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 | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 6 | OVC@100 | KDZJ 300455Z AUTO 00000KT 1SM BR OVC001 19/ A3014 RMK AO2 T0186//// | |
0050Z | 1:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 13000 | 0 | OVC@300 | KDZJ 300555Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM OVC003 18/ A3013 RMK AO2 T0181//// 10205 20178 60003 | ||
0150Z | 2:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@100 | KDZJ 300655Z AUTO 00000KT 1/4SM FG OVC001 18/ A3011 RMK AO2 T0182//// | ||
0250Z | 3:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@100 | KDZJ 300755Z AUTO 00000KT 1/4SM FG OVC001 18/ A3011 RMK AO2 T0179//// | ||
0350Z | 4:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@100 | KDZJ 300855Z AUTO 00000KT 1/4SM FG OVC001 18/ A3010 RMK AO2 T0177//// | ||
0450Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 15000 - 43000 | 2 | SCT | 15000 - 38000 | 5 | OVC@100 | KDZJ 300955Z AUTO 11003KT 1/4SM FG OVC001 17/ A3010 RMK AO2 T0174//// | ||
0550Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 17000 - 24000 | 1 | SCT | 15000 - 39000 | 6 | OVC@100 | KDZJ 301055Z AUTO 00000KT 1/2SM FG OVC001 18/ A3011 RMK AO2 T0176//// | ||
0650Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 1 | SCT | 14000 - 36000 | 2 | OVC@100 | KDZJ 301155Z AUTO 00000KT 1/4SM FG OVC001 18/ A3014 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT N T0178//// 10183 20173 70037 | ||
0750Z | 8:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 19000 | 1 | OVC@300 | KDZJ 301255Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM HZ OVC003 19/ A3015 RMK AO2 P0001 T0186//// | ||
0850Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 15000 | 0 | SCT@500 | KDZJ 301355Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT005 21/20 A3014 RMK AO2 T02060204 |