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 | ||
0050Z | 12:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KVYS 230555Z AUTO 17007KT 10SM CLR 25/22 A3003 RMK AO2 T02450217 | ||
0150Z | 1:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KVYS 230655Z AUTO 19007KT 10SM CLR 25/21 A3004 RMK AO2 T02460213 | ||
0250Z | 2:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KVYS 230755Z AUTO 19006KT 10SM CLR 24/21 A3004 RMK AO2 T02410213 | ||
0350Z | 3:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KVYS 230855Z AUTO 19007KT 10SM CLR 25/21 A3004 RMK AO2 T02450213 | ||
0450Z | 4:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KVYS 230955Z AUTO 21009G16KT 10SM CLR 26/22 A3006 RMK AO2 T02630215 | ||
0550Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KVYS 231055Z AUTO 16005KT 10SM CLR 25/22 A3010 RMK AO2 T02450215 | ||
0650Z | 6:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KVYS 231155Z AUTO 17006KT 10SM CLR 25/22 A3012 RMK AO2 T02520222 | ||
0750Z | 7:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KVYS 231255Z AUTO 21008KT 10SM CLR 28/23 A3013 RMK AO2 T02770225 | ||
0850Z | 8:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KVYS 231355Z AUTO 23010G19KT 10SM CLR 29/23 A3013 RMK AO2 T02940225 |