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 | ||
2350Z | 12:55 AM | SCT | 34000 - 46000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 2 | CLR | KSNC 240455Z AUTO 22006KT 10SM CLR 25/25 A3006 RMK AO2 | ||
0050Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 15000 - 46000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 4 | CLR | KSNC 240555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 25/25 A3007 RMK AO2 | |
0150Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 39000 - 46000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 4 | CLR | KSNC 240655Z AUTO 25004KT 10SM CLR 24/24 A3007 RMK AO2 | ||
0250Z | 3:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 3 | CLR | KSNC 240755Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM CLR 24/24 A3007 RMK AO2 | ||
0350Z | 4:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 2 | CLR | KSNC 240855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/24 A3007 RMK AO2 | ||
0450Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 20000 | 0 | CLR | KSNC 240955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A3008 RMK AO2 | ||
0550Z | 6:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 15000 - 18000 | 0 | CLR | KSNC 241055Z AUTO 30004KT 10SM CLR 28/22 A3009 RMK AO2 | ||
0650Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KSNC 241155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 30/21 A3010 RMK AO2 | |
0750Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 1 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KSNC 241255Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 31/21 A3010 RMK AO2 | |
0850Z | 9:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KSNC 241355Z AUTO VRB04G11KT 10SM CLR 33/22 A3009 RMK AO2 | ||
0950Z | 10:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KSNC 241455Z AUTO 28005KT 10SM CLR 35/22 A3009 RMK AO2 | ||
1050Z | 11:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KSNC 241555Z AUTO VRB04G10KT 10SM CLR 35/21 A3009 RMK AO2 | ||
1150Z | 12:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KSNC 241655Z AUTO VRB05KT 10SM CLR 36/21 A3007 RMK AO2 | ||
1250Z | 1:55 PM | SCT | 15000 - 46000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 1 | CLR | KSNC 241755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 37/23 A3005 RMK AO2 | ||
1350Z | 2:55 PM | SCT | 23000 - 46000 | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KSNC 241855Z AUTO VRB03KT 10SM CLR 36/23 A3004 RMK AO2 | ||
1450Z | 3:55 PM | SCT | 16000 - 38000 | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KSNC 241955Z AUTO VRB06G14KT 10SM CLR 38/19 A3002 RMK AO2 | ||
1550Z | 4:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KSNC 242055Z AUTO 29007KT 10SM CLR 37/19 A3002 RMK AO2 | ||
1650Z | 5:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KSNC 242155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 37/21 A3000 RMK AO2 |