| 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) |
11619 |
11523 |
100.8 % |
3020.00-3022.00 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
314 |
236 |
133.1 % |
3020.50-3021.50 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
70714 |
64533 |
109.6 % |
3020.00-3022.00 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
234285 |
180411 |
129.9 % |
3019.75-3020.99 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
246 |
250 |
98.4 % |
3020.00-3020.50 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
5318 |
4961 |
107.2 % |
3018.50-3023.50 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
4767 |
4374 |
109.0 % |
3018.50-3023.50 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
303 |
304 |
99.7 % |
3020.50-3021.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
180 |
179 |
100.6 % |
3020.50-3021.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
5233 |
5105 |
102.5 % |
3020.50-3021.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
18 |
17 |
105.9 % |
3020.50-3021.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
35476 |
29268 |
121.2 % |
3020.50-3021.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
36275 |
28164 |
128.8 % |
3020.50-3021.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
37 |
48 |
77.1 % |
3020.50-3021.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
106 |
115 |
92.2 % |
3020.50-3021.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
9 |
8 |
112.5 % |
3020.50-3021.50 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
100 |
102 |
98.0 % |
3020.50-3021.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3020.50-3021.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
1919 |
1964 |
97.7 % |
3020.50-3021.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
1184 |
1121 |
105.6 % |
3020.50-3021.50 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
30 |
35 |
85.7 % |
3020.50-3021.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
220 |
205 |
107.3 % |
3020.50-3021.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
74 |
56 |
132.1 % |
3020.50-3021.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
672 |
530 |
126.8 % |
3020.50-3021.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
161 |
151 |
106.6 % |
3020.50-3021.50 |
msomin |
Mesonet/MADIS Minnesota Dept. of Transportation |
627 |
589 |
106.5 % |
3020.50-3021.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
309 |
293 |
105.5 % |
3020.50-3021.50 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
7455 |
6816 |
109.4 % |
3020.50-3021.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
41 |
46 |
89.1 % |
3020.50-3021.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
105 |
92 |
114.1 % |
3020.50-3021.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
24 |
24 |
100.0 % |
3020.50-3021.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
3440 |
3794 |
90.7 % |
3020.50-3021.50 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
471 |
443 |
106.3 % |
3020.50-3021.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
275 |
282 |
97.5 % |
3020.00-3022.00 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
35 |
38 |
92.1 % |
3019.50-3022.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
0 |
1 |
0.0 % |
3020.00-3022.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
19 |
23 |
82.6 % |
3020.50-3021.50 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
122 |
113 |
108.0 % |
3020.50-3021.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
1183 |
1146 |
103.2 % |
3020.50-3021.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3020.50-3021.50 |
| 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 |
2609 |
3736 |
69.8 % |
3020.00-3022.00 |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
0 |
13566 |
0.0 % |
3020.00-3022.00 |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
0 |
3312 |
0.0 % |
3020.00-3022.00 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
3907 |
5188 |
75.3 % |
3020.00-3022.00 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
15795 |
20134 |
78.4 % |
3020.00-3022.00 |
acarsa |
Auto. MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (ARINC) via AFWA |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3020.00-3022.00 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
815 |
883 |
92.3 % |
3017.75-0100.25 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
0 |
10243 |
0.0 % |
3019.00-3022.99 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
2682 |
3974 |
67.5 % |
3017.75-0100.25 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
2014 |
1818 |
110.8 % |
3017.75-0100.25 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
11 |
11 |
100.0 % |
3020.50-3021.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3020.00-3022.00 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
2290 |
2650 |
86.4 % |
3017.75-0100.25 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
4722 |
4548 |
103.8 % |
3019.50-3022.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
2034 |
1867 |
108.9 % |
3018.50-3023.50 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3018.50-3023.50 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
2575 |
2506 |
102.8 % |
3019.50-3022.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
2059 |
2512 |
82.0 % |
3018.50-3023.50 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3018.50-3023.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
8 |
8 |
100.0 % |
3020.50-3021.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
42 |
42 |
100.0 % |
3020.50-3021.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
108 |
98 |
110.2 % |
3020.50-3021.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3020.50-3021.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
44 |
39 |
112.8 % |
3020.50-3021.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1111 |
922 |
120.5 % |
3020.50-3021.50 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3020.00-3022.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
171 |
183 |
93.4 % |
3017.75-0100.25 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
175 |
160 |
109.4 % |
3019.50-3022.50 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3019.50-3022.50 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
677226 |
555575 |
121.9 % |
3020.25-3021.75 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3020.25-3021.75 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3020.00-3022.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3020.00-3022.00 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3020.00-3022.00 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3020.50-3021.50 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
197 |
190 |
103.7 % |
3020.50-3021.50 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3017.75-0100.25 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3017.75-0100.25 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3017.75-0100.25 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
2213 |
1565 |
141.4 % |
3019.50-3022.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
264 |
358 |
73.7 % |
3018.50-3023.50 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
6281 |
6066 |
103.5 % |
3018.50-3023.50 |
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