| 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) |
11808 |
10849 |
108.8 % |
3021.00-3023.00 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
249 |
275 |
90.5 % |
3021.50-3022.50 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
74621 |
73700 |
101.2 % |
3021.00-3023.00 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
268784 |
220426 |
121.9 % |
3020.75-3021.99 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
216 |
255 |
84.7 % |
3021.00-3021.50 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
9757 |
8416 |
115.9 % |
3019.50-0100.50 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
10169 |
9184 |
110.7 % |
3019.50-0100.50 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
290 |
305 |
95.1 % |
3021.50-3022.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
176 |
178 |
98.9 % |
3021.50-3022.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
5203 |
5112 |
101.8 % |
3021.50-3022.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
18 |
18 |
100.0 % |
3021.50-3022.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
27331 |
28858 |
94.7 % |
3021.50-3022.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
25807 |
28451 |
90.7 % |
3021.50-3022.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
34 |
48 |
70.8 % |
3021.50-3022.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
87 |
115 |
75.7 % |
3021.50-3022.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
9 |
9 |
100.0 % |
3021.50-3022.50 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
75 |
111 |
67.6 % |
3021.50-3022.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3021.50-3022.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
1572 |
2086 |
75.4 % |
3021.50-3022.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
1190 |
1192 |
99.8 % |
3021.50-3022.50 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
21 |
40 |
52.5 % |
3021.50-3022.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
203 |
217 |
93.5 % |
3021.50-3022.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
35 |
59 |
59.3 % |
3021.50-3022.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
672 |
575 |
116.9 % |
3021.50-3022.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
158 |
155 |
101.9 % |
3021.50-3022.50 |
msomin |
Mesonet/MADIS Minnesota Dept. of Transportation |
519 |
542 |
95.8 % |
3021.50-3022.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
252 |
297 |
84.8 % |
3021.50-3022.50 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
6392 |
6970 |
91.7 % |
3021.50-3022.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
25 |
49 |
51.0 % |
3021.50-3022.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
67 |
96 |
69.8 % |
3021.50-3022.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
25 |
26 |
96.2 % |
3021.50-3022.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
2885 |
3634 |
79.4 % |
3021.50-3022.50 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
117 |
458 |
25.5 % |
3021.50-3022.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
278 |
281 |
98.9 % |
3021.00-3023.00 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
34 |
39 |
87.2 % |
3020.50-3023.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
1 |
1 |
100.0 % |
3021.00-3023.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
20 |
24 |
83.3 % |
3021.50-3022.50 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
107 |
99 |
108.1 % |
3021.50-3022.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
861 |
873 |
98.6 % |
3021.50-3022.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3021.50-3022.50 |
| 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 |
427 |
4841 |
8.8 % |
3021.00-3023.00 |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
28218 |
16953 |
166.4 % |
3021.00-3023.00 |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
6841 |
4149 |
164.9 % |
3021.00-3023.00 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
0 |
7939 |
0.0 % |
3021.00-3023.00 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
0 |
30542 |
0.0 % |
3021.00-3023.00 |
acarsa |
Auto. MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (ARINC) via AFWA |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3021.00-3023.00 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
719 |
728 |
98.8 % |
3018.75-0101.25 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
2758 |
7173 |
38.4 % |
3020.00-3023.99 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
2738 |
3148 |
87.0 % |
3018.75-0101.25 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
2058 |
1853 |
111.1 % |
3018.75-0101.25 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
7 |
6 |
116.7 % |
3021.50-3022.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3021.00-3023.00 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
1969 |
2261 |
87.1 % |
3018.75-0101.25 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
2363 |
4127 |
57.3 % |
3020.50-3023.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
2559 |
2388 |
107.2 % |
3019.50-0100.50 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3019.50-0100.50 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
1290 |
2263 |
57.0 % |
3020.50-3023.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
2449 |
3075 |
79.6 % |
3019.50-0100.50 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3019.50-0100.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
6 |
8 |
75.0 % |
3021.50-3022.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
43 |
38 |
113.2 % |
3021.50-3022.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
108 |
105 |
102.9 % |
3021.50-3022.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3021.50-3022.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
43 |
40 |
107.5 % |
3021.50-3022.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1049 |
979 |
107.2 % |
3021.50-3022.50 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3021.00-3023.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
165 |
173 |
95.4 % |
3018.75-0101.25 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
156 |
160 |
97.5 % |
3020.50-3023.50 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3020.50-3023.50 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
657158 |
577410 |
113.8 % |
3021.25-3022.75 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3021.25-3022.75 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3021.00-3023.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3021.00-3023.00 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3021.00-3023.00 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3021.50-3022.50 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
23 |
22 |
104.5 % |
3021.50-3022.50 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3018.75-0101.25 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3018.75-0101.25 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3018.75-0101.25 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
741 |
538 |
137.7 % |
3020.50-3023.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
395 |
762 |
51.8 % |
3019.50-0100.50 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
21458 |
16540 |
129.7 % |
3019.50-0100.50 |
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