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 | 17000 - 36000 | 0 | SCT | 19000 - 37000 | 0 | CLR | KCKF 130455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR A3010 RMK AO2 | ||
0050Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 16000 - 45000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 1 | CLR | KCKF 130555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR A3010 RMK AO2 | ||
0150Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 22000 - 45000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 1 | CLR | KCKF 130655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR A3007 RMK AO2 | ||
0250Z | 3:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 1 | CLR | KCKF 130755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR A3006 RMK AO2 | ||
0350Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 18000 - 45000 | 1 | SCT | 16000 - 45000 | 2 | CLR | KCKF 130855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR A3006 RMK AO2 | ||
0450Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 16000 - 38000 | 0 | CLR | KCKF 130955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR A3006 RMK AO2 | ||
0550Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 22000 - 47000 | 0 | SCT | 15000 - 37000 | 1 | CLR | KCKF 131055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR A3009 RMK AO2 | ||
0650Z | 7:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 34000 | 1 | CLR | KCKF 131155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR A3011 RMK AO2 | ||
0750Z | 8:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 16000 - 37000 | 0 | CLR | KCKF 131255Z AUTO 29004KT 10SM CLR 27/27 A3012 RMK AO2 T02730268 | ||
0850Z | 9:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 17000 - 18000 | 0 | CLR | KCKF 131355Z AUTO 35003KT 10SM CLR 30/28 A3013 RMK AO2 T02950282 | ||
0950Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 17000 | 1 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KCKF 131455Z AUTO 02006KT 10SM CLR 31/24 A3013 RMK AO2 T03100242 |