| 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) |
12330 |
11486 |
107.3 % |
3022.00-0100.00 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
287 |
272 |
105.5 % |
3022.50-3023.50 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
77969 |
74069 |
105.3 % |
3022.00-0100.00 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
268784 |
216397 |
124.2 % |
3021.75-3022.99 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
223 |
249 |
89.6 % |
3022.00-3022.50 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3020.50-0101.50 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3020.50-0101.50 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
275 |
297 |
92.6 % |
3022.50-3023.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
173 |
174 |
99.4 % |
3022.50-3023.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
5130 |
5080 |
101.0 % |
3022.50-3023.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
18 |
16 |
112.5 % |
3022.50-3023.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
34908 |
28797 |
121.2 % |
3022.50-3023.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
35824 |
29193 |
122.7 % |
3022.50-3023.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
34 |
47 |
72.3 % |
3022.50-3023.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
114 |
112 |
101.8 % |
3022.50-3023.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
9 |
8 |
112.5 % |
3022.50-3023.50 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
100 |
123 |
81.3 % |
3022.50-3023.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3022.50-3023.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
2389 |
2005 |
119.2 % |
3022.50-3023.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
1233 |
1143 |
107.9 % |
3022.50-3023.50 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
32 |
33 |
97.0 % |
3022.50-3023.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
208 |
202 |
103.0 % |
3022.50-3023.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
78 |
53 |
147.2 % |
3022.50-3023.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
560 |
556 |
100.7 % |
3022.50-3023.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
158 |
148 |
106.8 % |
3022.50-3023.50 |
msomin |
Mesonet/MADIS Minnesota Dept. of Transportation |
611 |
598 |
102.2 % |
3022.50-3023.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
247 |
288 |
85.8 % |
3022.50-3023.50 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
7304 |
6759 |
108.1 % |
3022.50-3023.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
64 |
45 |
142.2 % |
3022.50-3023.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
106 |
91 |
116.5 % |
3022.50-3023.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
24 |
25 |
96.0 % |
3022.50-3023.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
3223 |
3663 |
88.0 % |
3022.50-3023.50 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
471 |
447 |
105.4 % |
3022.50-3023.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
278 |
279 |
99.6 % |
3022.00-0100.00 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
35 |
39 |
89.7 % |
3021.50-0100.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
1 |
1 |
100.0 % |
3022.00-0100.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
17 |
24 |
70.8 % |
3022.50-3023.50 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
103 |
101 |
102.0 % |
3022.50-3023.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
857 |
872 |
98.3 % |
3022.50-3023.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3022.50-3023.50 |
| 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 |
8306 |
4795 |
173.2 % |
3022.00-0100.00 |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
29409 |
17667 |
166.5 % |
3022.00-0100.00 |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
7161 |
4331 |
165.3 % |
3022.00-0100.00 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
11198 |
8168 |
137.1 % |
3022.00-0100.00 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
42273 |
31702 |
133.3 % |
3022.00-0100.00 |
acarsa |
Auto. MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (ARINC) via AFWA |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3022.00-0100.00 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
676 |
645 |
104.8 % |
3019.75-0102.25 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
11885 |
6895 |
172.4 % |
3021.00-0100.99 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
3066 |
3169 |
96.7 % |
3019.75-0102.25 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
2177 |
1928 |
112.9 % |
3019.75-0102.25 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
17 |
13 |
130.8 % |
3022.50-3023.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3022.00-0100.00 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
1845 |
1999 |
92.3 % |
3019.75-0102.25 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
4528 |
4492 |
100.8 % |
3021.50-0100.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
2628 |
2544 |
103.3 % |
3020.50-0101.50 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3020.50-0101.50 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
2614 |
2594 |
100.8 % |
3021.50-0100.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
2420 |
3221 |
75.1 % |
3020.50-0101.50 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3020.50-0101.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
11 |
9 |
122.2 % |
3022.50-3023.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
42 |
39 |
107.7 % |
3022.50-3023.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
108 |
101 |
106.9 % |
3022.50-3023.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3022.50-3023.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
44 |
38 |
115.8 % |
3022.50-3023.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1107 |
1051 |
105.3 % |
3022.50-3023.50 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3022.00-0100.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
157 |
161 |
97.5 % |
3019.75-0102.25 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
174 |
163 |
106.7 % |
3021.50-0100.50 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3021.50-0100.50 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
675032 |
533598 |
126.5 % |
3022.25-3023.75 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3022.25-3023.75 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3022.00-0100.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3022.00-0100.00 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3022.00-0100.00 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3022.50-3023.50 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
23 |
22 |
104.5 % |
3022.50-3023.50 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3019.75-0102.25 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3019.75-0102.25 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3019.75-0102.25 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
1 |
0.0 % |
3021.50-0100.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
536 |
1183 |
45.3 % |
3020.50-0101.50 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3020.50-0101.50 |
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