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 | 13000 - 48000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 12 | CLR | K2IS 150455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A3017 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT W AND NW T02400231 | ||
0050Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 14 | CLR | K2IS 150555Z AUTO 26003KT 10SM CLR 23/23 A3016 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT W AND NW T02330226 10263 20231 | |
0150Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 24000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 12 | CLR | K2IS 150655Z AUTO 12003KT 10SM CLR 23/22 A3015 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT W T02320225 | ||
0250Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 28000 - 28000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 8 | CLR | K2IS 150755Z AUTO 14003KT 10SM CLR 23/ A3014 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT W AND NW T0234//// | ||
0350Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 19000 - 44000 | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 39000 | 7 | CLR | K2IS 150855Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 23/ A3013 RMK AO2 T0227//// | ||
0450Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 17000 - 44000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 9 | CLR | K2IS 150955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 23/23 A3014 RMK AO2 T02280228 | ||
0550Z | 6:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 15 | VV @700 | K2IS 151055Z AUTO 00000KT 1 1/2SM BR VV007 23/23 A3014 RMK AO2 VIS 1/2V5 T02280228 | ||
0650Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 35000 - 44000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 16 | CLR | K2IS 151155Z AUTO 14003KT 10SM CLR 25/24 A3014 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT W AND NW T0246//// 10248 20222 70043 | ||
0750Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 31000 - 46000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 20 | CLR | K2IS 151255Z AUTO 17006KT 10SM CLR 27/24 A3015 RMK AO2 T02740245 | ||
0850Z | 10:03 AM | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 20 | SCT@2300 SCT@3000 | K2IS 151403Z AUTO 15008KT 10SM SCT023 SCT030 30/24 A3016 RMK AO2 T02970238 | ||
0950Z | 11:01 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 14 | SCT@8000 | K2IS 151501Z AUTO 15007KT 10SM SCT080 30/23 A3017 RMK AO2 T03020225 | |
1050Z | 11:57 AM | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 9 | SCT@3700 | K2IS 151557Z AUTO 14008KT 10SM SCT037 31/23 A3016 RMK AO2 T03090226 |