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 | 12:56 AM | OVC | 28000 - 39000 | 69 | BKN | 18000 - 40000 | 37 | OVC@500 | KISP 170456Z 07006KT 10SM OVC005 18/16 A3006 RMK AO2 RAB16E26 SLP180 P0000 T01780161 402110156 | ||
0050Z | 1:56 AM | OVC | 28000 - 35000 | 73 | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 38 | OVC@600 | KISP 170556Z 07003KT 10SM OVC006 18/16 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP175 60000 T01780161 10183 20172 58011 | ||
0150Z | 2:56 AM | OVC | 27000 - 35000 | 81 | BKN | 29000 - 38000 | 44 | OVC@600 | KISP 170656Z 10003KT 10SM OVC006 18/16 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP173 T01780161 | ||
0250Z | 3:56 AM | OVC | 19000 - 33000 | 71 | BKN | 27000 - 35000 | 40 | OVC@600 | KISP 170756Z 10003KT 10SM OVC006 18/16 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP174 T01780161 | ||
0350Z | 4:56 AM | OVC | 13000 - 33000 | 65 | BKN | 18000 - 33000 | 34 | OVC@600 | KISP 170856Z 06004KT 9SM OVC006 18/16 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP176 T01780161 53001 | ||
0450Z | 5:56 AM | BKN | 13000 - 35000 | 63 | SCT | 18000 - 35000 | 25 | OVC@500 | KISP 170956Z 08005KT 5SM BR OVC005 18/16 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP175 T01780161 | ||
0550Z | 6:56 AM | OVC | 15000 - 32000 | 68 | SCT | 14000 - 33000 | 22 | OVC@500 | KISP 171056Z 09006KT 5SM BR OVC005 18/16 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP177 T01780161 | ||
0650Z | 7:56 AM | OVC | 15000 - 35000 | 67 | SCT | 16000 - 32000 | 19 | OVC@300 | KISP 171156Z 10006KT 3SM BR OVC003 18/17 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP179 T01780167 10178 20178 53003 | ||
0750Z | 8:56 AM | BKN | 13000 - 36000 | 38 | BKN | 17000 - 30000 | 27 | BKN@300 OVC@600 | KISP 171256Z 10005KT 2 1/2SM -RA BR BKN003 OVC006 18/17 A3007 RMK AO2 RAB01 SLP180 P0002 T01780172 |