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 | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 13 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 8 | OVC@600 | KVVV 150555Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM OVC006 14/14 A3011 RMK AO2 | ||
0150Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 6 | OVC@600 | KVVV 150655Z AUTO 00000KT 4SM BR OVC006 14/14 A3011 RMK AO2 | ||
0250Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 7 | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 8 | OVC@400 | KVVV 150755Z AUTO 00000KT 2SM BR OVC004 14/14 A3010 RMK AO2 | ||
0350Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 12 | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 18 | OVC@400 | KVVV 150855Z AUTO 00000KT 2 1/2SM BR OVC004 14/14 A3009 RMK AO2 | ||
0450Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 25 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 17 | BKN@400 OVC@1000 | KVVV 150955Z AUTO 00000KT 2 1/2SM BR BKN004 OVC010 14/14 A3007 RMK AO2 |
0550Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 14 | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 20 | OVC@400 | KVVV 151055Z AUTO 00000KT 2 1/2SM BR OVC004 14/14 A3008 RMK AO2 | ||
0650Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 17000 - 41000 | 23 | SCT | 14000 - 41000 | 20 | OVC@400 | KVVV 151155Z AUTO 00000KT 4SM BR OVC004 14/14 A3009 RMK AO2 | ||
0750Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 23 | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 25 | OVC@400 | KVVV 151255Z AUTO 13004KT 7SM OVC004 14/14 A3008 RMK AO2 | ||
0850Z | 8:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 40000 | 32 | BKN | 13000 - 40000 | 34 | OVC@400 | KVVV 151355Z AUTO 00000KT 5SM BR OVC004 14/14 A3007 RMK AO2 |