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 | 6:47 AM | SCT | 35000 - 47000 | 13 | BKN | 14000 - 44000 | 40 | CLR | KTIX 151047Z 00000KT 7SM SKC 25/24 A3014 | ||
0050Z | 6:47 AM | SCT | 22000 - 47000 | 15 | BKN | 13000 - 43000 | 42 | CLR | KTIX 151047Z 00000KT 7SM SKC 25/24 A3014 | ||
0150Z | 6:47 AM | SCT | 25000 - 47000 | 23 | OVC | 18000 - 42000 | 44 | CLR | KTIX 151047Z 00000KT 7SM SKC 25/24 A3014 | ||
0250Z | 6:47 AM | OVC | 22000 - 47000 | 37 | OVC | 29000 - 40000 | 46 | CLR | KTIX 151047Z 00000KT 7SM SKC 25/24 A3014 | ||
0350Z | 6:47 AM | BKN | 29000 - 46000 | 49 | OVC | 17000 - 39000 | 51 | CLR | KTIX 151047Z 00000KT 7SM SKC 25/24 A3014 | ||
0450Z | 6:47 AM | SCT | 20000 - 45000 | 22 | OVC | 16000 - 40000 | 40 | CLR | KTIX 151047Z 00000KT 7SM SKC 25/24 A3014 | ||
0550Z | 6:47 AM | SCT | 23000 - 46000 | 23 | BKN | 13000 - 39000 | 40 | CLR | KTIX 151047Z 00000KT 7SM SKC 25/24 A3014 | ||
0650Z | 7:47 AM | BKN | 19000 - 46000 | 48 | OVC | 25000 - 39000 | 51 | CLR | KTIX 151147Z 00000KT 7SM SKC 27/25 A3015 | ||
0750Z | 8:47 AM | BKN | 24000 - 45000 | 48 | BKN | 15000 - 37000 | 32 | CLR | KTIX 151247Z 18009KT 7SM SKC 29/24 A3017 | ||
0850Z | 9:47 AM | SCT | 17000 - 46000 | 22 | SCT | 14000 - 38000 | 16 | SCT@1700 | KTIX 151347Z 20004KT 7SM SCT017 30/24 A3018 |