| 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) |
6944 |
5058 |
137.3 % |
3012.00-3014.00 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
399 |
302 |
132.1 % |
3012.50-3013.50 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
91272 |
67646 |
134.9 % |
3012.00-3014.00 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
268784 |
206855 |
129.9 % |
3011.75-3012.99 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
229 |
241 |
95.0 % |
3012.00-3012.50 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
7253 |
7320 |
99.1 % |
3010.50-3015.50 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
8703 |
8173 |
106.5 % |
3010.50-3015.50 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
289 |
305 |
94.8 % |
3012.50-3013.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
182 |
182 |
100.0 % |
3012.50-3013.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
5458 |
5417 |
100.8 % |
3012.50-3013.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
18 |
17 |
105.9 % |
3012.50-3013.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
33213 |
31686 |
104.8 % |
3012.50-3013.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
34817 |
32837 |
106.0 % |
3012.50-3013.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
34 |
47 |
72.3 % |
3012.50-3013.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
122 |
117 |
104.3 % |
3012.50-3013.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
9 |
9 |
100.0 % |
3012.50-3013.50 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
50 |
111 |
45.0 % |
3012.50-3013.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3012.50-3013.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
1955 |
2073 |
94.3 % |
3012.50-3013.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
1199 |
1169 |
102.6 % |
3012.50-3013.50 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
30 |
43 |
69.8 % |
3012.50-3013.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
208 |
213 |
97.7 % |
3012.50-3013.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
77 |
68 |
113.2 % |
3012.50-3013.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
336 |
500 |
67.2 % |
3012.50-3013.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
156 |
151 |
103.3 % |
3012.50-3013.50 |
msomin |
Mesonet/MADIS Minnesota Dept. of Transportation |
647 |
612 |
105.7 % |
3012.50-3013.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
301 |
293 |
102.7 % |
3012.50-3013.50 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
6923 |
7045 |
98.3 % |
3012.50-3013.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
36 |
51 |
70.6 % |
3012.50-3013.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
95 |
81 |
117.3 % |
3012.50-3013.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
23 |
25 |
92.0 % |
3012.50-3013.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
5195 |
3444 |
150.8 % |
3012.50-3013.50 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
464 |
456 |
101.8 % |
3012.50-3013.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
324 |
266 |
121.8 % |
3012.00-3014.00 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
31 |
38 |
81.6 % |
3011.50-3014.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
150 |
148 |
101.4 % |
3012.00-3014.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
24 |
24 |
100.0 % |
3012.50-3013.50 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
97 |
99 |
98.0 % |
3012.50-3013.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
885 |
869 |
101.8 % |
3012.50-3013.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3012.50-3013.50 |
| 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 |
7377 |
4273 |
172.6 % |
3012.00-3014.00 |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
16347 |
15236 |
107.3 % |
3012.00-3014.00 |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
4086 |
3753 |
108.9 % |
3012.00-3014.00 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
12228 |
6908 |
177.0 % |
3012.00-3014.00 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
48216 |
26723 |
180.4 % |
3012.00-3014.00 |
acarsa |
Auto. MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (ARINC) via AFWA |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3012.00-3014.00 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
2122 |
1878 |
113.0 % |
3009.75-3016.25 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
5464 |
6646 |
82.2 % |
3009.75-3016.25 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
1076 |
1166 |
92.3 % |
3009.75-3016.25 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
7 |
7 |
100.0 % |
3012.50-3013.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3012.00-3014.00 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
3261 |
3206 |
101.7 % |
3009.75-3016.25 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
4501 |
4512 |
99.8 % |
3011.50-3014.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
1797 |
1860 |
96.6 % |
3010.50-3015.50 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3010.50-3015.50 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
2720 |
2658 |
102.3 % |
3011.50-3014.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
1643 |
2253 |
72.9 % |
3010.50-3015.50 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3010.50-3015.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
8 |
9 |
88.9 % |
3012.50-3013.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
41 |
41 |
100.0 % |
3012.50-3013.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
108 |
105 |
102.9 % |
3012.50-3013.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3012.50-3013.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
40 |
37 |
108.1 % |
3012.50-3013.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
882 |
1054 |
83.7 % |
3012.50-3013.50 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3012.00-3014.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
91 |
67 |
135.8 % |
3009.75-3016.25 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
164 |
165 |
99.4 % |
3011.50-3014.50 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3011.50-3014.50 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
566704 |
476856 |
118.8 % |
3012.25-3013.75 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3012.25-3013.75 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3012.00-3014.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3012.00-3014.00 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3012.00-3014.00 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3012.50-3013.50 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
23 |
22 |
104.5 % |
3012.50-3013.50 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3009.75-3016.25 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3009.75-3016.25 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3009.75-3016.25 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
3968 |
3391 |
117.0 % |
3011.50-3014.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3010.50-3015.50 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
3932 |
3717 |
105.8 % |
3010.50-3015.50 |
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