| 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) |
12406 |
11420 |
108.6 % |
3018.00-3020.00 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
286 |
263 |
108.7 % |
3018.50-3019.50 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
74071 |
71486 |
103.6 % |
3018.00-3020.00 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
268784 |
218411 |
123.1 % |
3017.75-3018.99 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
186 |
260 |
71.5 % |
3018.00-3018.50 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
9305 |
8324 |
111.8 % |
3016.50-3021.50 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
10000 |
8871 |
112.7 % |
3016.50-3021.50 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
322 |
306 |
105.2 % |
3018.50-3019.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
186 |
184 |
101.1 % |
3018.50-3019.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
5361 |
5238 |
102.3 % |
3018.50-3019.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
18 |
18 |
100.0 % |
3018.50-3019.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
33652 |
31029 |
108.5 % |
3018.50-3019.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
36093 |
31974 |
112.9 % |
3018.50-3019.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
34 |
47 |
72.3 % |
3018.50-3019.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
118 |
112 |
105.4 % |
3018.50-3019.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
9 |
8 |
112.5 % |
3018.50-3019.50 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
100 |
109 |
91.7 % |
3018.50-3019.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3018.50-3019.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
1692 |
1714 |
98.7 % |
3018.50-3019.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
1191 |
1144 |
104.1 % |
3018.50-3019.50 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
39 |
42 |
92.9 % |
3018.50-3019.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
214 |
210 |
101.9 % |
3018.50-3019.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
70 |
63 |
111.1 % |
3018.50-3019.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
560 |
511 |
109.6 % |
3018.50-3019.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
160 |
148 |
108.1 % |
3018.50-3019.50 |
msomin |
Mesonet/MADIS Minnesota Dept. of Transportation |
640 |
604 |
106.0 % |
3018.50-3019.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
303 |
288 |
105.2 % |
3018.50-3019.50 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
7192 |
6778 |
106.1 % |
3018.50-3019.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
65 |
47 |
138.3 % |
3018.50-3019.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
107 |
92 |
116.3 % |
3018.50-3019.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
24 |
25 |
96.0 % |
3018.50-3019.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
5539 |
3747 |
147.8 % |
3018.50-3019.50 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
472 |
459 |
102.8 % |
3018.50-3019.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
281 |
279 |
100.7 % |
3018.00-3020.00 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
35 |
39 |
89.7 % |
3017.50-3020.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
2 |
4 |
50.0 % |
3018.00-3020.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
20 |
25 |
80.0 % |
3018.50-3019.50 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
98 |
100 |
98.0 % |
3018.50-3019.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
871 |
888 |
98.1 % |
3018.50-3019.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3018.50-3019.50 |
| 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 |
1305 |
3449 |
37.8 % |
3018.00-3020.00 |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
23187 |
12376 |
187.4 % |
3018.00-3020.00 |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
5584 |
2977 |
187.6 % |
3018.00-3020.00 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
2830 |
5371 |
52.7 % |
3018.00-3020.00 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
10749 |
20702 |
51.9 % |
3018.00-3020.00 |
acarsa |
Auto. MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (ARINC) via AFWA |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3018.00-3020.00 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
1256 |
1304 |
96.3 % |
3015.75-3022.25 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
16087 |
11300 |
142.4 % |
3017.00-3020.99 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
3176 |
4700 |
67.6 % |
3015.75-3022.25 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
1727 |
1691 |
102.1 % |
3015.75-3022.25 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
1 |
7 |
14.3 % |
3018.50-3019.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3018.00-3020.00 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
2832 |
3251 |
87.1 % |
3015.75-3022.25 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
4687 |
4686 |
100.0 % |
3017.50-3020.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
2027 |
1983 |
102.2 % |
3016.50-3021.50 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
3 |
0.0 % |
3016.50-3021.50 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
2561 |
2623 |
97.6 % |
3017.50-3020.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
2174 |
2592 |
83.9 % |
3016.50-3021.50 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3016.50-3021.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
8 |
8 |
100.0 % |
3018.50-3019.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
41 |
40 |
102.5 % |
3018.50-3019.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
108 |
105 |
102.9 % |
3018.50-3019.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3018.50-3019.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
44 |
37 |
118.9 % |
3018.50-3019.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
892 |
1002 |
89.0 % |
3018.50-3019.50 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3018.00-3020.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
150 |
191 |
78.5 % |
3015.75-3022.25 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
176 |
168 |
104.8 % |
3017.50-3020.50 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3017.50-3020.50 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
639751 |
555792 |
115.1 % |
3018.25-3019.75 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3018.25-3019.75 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3018.00-3020.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3018.00-3020.00 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
1 |
0.0 % |
3018.00-3020.00 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3018.50-3019.50 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
23 |
22 |
104.5 % |
3018.50-3019.50 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3015.75-3022.25 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3015.75-3022.25 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3015.75-3022.25 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
4948 |
4077 |
121.4 % |
3017.50-3020.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3016.50-3021.50 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
17236 |
15776 |
109.3 % |
3016.50-3021.50 |
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