.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
117 |
113 |
103.5 % |
0108.50-0109.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
9 |
8 |
112.5 % |
0108.50-0109.50 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
100 |
106 |
94.3 % |
0108.50-0109.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0108.50-0109.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
1919 |
2080 |
92.3 % |
0108.50-0109.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
1201 |
1120 |
107.2 % |
0108.50-0109.50 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
30 |
35 |
85.7 % |
0108.50-0109.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
201 |
204 |
98.5 % |
0108.50-0109.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
77 |
57 |
135.1 % |
0108.50-0109.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
672 |
526 |
127.8 % |
0108.50-0109.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
157 |
150 |
104.7 % |
0108.50-0109.50 |
msomin |
Mesonet/MADIS Minnesota Dept. of Transportation |
642 |
600 |
107.0 % |
0108.50-0109.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
298 |
296 |
100.7 % |
0108.50-0109.50 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
7693 |
6825 |
112.7 % |
0108.50-0109.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
62 |
47 |
131.9 % |
0108.50-0109.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
98 |
89 |
110.1 % |
0108.50-0109.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
28 |
27 |
103.7 % |
0108.50-0109.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
5390 |
3831 |
140.7 % |
0108.50-0109.50 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
471 |
460 |
102.4 % |
0108.50-0109.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
287 |
283 |
101.4 % |
0108.00-0110.00 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
34 |
38 |
89.5 % |
0107.50-0110.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0108.00-0110.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
19 |
24 |
79.2 % |
0108.50-0109.50 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
102 |
119 |
85.7 % |
0108.50-0109.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
1153 |
1126 |
102.4 % |
0108.50-0109.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0108.50-0109.50 |
| 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 |
3291 |
3862 |
85.2 % |
0108.00-0110.00 |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
0 |
4123 |
0.0 % |
0108.00-0110.00 |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
0 |
1015 |
0.0 % |
0108.00-0110.00 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
7293 |
6594 |
110.6 % |
0108.00-0110.00 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
27846 |
25541 |
109.0 % |
0108.00-0110.00 |
acarsa |
Auto. MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (ARINC) via AFWA |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0108.00-0110.00 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
1330 |
1341 |
99.2 % |
0105.75-0112.25 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
14964 |
3001 |
498.6 % |
0107.00-0110.99 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
9006 |
7404 |
121.6 % |
0105.75-0112.25 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
250 |
183 |
136.6 % |
0105.75-0112.25 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
9 |
7 |
128.6 % |
0108.50-0109.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0108.00-0110.00 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
2640 |
2681 |
98.5 % |
0105.75-0112.25 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
4271 |
4340 |
98.4 % |
0107.50-0110.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
1920 |
2266 |
84.7 % |
0106.50-0111.50 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0106.50-0111.50 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
2471 |
2619 |
94.3 % |
0107.50-0110.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
2360 |
2600 |
90.8 % |
0106.50-0111.50 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0106.50-0111.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
8 |
8 |
100.0 % |
0108.50-0109.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
40 |
39 |
102.6 % |
0108.50-0109.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
108 |
99 |
109.1 % |
0108.50-0109.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0108.50-0109.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
34 |
32 |
106.2 % |
0108.50-0109.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1098 |
1015 |
108.2 % |
0108.50-0109.50 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0108.00-0110.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
8 |
7 |
114.3 % |
0105.75-0112.25 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
167 |
163 |
102.5 % |
0107.50-0110.50 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0107.50-0110.50 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
763318 |
580487 |
131.5 % |
0108.25-0109.75 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0108.25-0109.75 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0108.00-0110.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0108.00-0110.00 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0108.00-0110.00 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0108.50-0109.50 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
202 |
198 |
102.0 % |
0108.50-0109.50 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0105.75-0112.25 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0105.75-0112.25 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0105.75-0112.25 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
2283 |
2566 |
89.0 % |
0107.50-0110.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
156 |
267 |
58.4 % |
0106.50-0111.50 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0106.50-0111.50 |
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