| 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) |
12290 |
11025 |
111.5 % |
3017.00-3019.00 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
322 |
252 |
127.8 % |
3017.50-3018.50 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
74066 |
70382 |
105.2 % |
3017.00-3019.00 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
268784 |
217632 |
123.5 % |
3016.75-3017.99 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
205 |
254 |
80.7 % |
3017.00-3017.50 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
5204 |
4790 |
108.6 % |
3015.50-3020.50 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
4602 |
4209 |
109.3 % |
3015.50-3020.50 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
323 |
307 |
105.2 % |
3017.50-3018.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
187 |
180 |
103.9 % |
3017.50-3018.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
5458 |
5276 |
103.4 % |
3017.50-3018.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
18 |
17 |
105.9 % |
3017.50-3018.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
33656 |
28451 |
118.3 % |
3017.50-3018.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
31868 |
27678 |
115.1 % |
3017.50-3018.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
34 |
49 |
69.4 % |
3017.50-3018.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
118 |
112 |
105.4 % |
3017.50-3018.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
9 |
8 |
112.5 % |
3017.50-3018.50 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
100 |
105 |
95.2 % |
3017.50-3018.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3017.50-3018.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
1949 |
2019 |
96.5 % |
3017.50-3018.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
1165 |
1123 |
103.7 % |
3017.50-3018.50 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
31 |
42 |
73.8 % |
3017.50-3018.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
215 |
208 |
103.4 % |
3017.50-3018.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
78 |
67 |
116.4 % |
3017.50-3018.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
672 |
515 |
130.5 % |
3017.50-3018.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
148 |
152 |
97.4 % |
3017.50-3018.50 |
msomin |
Mesonet/MADIS Minnesota Dept. of Transportation |
559 |
525 |
106.5 % |
3017.50-3018.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
304 |
295 |
103.1 % |
3017.50-3018.50 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
7075 |
6868 |
103.0 % |
3017.50-3018.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
67 |
49 |
136.7 % |
3017.50-3018.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
104 |
88 |
118.2 % |
3017.50-3018.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
26 |
24 |
108.3 % |
3017.50-3018.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
4525 |
3626 |
124.8 % |
3017.50-3018.50 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
471 |
446 |
105.6 % |
3017.50-3018.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
276 |
272 |
101.5 % |
3017.00-3019.00 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
35 |
39 |
89.7 % |
3016.50-3019.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
5 |
5 |
100.0 % |
3017.00-3019.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
20 |
25 |
80.0 % |
3017.50-3018.50 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
200 |
195 |
102.6 % |
3017.50-3018.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
1952 |
1942 |
100.5 % |
3017.50-3018.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3017.50-3018.50 |
| 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 |
7610 |
4033 |
188.7 % |
3017.00-3019.00 |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
0 |
4781 |
0.0 % |
3017.00-3019.00 |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
0 |
1166 |
0.0 % |
3017.00-3019.00 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
16779 |
5220 |
321.4 % |
3017.00-3019.00 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
64726 |
20124 |
321.6 % |
3017.00-3019.00 |
acarsa |
Auto. MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (ARINC) via AFWA |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3017.00-3019.00 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
1541 |
1556 |
99.0 % |
3014.75-3021.25 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
4082 |
4362 |
93.6 % |
3014.75-3021.25 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
1665 |
1756 |
94.8 % |
3014.75-3021.25 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
13 |
12 |
108.3 % |
3017.50-3018.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
1 |
0 |
n/a |
3017.00-3019.00 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
3210 |
3515 |
91.3 % |
3014.75-3021.25 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
4690 |
4626 |
101.4 % |
3016.50-3019.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
2512 |
2090 |
120.2 % |
3015.50-3020.50 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3015.50-3020.50 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
2640 |
2629 |
100.4 % |
3016.50-3019.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
2695 |
2635 |
102.3 % |
3015.50-3020.50 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3015.50-3020.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
10 |
8 |
125.0 % |
3017.50-3018.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
38 |
37 |
102.7 % |
3017.50-3018.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
108 |
100 |
108.0 % |
3017.50-3018.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3017.50-3018.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
44 |
38 |
115.8 % |
3017.50-3018.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1109 |
1006 |
110.2 % |
3017.50-3018.50 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3017.00-3019.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
166 |
191 |
86.9 % |
3014.75-3021.25 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
176 |
165 |
106.7 % |
3016.50-3019.50 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3016.50-3019.50 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
614637 |
538774 |
114.1 % |
3017.25-3018.75 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3017.25-3018.75 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3017.00-3019.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3017.00-3019.00 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
4 |
1 |
400.0 % |
3017.00-3019.00 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3017.50-3018.50 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
86 |
85 |
101.2 % |
3017.50-3018.50 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3014.75-3021.25 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3014.75-3021.25 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3014.75-3021.25 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
4678 |
3443 |
135.9 % |
3016.50-3019.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3015.50-3020.50 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
7738 |
8143 |
95.0 % |
3015.50-3020.50 |
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