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 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | K18A 270455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 21/20 A3011 RMK AO2 T02070202 | ||
0050Z | 1:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | K18A 270555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 20/20 A3011 RMK AO2 T02050201 10245 20204 | ||
0150Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | K18A 270655Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 20/20 A3011 RMK AO2 T02030200 | ||
0250Z | 3:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | K18A 270755Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM BR CLR 20/20 A3011 RMK AO2 T02000198 | ||
0350Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 16000 - 45000 | 10 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 2 | CLR | K18A 270855Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM BR CLR 20/19 A3010 RMK AO2 T01970195 | ||
0450Z | 6:00 AM | BKN | 13000 - 46000 | 38 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 16 | CLR | K18A 271000Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM BR CLR 20/20 A3011 RMK AO2 T01970195 | ||
0550Z | 6:55 AM | BKN | 16000 - 46000 | 51 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 25 | CLR | K18A 271055Z AUTO 00000KT 5SM BR CLR 20/20 A3010 RMK AO2 T02030201 | ||
0650Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 16000 - 46000 | 12 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 23 | CLR | K18A 271155Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 21/21 A3012 RMK AO2 T02120205 10213 20194 70002 | ||
0750Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 14000 - 46000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 12 | CLR | K18A 271255Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 25/22 A3014 RMK AO2 T02480218 | |
0850Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 15000 - 46000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 14 | CLR | K18A 271355Z AUTO 27004KT 10SM CLR 27/23 A3016 RMK AO2 T02680227 | ||
0950Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 38000 | 22 | BKN | 13000 - 32000 | 28 | CLR | K18A 271455Z AUTO 21005KT 10SM CLR 28/22 A3015 RMK AO2 T02840218 | ||
1050Z | 11:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 17 | BKN | 13000 - 34000 | 32 | CLR | K18A 271555Z AUTO 20006KT 10SM CLR 30/22 A3015 RMK AO2 T02990219 | ||
1150Z | 12:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 14 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 24 | CLR | K18A 271655Z AUTO 24004KT 10SM CLR 31/22 A3013 RMK AO2 T03090219 | ||
1250Z | 1:55 PM | SCT | 14000 - 44000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 9 | SCT@3900 | K18A 271755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT039 32/21 A3011 RMK AO2 T03200208 10327 20214 | ||
1350Z | 2:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 7 | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 4 | SCT@4300 | K18A 271855Z AUTO 23005KT 10SM SCT043 33/22 A3010 RMK AO2 T03280221 | ||
1450Z | 3:55 PM | SCT | 20000 - 37000 | 1 | SCT | 15000 - 16000 | 0 | SCT@3900 SCT@4600 | K18A 271955Z AUTO 23005KT 10SM SCT039 SCT046 32/23 A3008 RMK AO2 T03230225 |