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 | 6:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 1 | CLR | KRHV 141355Z 00000KT 10SM SKC 13/06 A2998 | |
0350Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 8 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 3 | CLR | KRHV 141355Z 00000KT 10SM SKC 13/06 A2998 | |
0450Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 1 | SCT | 28000 - 37000 | 0 | CLR | KRHV 141355Z 00000KT 10SM SKC 13/06 A2998 | |
0550Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 0 | SCT | 21000 - 32000 | 0 | CLR | KRHV 141355Z 00000KT 10SM SKC 13/06 A2998 | ||
0650Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 10 | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 2 | CLR | KRHV 141355Z 00000KT 10SM SKC 13/06 A2998 | ||
0750Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 10 | SCT | 15000 - 31000 | 1 | CLR | KRHV 141355Z 00000KT 10SM SKC 13/06 A2998 | ||
0850Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 36000 | 4 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KRHV 141355Z 00000KT 10SM SKC 13/06 A2998 | ||
0950Z | 7:50 AM | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 0 | SCT | 16000 - 24000 | 0 | CLR | KRHV 141450Z 00000KT 10SM SKC 14/08 A2999 | ||
1050Z | 8:47 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 1 | SCT | 14000 - 30000 | 0 | CLR | KRHV 141547Z 00000KT 10SM SKC 16/08 A3000 | |
1150Z | 8:47 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 3 | SCT | 30000 - 40000 | 2 | CLR | KRHV 141547Z 00000KT 10SM SKC 16/08 A3000 |