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 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KDET 220453Z 01004KT 10SM CLR 16/10 A3012 RMK AO2 SLP199 T01610100 402390161 | ||
0050Z | 1:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 28000 | 0 | CLR | KDET 220553Z 35004KT 10SM CLR 16/11 A3012 RMK AO2 SLP197 T01560111 10217 20156 58004 | ||
0150Z | 2:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 4 | CLR | KDET 220653Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 15/11 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP195 T01500111 | ||
0250Z | 3:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 3 | CLR | KDET 220753Z 34005KT 10SM CLR 15/12 A3013 RMK AO2 SLP200 T01500117 | ||
0350Z | 4:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 3 | CLR | KDET 220853Z 32003KT 10SM CLR 14/12 A3014 RMK AO2 SLP204 T01440117 53005 | ||
0450Z | 5:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 3 | CLR | KDET 220953Z 32003KT 10SM CLR 14/12 A3015 RMK AO2 SLP208 T01390117 | ||
0550Z | 6:53 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 15 | CLR | KDET 221053Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 14/12 A3016 RMK AO2 SLP211 T01440117 | |
0650Z | 7:53 AM | SCT | 21000 - 49000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 17 | CLR | KDET 221153Z 36004KT 10SM CLR 16/12 A3017 RMK AO2 SLP214 T01610122 10161 20133 51009 | ||
0750Z | 8:53 AM | SCT | 48000 - 49000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 5 | CLR | KDET 221253Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 18/13 A3017 RMK AO2 SLP213 T01830128 | ||
0850Z | 9:53 AM | SCT | SCT | 20000 - 49000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 7 | CLR | KDET 221353Z 03003KT 10SM CLR 20/13 A3016 RMK AO2 SLP211 T02000133 | |
0950Z | 10:53 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 7 | CLR | KDET 221453Z 11006KT 10SM CLR 22/14 A3017 RMK AO2 SLP213 T02170144 53000 | |
1050Z | 11:53 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 6 | CLR | KDET 221553Z 13007KT 10SM CLR 23/16 A3017 RMK AO2 SLP213 T02280156 | |
1150Z | 12:53 PM | SCT | SCT | 14000 - 37000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 4 | FEW@3400 | KDET 221653Z 11006KT 10SM FEW034 24/15 A3017 RMK AO2 SLP213 T02390150 | |
1250Z | 1:53 PM | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 4 | CLR | KDET 221753Z 10SM CLR 25/14 A3017 RMK AO2 SLP214 T02500139 10250 20167 53001 |