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 | SCT | 14000 - 35000 | 2 | CLR | KNRN 040555Z AUTO 17012KT 10SM CLR 24/21 A2996 RMK AO2 10326 20239 | ||
0150Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 1 | SCT | 14000 - 34000 | 5 | CLR | KNRN 040655Z AUTO 17013KT 10SM CLR 23/21 A2995 RMK AO2 | |
0250Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 13 | CLR | KNRN 040755Z AUTO 18008KT 10SM CLR 22/20 A2994 RMK AO2 | ||
0350Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 10 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 12 | CLR | KNRN 040855Z AUTO 17009KT 10SM CLR 22/20 A2993 RMK AO2 | ||
0450Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 13 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 15 | CLR | KNRN 040955Z AUTO 16007KT 10SM CLR 21/20 A2993 RMK AO2 | |
0550Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 11 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 10 | CLR | KNRN 041055Z AUTO 16008KT 10SM CLR 21/19 A2993 RMK AO2 | |
0650Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 3 | SCT | 15000 - 36000 | 3 | CLR | KNRN 041155Z AUTO 16009KT 10SM CLR 20/19 A2993 RMK AO2 10239 20203 70000 | |
0750Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 6 | BKN@500 | KNRN 041255Z AUTO 18009KT 10SM BKN005 21/20 A2994 RMK AO2 | |
0850Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 11 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 23 | CLR | KNRN 041355Z AUTO 16012KT 10SM CLR 24/20 A2994 RMK AO2 | ||
0950Z | 9:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 44000 | 27 | BKN | 13000 - 37000 | 31 | BKN@1700 OVC@2600 | KNRN 041455Z AUTO 18013G19KT 10SM BKN017 OVC026 26/20 A2995 RMK AO2 |