| 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) |
5606 |
7196 |
77.9 % |
0110.00-0112.00 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
367 |
275 |
133.5 % |
0110.50-0111.50 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
72905 |
67354 |
108.2 % |
0110.00-0112.00 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
268784 |
205422 |
130.8 % |
0109.75-0110.99 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
249 |
245 |
101.6 % |
0110.00-0110.50 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0108.50-0113.50 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0108.50-0113.50 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
286 |
307 |
93.2 % |
0110.50-0111.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
182 |
180 |
101.1 % |
0110.50-0111.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
5523 |
5386 |
102.5 % |
0110.50-0111.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
18 |
16 |
112.5 % |
0110.50-0111.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
272 |
28225 |
1.0 % |
0110.50-0111.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
0 |
30118 |
0.0 % |
0110.50-0111.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
34 |
49 |
69.4 % |
0110.50-0111.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
112 |
113 |
99.1 % |
0110.50-0111.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
9 |
8 |
112.5 % |
0110.50-0111.50 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
100 |
113 |
88.5 % |
0110.50-0111.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0110.50-0111.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
2605 |
2107 |
123.6 % |
0110.50-0111.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
1170 |
1131 |
103.4 % |
0110.50-0111.50 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
38 |
41 |
92.7 % |
0110.50-0111.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
205 |
203 |
101.0 % |
0110.50-0111.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
75 |
57 |
131.6 % |
0110.50-0111.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
336 |
500 |
67.2 % |
0110.50-0111.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
160 |
150 |
106.7 % |
0110.50-0111.50 |
msomin |
Mesonet/MADIS Minnesota Dept. of Transportation |
632 |
602 |
105.0 % |
0110.50-0111.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
299 |
287 |
104.2 % |
0110.50-0111.50 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
7683 |
6821 |
112.6 % |
0110.50-0111.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
61 |
44 |
138.6 % |
0110.50-0111.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
100 |
81 |
123.5 % |
0110.50-0111.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
27 |
25 |
108.0 % |
0110.50-0111.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
5438 |
3587 |
151.6 % |
0110.50-0111.50 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
470 |
461 |
102.0 % |
0110.50-0111.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
281 |
272 |
103.3 % |
0110.00-0112.00 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
33 |
38 |
86.8 % |
0109.50-0112.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
1 |
2 |
50.0 % |
0110.00-0112.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
19 |
24 |
79.2 % |
0110.50-0111.50 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
83 |
100 |
83.0 % |
0110.50-0111.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
861 |
875 |
98.4 % |
0110.50-0111.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0110.50-0111.50 |
| 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 |
1922 |
2993 |
64.2 % |
0110.00-0112.00 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
1411 |
4651 |
30.3 % |
0110.00-0112.00 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
5285 |
17526 |
30.2 % |
0110.00-0112.00 |
acarsa |
Auto. MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (ARINC) via AFWA |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0110.00-0112.00 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
1295 |
1261 |
102.7 % |
0107.75-0114.25 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
9682 |
6705 |
144.4 % |
0107.75-0114.25 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
529 |
470 |
112.6 % |
0107.75-0114.25 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
8 |
7 |
114.3 % |
0110.50-0111.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0110.00-0112.00 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
2766 |
3027 |
91.4 % |
0107.75-0114.25 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
4321 |
4326 |
99.9 % |
0109.50-0112.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
2055 |
2363 |
87.0 % |
0108.50-0113.50 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0108.50-0113.50 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
2495 |
2621 |
95.2 % |
0109.50-0112.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
2647 |
2796 |
94.7 % |
0108.50-0113.50 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0108.50-0113.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
7 |
9 |
77.8 % |
0110.50-0111.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
41 |
41 |
100.0 % |
0110.50-0111.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
108 |
101 |
106.9 % |
0110.50-0111.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0110.50-0111.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
34 |
31 |
109.7 % |
0110.50-0111.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1105 |
988 |
111.8 % |
0110.50-0111.50 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0110.00-0112.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
38 |
17 |
223.5 % |
0107.75-0114.25 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
166 |
165 |
100.6 % |
0109.50-0112.50 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0109.50-0112.50 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
690284 |
492323 |
140.2 % |
0110.25-0111.75 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0110.25-0111.75 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0110.00-0112.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0110.00-0112.00 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0110.00-0112.00 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0110.50-0111.50 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
23 |
22 |
104.5 % |
0110.50-0111.50 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0107.75-0114.25 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0107.75-0114.25 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0107.75-0114.25 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
3090 |
3336 |
92.6 % |
0109.50-0112.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
24 |
6 |
400.0 % |
0108.50-0113.50 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0108.50-0113.50 |
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