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 | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 12 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 13 | CLR | KUDG 200456Z AUTO 24008KT 10SM CLR 27/22 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP159 T02670222 | ||
0050Z | 1:56 AM | BKN | 19000 - 42000 | 44 | SCT | 13000 - 28000 | 21 | CLR | KUDG 200556Z AUTO 22006KT 10SM CLR 26/22 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP160 T02610222 10311 20261 51006 | ||
0150Z | 2:56 AM | BKN | 13000 - 48000 | 52 | SCT | 13000 - 24000 | 14 | CLR | KUDG 200656Z AUTO 23005KT 10SM CLR 25/23 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP162 T02500228 | ||
0250Z | 3:56 AM | BKN | 13000 - 47000 | 40 | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 19 | CLR | KUDG 200756Z AUTO 21005KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP161 T02440228 | ||
0350Z | 4:56 AM | BKN | 13000 - 46000 | 33 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 21 | CLR | KUDG 200856Z AUTO 22003KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP164 T02390228 53004 | ||
0450Z | 5:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 9 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 9 | CLR | KUDG 200956Z AUTO 23003KT 10SM CLR 23/22 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP168 T02330222 | ||
0550Z | 6:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 9 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 5 | CLR | KUDG 201056Z AUTO 27003KT 10SM CLR 23/22 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP176 T02330222 | ||
0650Z | 7:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 7 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 5 | CLR | KUDG 201156Z AUTO 35005KT 10SM CLR 24/22 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP183 T02440222 10261 20233 53018 | ||
0750Z | 8:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KUDG 201256Z AUTO 04012KT 10SM CLR 27/20 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP187 T02720200 |