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 | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 3 | CLR | KTWT 120555Z AUTO 18003KT 10SM CLR 26/24 A2997 RMK AO2 | ||
0150Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 35000 - 47000 | 0 | SCT | 16000 - 36000 | 0 | CLR | KTWT 120655Z AUTO 18004KT 10SM CLR 26/24 A2997 RMK AO2 | ||
0250Z | 2:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 20000 - 22000 | 0 | CLR | KTWT 120755Z AUTO 18004KT 10SM CLR 26/24 A2996 RMK AO2 | ||
0350Z | 3:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KTWT 120855Z AUTO 18004KT 10SM CLR 26/24 A2995 RMK AO2 | ||
0450Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 17000 | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KTWT 120955Z AUTO 20003KT 10SM CLR 26/23 A2996 RMK AO2 | ||
0550Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KTWT 121055Z AUTO 20006KT 10SM CLR 25/23 A2996 RMK AO2 | ||
0650Z | 6:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 30000 | 0 | CLR | KTWT 121155Z AUTO 21007KT 10SM CLR 26/23 A2996 RMK AO2 | ||
0750Z | 7:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KTWT 121255Z AUTO 21010KT 10SM CLR 27/23 A2999 RMK AO2 | ||
0850Z | 8:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KTWT 121355Z AUTO 23009KT 10SM CLR 28/23 A3000 RMK AO2 | ||
0950Z | 9:35 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT@2000 | KTWT 121435Z AUTO 24010G15KT 10SM SCT020 30/24 A3000 RMK AO2 | ||
1050Z | 10:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 1 | CLR | KTWT 121555Z AUTO 22009KT 10SM CLR 31/24 A2999 RMK AO2 | ||
1150Z | 11:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 6 | CLR | KTWT 121655Z AUTO 22008KT 10SM CLR 32/23 A2999 RMK AO2 | ||
1250Z | 12:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 12 | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 19 | SCT@3700 BKN@4600 BKN@5500 | KTWT 121755Z AUTO 20010G15KT 10SM SCT037 BKN046 BKN055 33/25 A2997 RMK AO2 | ||
1350Z | 1:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 38 | BKN | 13000 - 46000 | 44 | OVC@700 | KTWT 121855Z AUTO 18009G32KT 1/2SM +RA OVC007 23/21 A2998 RMK AO2 P0085 |