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 | 25000 - 40000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 19000 | 0 | BKN@4300 | KUMP 290455Z AUTO 17004KT 10SM BKN043 25/24 A3004 RMK AO2 T02490240 $ | ||
0050Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 20000 - 43000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 0 | FEW@4800 | KUMP 290555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW048 24/24 A3004 RMK AO2 T02370237 $ | ||
0150Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 17000 - 45000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 3 | CLR | KUMP 290655Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM CLR 23/23 A3003 RMK AO2 T02260226 $ | ||
0250Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 8 | CLR | KUMP 290755Z AUTO 00000KT 8SM CLR 23/23 A3003 RMK AO2 T02270227 $ | ||
0350Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 1 | SCT | 14000 - 29000 | 0 | BKN@1100 | KUMP 290855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN011 23/23 A3003 RMK AO2 CIG 010V014 T02330233 $ | ||
0450Z | 5:35 AM | SCT | 13000 - 17000 | 2 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT@6500 | KUMP 290935Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT065 22/22 A3005 RMK AO2 T02200220 $ | ||
0550Z | 7:35 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 13000 | 0 | BKN@5500 BKN@6500 | KUMP 291135Z AUTO 13004KT 10SM BKN055 BKN065 24/24 A3005 RMK AO2 T02370237 $ | ||
0650Z | 7:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 24000 | 0 | OVC@6000 | KUMP 291155Z AUTO 14005KT 10SM OVC060 24/24 A3005 RMK AO2 T02390239 $ |