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 | BKN | 13000 - 39000 | 32 | BKN | 13000 - 35000 | 40 | BKN@2100 BKN@2900 | KACP 160555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN021 BKN029 23/21 A3001 RMK AO2 | ||
0150Z | 1:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 42000 | 50 | BKN | 13000 - 36000 | 53 | CLR | KACP 160655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 23/21 A2999 RMK AO2 | ||
0250Z | 2:55 AM | OVC | 18000 - 36000 | 77 | BKN | 16000 - 36000 | 62 | CLR | KACP 160755Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 23/21 A3001 RMK AO2 | ||
0350Z | 3:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 37000 | 56 | BKN | 13000 - 37000 | 46 | BKN@11000 | KACP 160855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN110 23/21 A3000 RMK AO2 | ||
0450Z | 4:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 40000 | 39 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 34 | SCT@11000 | KACP 160955Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM SCT110 23/21 A2999 RMK AO2 | ||
0550Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 12 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 13 | SCT@11000 | KACP 161055Z AUTO 00000KT 5SM BR SCT110 22/20 A2999 RMK AO2 | ||
0650Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 5 | SCT | 17000 - 33000 | 3 | SCT@2100 | KACP 161155Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM SCT021 23/21 A3000 RMK AO2 | ||
0750Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 38 | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 18 | SCT@1500 SCT@2200 BKN@11000 | KACP 161255Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT015 SCT022 BKN110 24/22 A3001 RMK AO2 | ||
0850Z | 8:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 46000 | 37 | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 24 | CLR | KACP 161355Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 25/22 A3002 RMK AO2 |