| 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) |
12564 |
8363 |
150.2 % |
3014.00-3016.00 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
330 |
268 |
123.1 % |
3014.50-3015.50 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
97123 |
77137 |
125.9 % |
3014.00-3016.00 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
269545 |
212310 |
127.0 % |
3013.75-3014.99 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
209 |
256 |
81.6 % |
3014.00-3014.50 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
4543 |
4259 |
106.7 % |
3012.50-3017.50 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
4203 |
3801 |
110.6 % |
3012.50-3017.50 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
319 |
313 |
101.9 % |
3014.50-3015.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
184 |
182 |
101.1 % |
3014.50-3015.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
5488 |
5371 |
102.2 % |
3014.50-3015.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
18 |
17 |
105.9 % |
3014.50-3015.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
33586 |
29101 |
115.4 % |
3014.50-3015.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
32145 |
28804 |
111.6 % |
3014.50-3015.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
34 |
44 |
77.3 % |
3014.50-3015.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
116 |
114 |
101.8 % |
3014.50-3015.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
9 |
8 |
112.5 % |
3014.50-3015.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3014.50-3015.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
1935 |
1968 |
98.3 % |
3014.50-3015.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
1149 |
1153 |
99.7 % |
3014.50-3015.50 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
37 |
42 |
88.1 % |
3014.50-3015.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
200 |
217 |
92.2 % |
3014.50-3015.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
76 |
70 |
108.6 % |
3014.50-3015.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
560 |
553 |
101.3 % |
3014.50-3015.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
159 |
152 |
104.6 % |
3014.50-3015.50 |
msomin |
Mesonet/MADIS Minnesota Dept. of Transportation |
641 |
591 |
108.5 % |
3014.50-3015.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
303 |
303 |
100.0 % |
3014.50-3015.50 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
6983 |
6915 |
101.0 % |
3014.50-3015.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
62 |
47 |
131.9 % |
3014.50-3015.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
101 |
85 |
118.8 % |
3014.50-3015.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
26 |
25 |
104.0 % |
3014.50-3015.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
4144 |
3393 |
122.1 % |
3014.50-3015.50 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
466 |
456 |
102.2 % |
3014.50-3015.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
263 |
266 |
98.9 % |
3014.00-3016.00 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
33 |
39 |
84.6 % |
3013.50-3016.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
1 |
1 |
100.0 % |
3014.00-3016.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
26 |
25 |
104.0 % |
3014.50-3015.50 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
113 |
118 |
95.8 % |
3014.50-3015.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
1245 |
1221 |
102.0 % |
3014.50-3015.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3014.50-3015.50 |
| 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 |
6477 |
5013 |
129.2 % |
3014.00-3016.00 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
11085 |
9330 |
118.8 % |
3014.00-3016.00 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
43704 |
36326 |
120.3 % |
3014.00-3016.00 |
acarsa |
Auto. MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (ARINC) via AFWA |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3014.00-3016.00 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
2378 |
2136 |
111.3 % |
3011.75-3018.25 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
0 |
4742 |
0.0 % |
3013.00-3016.99 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
4705 |
4967 |
94.7 % |
3011.75-3018.25 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
1520 |
1692 |
89.8 % |
3011.75-3018.25 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
6 |
9 |
66.7 % |
3014.50-3015.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3014.00-3016.00 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
3170 |
3109 |
102.0 % |
3011.75-3018.25 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
4519 |
4559 |
99.1 % |
3013.50-3016.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
2129 |
1401 |
152.0 % |
3012.50-3017.50 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3012.50-3017.50 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
2700 |
2633 |
102.5 % |
3013.50-3016.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
2070 |
1797 |
115.2 % |
3012.50-3017.50 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3012.50-3017.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
8 |
9 |
88.9 % |
3014.50-3015.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
41 |
41 |
100.0 % |
3014.50-3015.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
107 |
103 |
103.9 % |
3014.50-3015.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3014.50-3015.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
44 |
42 |
104.8 % |
3014.50-3015.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
888 |
954 |
93.1 % |
3014.50-3015.50 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3014.00-3016.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
165 |
144 |
114.6 % |
3011.75-3018.25 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
170 |
167 |
101.8 % |
3013.50-3016.50 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3013.50-3016.50 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
564486 |
454661 |
124.2 % |
3014.25-3015.75 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3014.25-3015.75 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3014.00-3016.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3014.00-3016.00 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3014.00-3016.00 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3014.50-3015.50 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
208 |
204 |
102.0 % |
3014.50-3015.50 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3011.75-3018.25 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3011.75-3018.25 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3011.75-3018.25 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
2742 |
2792 |
98.2 % |
3013.50-3016.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3012.50-3017.50 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
6786 |
6846 |
99.1 % |
3012.50-3017.50 |
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