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 | ||
0150Z | 12:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 13 | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 15 | CLR | K8V7 200655Z AUTO 20020G30KT 10SM CLR 24/13 A2996 RMK AO2 | ||
0250Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 12 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 12 | FEW@6000 | K8V7 200755Z AUTO 20022G34KT 10SM FEW060 24/13 A2994 RMK AO2 | ||
0350Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 7 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 3 | FEW@4500 SCT@5500 | K8V7 200855Z AUTO 20019KT 10SM FEW045 SCT055 23/13 A2993 RMK AO2 | ||
0450Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 14000 - 41000 | 1 | SCT | 14000 - 36000 | 2 | SCT@4400 BKN@5000 BKN@5500 | K8V7 200955Z AUTO 20018KT 10SM SCT044 BKN050 BKN055 22/13 A2992 RMK AO2 | |
0550Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 37000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 1 | FEW@4700 BKN@5500 | K8V7 201055Z AUTO 19016G22KT 10SM FEW047 BKN055 21/13 A2992 RMK AO2 | ||
0650Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 5 | CLR | K8V7 201155Z AUTO 20017KT 10SM CLR 22/13 A2992 RMK AO2 | ||
0750Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 3 | CLR | K8V7 201255Z AUTO 20020KT 10SM CLR 24/13 A2992 RMK AO2 | ||
0850Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 2 | SCT | 15000 - 35000 | 1 | CLR | K8V7 201355Z AUTO 21020G25KT 10SM CLR 27/14 A2994 RMK AO2 | |
0950Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 15000 - 46000 | 1 | SCT | 17000 - 37000 | 2 | CLR | K8V7 201455Z AUTO 20024KT 10SM CLR 29/12 A2993 RMK AO2 | ||
1050Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 17000 - 45000 | 11 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 11 | CLR | K8V7 201555Z AUTO 20019G26KT 10SM CLR 31/11 A2992 RMK AO2 |