| 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) |
11783 |
11571 |
101.8 % |
3019.00-3021.00 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
313 |
260 |
120.4 % |
3019.50-3020.50 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
98301 |
81710 |
120.3 % |
3019.00-3021.00 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
270703 |
224360 |
120.7 % |
3018.75-3019.99 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
130 |
233 |
55.8 % |
3019.00-3019.50 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3017.50-3022.50 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3017.50-3022.50 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
322 |
307 |
104.9 % |
3019.50-3020.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
189 |
178 |
106.2 % |
3019.50-3020.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
5317 |
5224 |
101.8 % |
3019.50-3020.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
18 |
16 |
112.5 % |
3019.50-3020.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
30409 |
29038 |
104.7 % |
3019.50-3020.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
30581 |
30168 |
101.4 % |
3019.50-3020.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
34 |
49 |
69.4 % |
3019.50-3020.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
119 |
114 |
104.4 % |
3019.50-3020.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
9 |
8 |
112.5 % |
3019.50-3020.50 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
100 |
106 |
94.3 % |
3019.50-3020.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3019.50-3020.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
2621 |
2003 |
130.9 % |
3019.50-3020.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
1268 |
1088 |
116.5 % |
3019.50-3020.50 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
39 |
43 |
90.7 % |
3019.50-3020.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
220 |
205 |
107.3 % |
3019.50-3020.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
77 |
62 |
124.2 % |
3019.50-3020.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
672 |
515 |
130.5 % |
3019.50-3020.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
155 |
148 |
104.7 % |
3019.50-3020.50 |
msomin |
Mesonet/MADIS Minnesota Dept. of Transportation |
553 |
519 |
106.6 % |
3019.50-3020.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
302 |
295 |
102.4 % |
3019.50-3020.50 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
7301 |
6786 |
107.6 % |
3019.50-3020.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
40 |
49 |
81.6 % |
3019.50-3020.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
105 |
89 |
118.0 % |
3019.50-3020.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
26 |
25 |
104.0 % |
3019.50-3020.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
3673 |
3811 |
96.4 % |
3019.50-3020.50 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
472 |
447 |
105.6 % |
3019.50-3020.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
276 |
281 |
98.2 % |
3019.00-3021.00 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
36 |
39 |
92.3 % |
3018.50-3021.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
0 |
1 |
0.0 % |
3019.00-3021.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
22 |
24 |
91.7 % |
3019.50-3020.50 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
101 |
98 |
103.1 % |
3019.50-3020.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
885 |
887 |
99.8 % |
3019.50-3020.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3019.50-3020.50 |
| 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 |
2499 |
4035 |
61.9 % |
3019.00-3021.00 |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
22202 |
20746 |
107.0 % |
3019.00-3021.00 |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
5265 |
5053 |
104.2 % |
3019.00-3021.00 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
148 |
6188 |
2.4 % |
3019.00-3021.00 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
369 |
23547 |
1.6 % |
3019.00-3021.00 |
acarsa |
Auto. MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (ARINC) via AFWA |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3019.00-3021.00 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
1024 |
1107 |
92.5 % |
3016.75-3023.25 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
13616 |
11005 |
123.7 % |
3018.00-3021.99 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
2259 |
3660 |
61.7 % |
3016.75-3023.25 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
1941 |
1762 |
110.2 % |
3016.75-3023.25 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
6 |
12 |
50.0 % |
3019.50-3020.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3019.00-3021.00 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
2428 |
2905 |
83.6 % |
3016.75-3023.25 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
4701 |
4662 |
100.8 % |
3018.50-3021.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
1995 |
2011 |
99.2 % |
3017.50-3022.50 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3017.50-3022.50 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
2558 |
2571 |
99.5 % |
3018.50-3021.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
2081 |
2679 |
77.7 % |
3017.50-3022.50 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3017.50-3022.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
9 |
9 |
100.0 % |
3019.50-3020.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
39 |
39 |
100.0 % |
3019.50-3020.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
108 |
95 |
113.7 % |
3019.50-3020.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3019.50-3020.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
44 |
37 |
118.9 % |
3019.50-3020.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1114 |
990 |
112.5 % |
3019.50-3020.50 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3019.00-3021.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
168 |
188 |
89.4 % |
3016.75-3023.25 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
180 |
165 |
109.1 % |
3018.50-3021.50 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3018.50-3021.50 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
667146 |
566548 |
117.8 % |
3019.25-3020.75 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3019.25-3020.75 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3019.00-3021.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3019.00-3021.00 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
1 |
0.0 % |
3019.00-3021.00 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3019.50-3020.50 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
23 |
22 |
104.5 % |
3019.50-3020.50 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3016.75-3023.25 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3016.75-3023.25 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3016.75-3023.25 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
3733 |
2762 |
135.2 % |
3018.50-3021.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3017.50-3022.50 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
92 |
303 |
30.4 % |
3017.50-3022.50 |
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