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 | 6:53 AM | OVC | 30000 - 44000 | 66 | OVC | 30000 - 42000 | 67 | CLR | KLEE 161053Z 16006KT 10SM CLR 26/24 A3012 | ||
0050Z | 6:53 AM | BKN | 33000 - 46000 | 32 | OVC | 28000 - 40000 | 41 | CLR | KLEE 161053Z 16006KT 10SM CLR 26/24 A3012 | ||
0150Z | 6:53 AM | SCT | 19000 - 47000 | 24 | OVC | 16000 - 38000 | 27 | CLR | KLEE 161053Z 16006KT 10SM CLR 26/24 A3012 | ||
0250Z | 6:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 13 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 18 | CLR | KLEE 161053Z 16006KT 10SM CLR 26/24 A3012 | ||
0350Z | 6:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 20 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 18 | CLR | KLEE 161053Z 16006KT 10SM CLR 26/24 A3012 | ||
0450Z | 6:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 3 | CLR | KLEE 161053Z 16006KT 10SM CLR 26/24 A3012 | ||
0550Z | 6:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 24000 | 0 | CLR | KLEE 161053Z 16006KT 10SM CLR 26/24 A3012 | ||
0650Z | 7:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 1 | CLR | KLEE 161153Z AUTO 18006KT 10SM CLR 26/23 A3014 | ||
0750Z | 8:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@7500 | KLEE 161253Z AUTO 18005KT 10SM OVC075 27/24 A3016 | ||
0850Z | 9:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 2 | SCT@7500 BKN@10000 | KLEE 161353Z AUTO 18006KT 10SM SCT075 BKN100 28/23 A3016 |