Satellite Cloud Product
NESDIS produces a Satellite Cloud Product (SCP) that supplements the ASOS ceilometer readings. This page merges the SCP data with the METAR observations for a given UTC date. Cloud level values are presented in feet above ground level. ECA represents estimated cloud amount expressed in percentage. An IEM Web Service provided the following JSON dataset for this page. Data is available for some sites back to 1993.
SCP Valid UTC | METAR Valid Local | Satellite East Sounder | Satellite West Sounder | ASOS METAR Report | |||||||
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Mid Clouds | High Clouds | Levels [ft] | ECA [%] | Mid Clouds | High Clouds | Levels [ft] | ECA [%] | Levels ft | METAR | ||
0250Z | 12:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KO54 140755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 12/05 A2999 RMK A01 | ||
0350Z | 1:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KO54 140855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 11/05 A2999 RMK A01 | ||
0450Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 1 | CLR | KO54 140955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 10/04 A2999 RMK A01 | ||
0550Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 6 | SCT | 14000 - 31000 | 1 | CLR | KO54 141055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 09/04 A3000 RMK A01 | ||
0650Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 6 | CLR | KO54 141155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 09/04 A3000 RMK A01 | ||
0750Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 6 | CLR | KO54 141255Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 08/04 A3001 RMK A01 | ||
0850Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 16 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 15 | CLR | KO54 141355Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 10/05 A3002 RMK A01 | ||
0950Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 6 | CLR | KO54 141455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 13/05 A3003 RMK A01 | ||
1050Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 2 | SCT | 14000 - 32000 | 5 | CLR | KO54 141555Z AUTO VRB04KT 10SM CLR 15/04 A3003 RMK A01 | ||
1150Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 35000 | 7 | SCT | 17000 - 31000 | 24 | CLR | KO54 141655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 17/05 A3002 RMK A01 |