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 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@800 | KPEX 140555Z AUTO 08008KT 10SM -RA OVC008 11/10 A3004 RMK AO2 | ||
0150Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 13000 | 1 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@800 | KPEX 140655Z AUTO 06006KT 10SM OVC008 11/10 A3004 RMK AO2 | ||
0250Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 9 | OVC@800 | KPEX 140755Z AUTO 07005KT 10SM OVC008 11/10 A3004 RMK AO2 | ||
0350Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 15000 - 44000 | 21 | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 19 | BKN@800 OVC@1500 | KPEX 140855Z AUTO 08006KT 10SM BKN008 OVC015 11/10 A3003 RMK AO2 | ||
0450Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 20 | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 22 | OVC@800 | KPEX 140955Z AUTO 08004KT 7SM OVC008 11/11 A3005 RMK AO2 | ||
0550Z | 5:56 AM | SCT | 19000 - 43000 | 21 | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 22 | OVC@400 | KPEX 141056Z AUTO 06005KT 5SM BR OVC004 11/11 A3005 RMK AO2 | ||
0650Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 11 | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 14 | OVC@600 | KPEX 141155Z AUTO 06006KT 10SM OVC006 11/11 A3004 RMK AO2 | ||
0750Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 15 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 15 | OVC@400 | KPEX 141255Z AUTO 06007KT 2 1/2SM BR OVC004 11/10 A3004 RMK AO2 | ||
0850Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 18 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 23 | OVC@400 | KPEX 141355Z AUTO 08005KT 4SM BR OVC004 11/10 A3006 RMK AO2 | ||
0950Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 20 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 25 | OVC@400 | KPEX 141455Z AUTO 04004KT 3SM BR OVC004 11/11 A3010 RMK AO2 | ||
1050Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 9 | SCT | 13000 - 20000 | 2 | OVC@600 | KPEX 141555Z AUTO 05007KT 2SM BR OVC006 12/11 A3008 RMK AO2 | ||
1150Z | 11:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 29000 | 1 | OVC@600 | KPEX 141655Z AUTO 05007KT 10SM OVC006 13/12 A3006 RMK AO2 | ||
1250Z | 12:56 PM | SCT | 13000 - 17000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 3 | OVC@1000 | KPEX 141756Z AUTO 05007KT 10SM OVC010 15/12 A3006 RMK AO2 | ||
1350Z | 1:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 20 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 22 | OVC@1000 | KPEX 141855Z AUTO 09006KT 10SM OVC010 15/12 A3008 RMK AO2 | ||
1450Z | 2:55 PM | BKN | 13000 - 35000 | 29 | BKN | 13000 - 35000 | 36 | OVC@1200 | KPEX 141955Z AUTO 09004KT 10SM OVC012 15/12 A3009 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SW AND W | ||
1550Z | 3:55 PM | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 49 | BKN | 14000 - 38000 | 55 | OVC@1200 | KPEX 142055Z AUTO 05007KT 10SM OVC012 15/12 A3008 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SW |