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 | 12:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 10 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 8 | CLR | KGPZ 180556Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM CLR 16/15 A2984 RMK AO2 SLP101 T01560150 10228 20150 51001 | ||
0150Z | 1:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 6 | CLR | KGPZ 180656Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 17/16 A2983 RMK AO2 SLP099 T01670156 | ||
0250Z | 2:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 11 | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 13 | FEW@100 | KGPZ 180756Z AUTO 36004KT 1 1/2SM BR FEW001 16/15 A2983 RMK AO2 SLP097 T01560150 | ||
0350Z | 3:48 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 12 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 19 | VV @100 | KGPZ 180848Z AUTO 00000KT 1/4SM FG VV001 14/13 A2983 RMK AO2 | |
0450Z | 4:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 22 | BKN | 14000 - 34000 | 31 | CLR | KGPZ 180956Z AUTO 16004KT 4SM BR CLR 13/13 A2985 RMK AO2 SLP105 T01280128 | ||
0550Z | 5:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 17 | BKN | 13000 - 32000 | 26 | CLR | KGPZ 181056Z AUTO 00000KT 3/4SM BR CLR 12/12 A2985 RMK AO2 VIS 1/4V3 SLP106 T01220122 | ||
0650Z | 6:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 12 | BKN | 13000 - 32000 | 26 | CLR | KGPZ 181156Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 14/14 A2986 RMK AO2 SLP112 T01440144 10161 20122 53011 | ||
0750Z | 7:56 AM | BKN | 13000 - 37000 | 36 | BKN | 13000 - 31000 | 33 | CLR | KGPZ 181256Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 18/16 A2987 RMK AO2 SLP113 T01830156 | ||
0850Z | 8:56 AM | OVC | 25000 - 38000 | 45 | OVC | 15000 - 35000 | 53 | CLR | KGPZ 181356Z AUTO 33004KT 10SM CLR 19/14 A2987 RMK AO2 SLP113 T01940139 | ||
0950Z | 9:56 AM | BKN | 14000 - 38000 | 35 | BKN | 13000 - 33000 | 37 | CLR | KGPZ 181456Z AUTO 35005KT 10SM CLR 21/13 A2987 RMK AO2 SLP113 T02110128 50002 | ||
1050Z | 10:56 AM | SCT | 15000 - 38000 | 18 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 16 | CLR | KGPZ 181556Z AUTO 35005KT 10SM CLR 22/12 A2987 RMK AO2 SLP113 T02220117 | ||
1150Z | 11:56 AM | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 35 | BKN | 14000 - 34000 | 33 | CLR | KGPZ 181656Z AUTO 36006KT 10SM CLR 23/11 A2987 RMK AO2 SLP112 T02330111 |