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 | 13000 - 45000 | 18 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 19 | SCT@1200 | KOPN 150455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT012 21/21 A3015 RMK AO2 | ||
0050Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 15 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 24 | CLR | KOPN 150555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 21/21 A3014 RMK AO2 | ||
0150Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 45000 | 24 | OVC | 15000 - 40000 | 38 | SCT@200 | KOPN 150655Z AUTO 14003KT 7SM SCT002 21/21 A3012 RMK AO2 | ||
0250Z | 3:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 44000 | 27 | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 29 | BKN@200 OVC@800 | KOPN 150755Z AUTO 17003KT 5SM BR BKN002 OVC008 22/21 A3011 RMK AO2 | ||
0350Z | 4:55 AM | BKN | 14000 - 45000 | 35 | BKN | 13000 - 37000 | 30 | OVC@400 | KOPN 150855Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM OVC004 22/22 A3010 RMK AO2 | ||
0450Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 15 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 13 | OVC@200 | KOPN 150955Z AUTO 00000KT 1 1/4SM BR OVC002 22/22 A3011 RMK AO2 VIS 1V3 | ||
0550Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 9 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 12 | OVC@200 | KOPN 151055Z AUTO 00000KT 3SM BR OVC002 22/22 A3012 RMK AO2 | ||
0650Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 16 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 20 | OVC@200 | KOPN 151155Z AUTO 25005KT 1 1/2SM BR OVC002 23/22 A3014 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT S | ||
0750Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 25000 | 9 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 5 | OVC@200 | KOPN 151255Z AUTO 24004KT 1SM BR OVC002 23/22 A3016 RMK AO2 | ||
0850Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 23000 | 7 | SCT | 14000 - 18000 | 1 | OVC@600 | KOPN 151355Z AUTO 24005KT 10SM OVC006 25/23 A3017 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT S | ||
0950Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 37000 | 1 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 1 | SCT@1500 SCT@2100 SCT@2700 | KOPN 151455Z AUTO 26007KT 10SM SCT015 SCT021 SCT027 27/22 A3016 RMK AO2 | |
1050Z | 11:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 1 | CLR | KOPN 151555Z AUTO 25008KT 10SM CLR 29/20 A3015 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT S AND SW |