| 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) |
13378 |
10271 |
130.3 % |
3015.00-3017.00 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
319 |
262 |
121.8 % |
3015.50-3016.50 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
71124 |
64481 |
110.3 % |
3015.00-3017.00 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
248264 |
195660 |
126.9 % |
3014.75-3015.99 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
218 |
259 |
84.2 % |
3015.00-3015.50 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
8355 |
7407 |
112.8 % |
3013.50-3018.50 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
9500 |
8099 |
117.3 % |
3013.50-3018.50 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
331 |
304 |
108.9 % |
3015.50-3016.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
190 |
182 |
104.4 % |
3015.50-3016.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
5465 |
5371 |
101.8 % |
3015.50-3016.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
18 |
17 |
105.9 % |
3015.50-3016.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
33678 |
29984 |
112.3 % |
3015.50-3016.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
32294 |
29413 |
109.8 % |
3015.50-3016.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
34 |
49 |
69.4 % |
3015.50-3016.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
117 |
118 |
99.2 % |
3015.50-3016.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
9 |
8 |
112.5 % |
3015.50-3016.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3015.50-3016.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
1942 |
2147 |
90.5 % |
3015.50-3016.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
1167 |
1157 |
100.9 % |
3015.50-3016.50 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
36 |
44 |
81.8 % |
3015.50-3016.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
209 |
211 |
99.1 % |
3015.50-3016.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
121 |
69 |
175.4 % |
3015.50-3016.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
672 |
556 |
120.9 % |
3015.50-3016.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
159 |
152 |
104.6 % |
3015.50-3016.50 |
msomin |
Mesonet/MADIS Minnesota Dept. of Transportation |
557 |
513 |
108.6 % |
3015.50-3016.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
308 |
299 |
103.0 % |
3015.50-3016.50 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
7204 |
6998 |
102.9 % |
3015.50-3016.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
61 |
49 |
124.5 % |
3015.50-3016.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
102 |
89 |
114.6 % |
3015.50-3016.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
26 |
25 |
104.0 % |
3015.50-3016.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
4428 |
3657 |
121.1 % |
3015.50-3016.50 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
466 |
456 |
102.2 % |
3015.50-3016.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
261 |
269 |
97.0 % |
3015.00-3017.00 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
36 |
39 |
92.3 % |
3014.50-3017.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
0 |
1 |
0.0 % |
3015.00-3017.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
26 |
25 |
104.0 % |
3015.50-3016.50 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
104 |
97 |
107.2 % |
3015.50-3016.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
767 |
848 |
90.4 % |
3015.50-3016.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3015.50-3016.50 |
| 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 |
9992 |
3313 |
301.6 % |
3015.00-3017.00 |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
7594 |
3891 |
195.2 % |
3015.00-3017.00 |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
1775 |
945 |
187.8 % |
3015.00-3017.00 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
20243 |
6873 |
294.5 % |
3015.00-3017.00 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
77015 |
26971 |
285.5 % |
3015.00-3017.00 |
acarsa |
Auto. MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (ARINC) via AFWA |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3015.00-3017.00 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
2180 |
2013 |
108.3 % |
3012.75-3019.25 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
4557 |
5371 |
84.8 % |
3012.75-3019.25 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
1488 |
1772 |
84.0 % |
3012.75-3019.25 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
1 |
7 |
14.3 % |
3015.50-3016.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3015.00-3017.00 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
3482 |
3629 |
95.9 % |
3012.75-3019.25 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
2274 |
3352 |
67.8 % |
3014.50-3017.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
2575 |
1481 |
173.9 % |
3013.50-3018.50 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3013.50-3018.50 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
1356 |
1914 |
70.8 % |
3014.50-3017.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
2571 |
1887 |
136.2 % |
3013.50-3018.50 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3013.50-3018.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
8 |
9 |
88.9 % |
3015.50-3016.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
41 |
42 |
97.6 % |
3015.50-3016.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
108 |
105 |
102.9 % |
3015.50-3016.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3015.50-3016.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
44 |
42 |
104.8 % |
3015.50-3016.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
891 |
1042 |
85.5 % |
3015.50-3016.50 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3015.00-3017.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
177 |
170 |
104.1 % |
3012.75-3019.25 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
170 |
168 |
101.2 % |
3014.50-3017.50 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3014.50-3017.50 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
553827 |
492046 |
112.6 % |
3015.25-3016.75 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3015.25-3016.75 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3015.00-3017.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3015.00-3017.00 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
1 |
0.0 % |
3015.00-3017.00 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3015.50-3016.50 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
23 |
22 |
104.5 % |
3015.50-3016.50 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3012.75-3019.25 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3012.75-3019.25 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3012.75-3019.25 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
832 |
1357 |
61.3 % |
3014.50-3017.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3013.50-3018.50 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
6786 |
6846 |
99.1 % |
3013.50-3018.50 |
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