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 - 36000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 5 | CLR | KBDU 160655Z AUTO 17003KT 10SM CLR 19/07 A3007 RMK AO2 | ||
0250Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 12 | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 9 | CLR | KBDU 160755Z AUTO 14005KT 10SM CLR 17/06 A3006 RMK AO2 | ||
0350Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 8 | CLR | KBDU 160855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 16/06 A3005 RMK AO2 | ||
0450Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 51000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 3 | CLR | KBDU 160955Z AUTO 23005KT 10SM CLR 16/06 A3007 RMK AO2 | |
0550Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 7 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 2 | CLR | KBDU 161055Z AUTO 22008KT 10SM CLR 16/05 A3006 RMK AO2 | ||
0650Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 6 | CLR | KBDU 161155Z AUTO 18005KT 10SM CLR 14/06 A3005 RMK AO2 | ||
0750Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 2 | CLR | KBDU 161255Z AUTO 02003KT 10SM CLR 15/07 A3004 RMK AO2 | ||
0850Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 1 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 4 | CLR | KBDU 161355Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 20/06 A3005 RMK AO2 | |
0950Z | 8:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KBDU 161455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 23/07 A3004 RMK AO2 | ||
1050Z | 9:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KBDU 161555Z AUTO 02003KT 10SM CLR 27/08 A3003 RMK AO2 |