| 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) |
5900 |
6463 |
91.3 % |
0109.00-0111.00 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
225 |
232 |
97.0 % |
0109.50-0110.50 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
69930 |
56710 |
123.3 % |
0109.00-0111.00 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
268784 |
161820 |
166.1 % |
0108.75-0109.99 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
253 |
245 |
103.3 % |
0109.00-0109.50 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
6756 |
6377 |
105.9 % |
0107.50-0112.50 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
8178 |
7834 |
104.4 % |
0107.50-0112.50 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
321 |
313 |
102.6 % |
0109.50-0110.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
186 |
189 |
98.4 % |
0109.50-0110.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
5571 |
5325 |
104.6 % |
0109.50-0110.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
18 |
17 |
105.9 % |
0109.50-0110.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
32535 |
28732 |
113.2 % |
0109.50-0110.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
31974 |
30681 |
104.2 % |
0109.50-0110.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
34 |
54 |
63.0 % |
0109.50-0110.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
72 |
111 |
64.9 % |
0109.50-0110.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
8 |
8 |
100.0 % |
0109.50-0110.50 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
75 |
113 |
66.4 % |
0109.50-0110.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0109.50-0110.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
1929 |
2221 |
86.9 % |
0109.50-0110.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
1034 |
1160 |
89.1 % |
0109.50-0110.50 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
19 |
38 |
50.0 % |
0109.50-0110.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
191 |
208 |
91.8 % |
0109.50-0110.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
76 |
60 |
126.7 % |
0109.50-0110.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
448 |
519 |
86.3 % |
0109.50-0110.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
142 |
152 |
93.4 % |
0109.50-0110.50 |
msomin |
Mesonet/MADIS Minnesota Dept. of Transportation |
557 |
619 |
90.0 % |
0109.50-0110.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
300 |
289 |
103.8 % |
0109.50-0110.50 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
6216 |
6952 |
89.4 % |
0109.50-0110.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
44 |
48 |
91.7 % |
0109.50-0110.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
98 |
88 |
111.4 % |
0109.50-0110.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
27 |
26 |
103.8 % |
0109.50-0110.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
4985 |
3440 |
144.9 % |
0109.50-0110.50 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
473 |
457 |
103.5 % |
0109.50-0110.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
287 |
278 |
103.2 % |
0109.00-0111.00 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
34 |
38 |
89.5 % |
0108.50-0111.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
1 |
1 |
100.0 % |
0109.00-0111.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
19 |
24 |
79.2 % |
0109.50-0110.50 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
84 |
103 |
81.6 % |
0109.50-0110.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
857 |
882 |
97.2 % |
0109.50-0110.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0109.50-0110.50 |
| 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 |
3236 |
3051 |
106.1 % |
0109.00-0111.00 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
2836 |
4988 |
56.9 % |
0109.00-0111.00 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
10809 |
19159 |
56.4 % |
0109.00-0111.00 |
acarsa |
Auto. MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (ARINC) via AFWA |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0109.00-0111.00 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
1146 |
1148 |
99.8 % |
0106.75-0113.25 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
0 |
3923 |
0.0 % |
0108.00-0111.99 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
9453 |
6758 |
139.9 % |
0106.75-0113.25 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
265 |
278 |
95.3 % |
0106.75-0113.25 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
7 |
6 |
116.7 % |
0109.50-0110.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0109.00-0111.00 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
2825 |
2903 |
97.3 % |
0106.75-0113.25 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
4279 |
4297 |
99.6 % |
0108.50-0111.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
2150 |
2531 |
84.9 % |
0107.50-0112.50 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0107.50-0112.50 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
2457 |
2606 |
94.3 % |
0108.50-0111.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
2725 |
2958 |
92.1 % |
0107.50-0112.50 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0107.50-0112.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
9 |
9 |
100.0 % |
0109.50-0110.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
41 |
42 |
97.6 % |
0109.50-0110.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
108 |
106 |
101.9 % |
0109.50-0110.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0109.50-0110.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
27 |
32 |
84.4 % |
0109.50-0110.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
885 |
1072 |
82.6 % |
0109.50-0110.50 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0109.00-0111.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
17 |
8 |
212.5 % |
0106.75-0113.25 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
169 |
164 |
103.0 % |
0108.50-0111.50 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0108.50-0111.50 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
716074 |
532171 |
134.6 % |
0109.25-0110.75 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0109.25-0110.75 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0109.00-0111.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0109.00-0111.00 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0109.00-0111.00 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0109.50-0110.50 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
23 |
22 |
104.5 % |
0109.50-0110.50 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0106.75-0113.25 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0106.75-0113.25 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0106.75-0113.25 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
2836 |
3004 |
94.4 % |
0108.50-0111.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
66 |
122 |
54.1 % |
0107.50-0112.50 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0107.50-0112.50 |
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