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 | 12:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 16 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@900 | KWVL 110456Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC009 17/16 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP192 T01670156 402280167 | ||
0050Z | 1:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 9 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@700 | KWVL 110556Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC007 17/16 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP193 T01670156 10194 20167 51002 | ||
0150Z | 2:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 7 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@500 | KWVL 110656Z AUTO 21004KT 10SM OVC005 17/16 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP189 T01670156 | ||
0250Z | 3:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 10 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@500 | KWVL 110756Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC005 16/16 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP185 T01610156 | ||
0350Z | 4:45 AM | BKN | 13000 - 43000 | 50 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@300 | KWVL 110845Z AUTO 21003KT 10SM OVC003 16/16 A3000 RMK AO2 | ||
0450Z | 5:56 AM | OVC | 13000 - 34000 | 78 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@300 | KWVL 110956Z AUTO 26004KT 10SM OVC003 17/16 A3001 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SW SLP186 T01670161 | ||
0550Z | 6:44 AM | BKN | 13000 - 40000 | 60 | CLR | - | 0 | BKN@500 OVC@1100 | KWVL 111044Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN005 OVC011 17/16 A3000 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SW RAB01E20 CIG 004V007 P0000 | ||
0650Z | 7:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 13000 | 1 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@500 | KWVL 111156Z AUTO 16003KT 10SM OVC005 18/17 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP188 60000 T01780167 10178 20161 53002 |