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 | 12:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 33 | SCT | 17000 - 31000 | 3 | CLR | KOWD 160453Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 13/11 A3019 RMK AO2 SLP222 T01280111 402170128 | ||
0050Z | 1:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 16 | SCT | 16000 - 38000 | 4 | SCT@8500 | KOWD 160553Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT085 12/10 A3020 RMK AO2 SLP225 T01220100 10178 20122 53001 | ||
0150Z | 2:51 AM | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 4 | SCT | 15000 - 28000 | 3 | VV @600 | KOWD 160651Z AUTO 00000KT 1/2SM FG VV006 11/09 A3020 RMK AO2 | ||
0250Z | 3:53 AM | SCT | 15000 - 22000 | 1 | SCT | 16000 - 31000 | 3 | OVC@300 | KOWD 160753Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC003 12/11 A3019 RMK AO2 SLP224 T01220106 | ||
0350Z | 4:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 15000 - 38000 | 4 | VV @300 | KOWD 160853Z AUTO 00000KT 3/4SM BR VV003 13/12 A3019 RMK AO2 SLP223 T01330117 58003 | ||
0450Z | 5:49 AM | SCT | 13000 - 18000 | 3 | SCT | 16000 - 37000 | 2 | VV @200 | KOWD 160949Z AUTO 00000KT 1/4SM FG VV002 13/12 A3019 RMK AO2 | ||
0550Z | 6:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 13 | SCT | 16000 - 28000 | 2 | VV @200 | KOWD 161053Z COR 00000KT 1/4SM FG VV002 14/13 A3020 RMK AO2 SLP227 T01390128 | ||
0650Z | 7:48 AM | SCT | SCT | 14000 - 42000 | 2 | SCT | 16000 - 29000 | 4 | OVC@300 | KOWD 161148Z 00000KT 10SM OVC003 14/13 A3020 RMK AO2 CIG 002V006 | |
0750Z | 8:53 AM | SCT | 15000 - 44000 | 1 | SCT | 16000 - 33000 | 4 | BKN@1100 | KOWD 161253Z VRB03KT 8SM BKN011 18/13 A3021 RMK AO2 SLP228 T01780133 | ||
0850Z | 9:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 17000 - 33000 | 4 | CLR | KOWD 161353Z 08005KT 10SM CLR 20/13 A3021 RMK AO2 SLP229 T02000133 | ||
0950Z | 10:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 24000 - 37000 | 5 | CLR | KOWD 161453Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/13 A3021 RMK AO2 SLP228 T02170133 50000 | ||
1050Z | 11:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 17000 - 34000 | 5 | CLR | KOWD 161553Z VRB03KT 10SM CLR 24/13 A3018 RMK AO2 SLP219 T02390133 | ||
1150Z | 12:53 PM | SCT | SCT | 14000 - 43000 | 1 | SCT | 17000 - 32000 | 4 | CLR | KOWD 161653Z 10006KT 10SM CLR 24/13 A3018 RMK AO2 SLP219 T02390133 |