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 | ||
0250Z | 12:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 29000 | 59 | BKN | 13000 - 33000 | 55 | CLR | KSZT 220755Z AUTO 27003KT 10SM CLR 06/06 A3003 RMK AO2 | ||
0350Z | 1:55 AM | BKN | 20000 - 29000 | 48 | SCT | 19000 - 26000 | 33 | BKN@1800 OVC@11000 | KSZT 220855Z AUTO 34003KT 10SM BKN018 OVC110 07/07 A3004 RMK AO2 | ||
0450Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 20000 - 29000 | 30 | SCT | 21000 - 23000 | 6 | OVC@10000 | KSZT 220955Z AUTO 03003KT 10SM OVC100 08/07 A3004 RMK AO2 | ||
0550Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 16000 - 29000 | 36 | SCT | 15000 - 27000 | 22 | SCT@5500 OVC@7500 | KSZT 221055Z AUTO 04005KT 10SM -RA SCT055 OVC075 08/07 A3005 RMK AO2 | ||
0650Z | 4:55 AM | BKN | 15000 - 27000 | 51 | BKN | 15000 - 31000 | 41 | SCT@12000 | KSZT 221155Z AUTO 03003KT 10SM SCT120 07/07 A3007 RMK AO2 | ||
0750Z | 5:55 AM | BKN | 14000 - 33000 | 41 | BKN | 13000 - 34000 | 29 | BKN@12000 | KSZT 221255Z AUTO 01003KT 10SM BKN120 07/07 A3007 RMK AO2 |