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 | ||
0250Z | 12:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 19000 | 1 | SCT | 14000 - 16000 | 0 | FEW@7000 BKN@8500 | KUAO 280753Z AUTO 05004KT 10SM FEW070 BKN085 17/13 A3016 RMK AO2 SLP211 T01670128 402280144 | ||
0350Z | 1:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 17000 | 2 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@7000 | KUAO 280853Z AUTO 02004KT 10SM OVC070 17/13 A3016 RMK AO2 SLP211 T01670128 50003 | ||
0450Z | 2:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 13000 | 1 | OVC@7000 | KUAO 280953Z AUTO 35003KT 10SM OVC070 16/13 A3016 RMK AO2 SLP212 T01610128 | ||
0550Z | 3:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 13000 | 5 | CLR | - | 0 | FEW@7000 SCT@8000 | KUAO 281053Z AUTO 01003KT 10SM FEW070 SCT080 14/12 A3017 RMK AO2 SLP215 T01440117 | ||
0650Z | 4:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 20000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 6 | BKN@8000 | KUAO 281153Z AUTO 34003KT 10SM BKN080 14/12 A3018 RMK AO2 SLP220 7//// T01440117 10178 20139 53009 | ||
0750Z | 5:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 19000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 13000 | 0 | OVC@8000 | KUAO 281253Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC080 15/12 A3019 RMK AO2 SLP221 T01500117 | ||
0850Z | 6:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | FEW@7500 | KUAO 281353Z 35006KT 10SM FEW075 16/12 A3020 RMK AO2 SLP225 T01560117 | ||
0950Z | 7:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 27000 | 1 | CLR | - | 0 | FEW@2000 | KUAO 281453Z 36005KT 10SM FEW020 17/12 A3021 RMK AO2 SLP229 T01670117 53009 | ||
1050Z | 8:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT@2000 | KUAO 281553Z VRB04KT 10SM SCT020 18/12 A3022 RMK AO2 SLP231 T01780122 | ||
1150Z | 9:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT@2400 | KUAO 281653Z COR 35004KT 10SM SCT024 18/12 A3022 RMK AO2 SLP232 T01830117 |