| 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) |
12424 |
10489 |
118.4 % |
3016.00-3018.00 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
173 |
284 |
60.9 % |
3016.50-3017.50 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
52038 |
68210 |
76.3 % |
3016.00-3018.00 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
208337 |
211382 |
98.6 % |
3015.75-3016.99 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
204 |
258 |
79.1 % |
3016.00-3016.50 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3014.50-3019.50 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3014.50-3019.50 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
327 |
305 |
107.2 % |
3016.50-3017.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
192 |
181 |
106.1 % |
3016.50-3017.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
5382 |
5339 |
100.8 % |
3016.50-3017.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
18 |
17 |
105.9 % |
3016.50-3017.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
33607 |
28480 |
118.0 % |
3016.50-3017.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
35819 |
28573 |
125.4 % |
3016.50-3017.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
34 |
48 |
70.8 % |
3016.50-3017.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
122 |
114 |
107.0 % |
3016.50-3017.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
9 |
8 |
112.5 % |
3016.50-3017.50 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
100 |
113 |
88.5 % |
3016.50-3017.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3016.50-3017.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
1924 |
2008 |
95.8 % |
3016.50-3017.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
1169 |
1139 |
102.6 % |
3016.50-3017.50 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
37 |
43 |
86.0 % |
3016.50-3017.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
211 |
210 |
100.5 % |
3016.50-3017.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
122 |
68 |
179.4 % |
3016.50-3017.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
672 |
538 |
124.9 % |
3016.50-3017.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
149 |
151 |
98.7 % |
3016.50-3017.50 |
msomin |
Mesonet/MADIS Minnesota Dept. of Transportation |
637 |
603 |
105.6 % |
3016.50-3017.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
296 |
294 |
100.7 % |
3016.50-3017.50 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
7062 |
6858 |
103.0 % |
3016.50-3017.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
65 |
48 |
135.4 % |
3016.50-3017.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
106 |
90 |
117.8 % |
3016.50-3017.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
27 |
24 |
112.5 % |
3016.50-3017.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
4510 |
3718 |
121.3 % |
3016.50-3017.50 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
466 |
460 |
101.3 % |
3016.50-3017.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
271 |
272 |
99.6 % |
3016.00-3018.00 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
36 |
39 |
92.3 % |
3015.50-3018.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
1 |
1 |
100.0 % |
3016.00-3018.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
21 |
25 |
84.0 % |
3016.50-3017.50 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
106 |
101 |
105.0 % |
3016.50-3017.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
864 |
876 |
98.6 % |
3016.50-3017.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3016.50-3017.50 |
| 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 |
823 |
3833 |
21.5 % |
3016.00-3018.00 |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
7594 |
6797 |
111.7 % |
3016.00-3018.00 |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
1775 |
1621 |
109.5 % |
3016.00-3018.00 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
0 |
5480 |
0.0 % |
3016.00-3018.00 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
0 |
21241 |
0.0 % |
3016.00-3018.00 |
acarsa |
Auto. MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (ARINC) via AFWA |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3016.00-3018.00 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
1907 |
1809 |
105.4 % |
3013.75-3020.25 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
4878 |
4840 |
100.8 % |
3013.75-3020.25 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
1670 |
1800 |
92.8 % |
3013.75-3020.25 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
12 |
12 |
100.0 % |
3016.50-3017.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3016.00-3018.00 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
3208 |
3607 |
88.9 % |
3013.75-3020.25 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
4695 |
4468 |
105.1 % |
3015.50-3018.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
2518 |
1443 |
174.5 % |
3014.50-3019.50 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3014.50-3019.50 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
2691 |
2558 |
105.2 % |
3015.50-3018.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
2539 |
1818 |
139.7 % |
3014.50-3019.50 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3014.50-3019.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
9 |
9 |
100.0 % |
3016.50-3017.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
38 |
39 |
97.4 % |
3016.50-3017.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
76 |
101 |
75.2 % |
3016.50-3017.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3016.50-3017.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
44 |
39 |
112.8 % |
3016.50-3017.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
895 |
989 |
90.5 % |
3016.50-3017.50 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3016.00-3018.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
161 |
189 |
85.2 % |
3013.75-3020.25 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
176 |
167 |
105.4 % |
3015.50-3018.50 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3015.50-3018.50 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
592062 |
509683 |
116.2 % |
3016.25-3017.75 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3016.25-3017.75 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3016.00-3018.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3016.00-3018.00 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
2 |
1 |
200.0 % |
3016.00-3018.00 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3016.50-3017.50 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
23 |
22 |
104.5 % |
3016.50-3017.50 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3013.75-3020.25 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3013.75-3020.25 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3013.75-3020.25 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
2801 |
1905 |
147.0 % |
3015.50-3018.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3014.50-3019.50 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3014.50-3019.50 |
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