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 | CLR | KLXN 130555Z AUTO 16004KT 7SM CLR 17/15 A3008 RMK AO2 T01670150 10238 20165 402450157 | ||
0150Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 0 | CLR | KLXN 130655Z AUTO 16006KT 10SM CLR 17/15 A3006 RMK AO2 T01650145 | |
0250Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 41000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 7 | CLR | KLXN 130755Z AUTO 17003KT 10SM CLR 17/15 A3006 RMK AO2 T01700145 |