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 | 12:40 AM | OVC | 17000 - 38000 | 60 | BKN | 13000 - 33000 | 47 | KM08 170540Z AUTO 15006KT 10SM 23/22 A2992 RMK A01 | |||
0150Z | 1:40 AM | BKN | 13000 - 41000 | 35 | BKN | 13000 - 34000 | 37 | KM08 170640Z AUTO 14005KT 10SM 23/22 A2991 RMK A01 | |||
0250Z | 2:40 AM | BKN | 13000 - 35000 | 46 | BKN | 13000 - 36000 | 46 | KM08 170740Z AUTO 16005KT 10SM 23/22 A2990 RMK A01 | |||
0350Z | 3:40 AM | OVC | 13000 - 36000 | 67 | BKN | 15000 - 35000 | 54 | KM08 170840Z AUTO 15005KT 10SM 23/22 A2990 RMK A01 | |||
0450Z | 4:40 AM | OVC | 19000 - 34000 | 80 | BKN | 17000 - 36000 | 62 | KM08 170940Z AUTO 15005KT 10SM 23/22 A2990 RMK A01 | |||
0550Z | 5:40 AM | BKN | 26000 - 36000 | 72 | OVC | 21000 - 36000 | 71 | KM08 171040Z AUTO 16005KT 4SM BR 23/22 A2990 RMK A01 | |||
0650Z | 6:40 AM | OVC | 25000 - 33000 | 81 | BKN | 13000 - 35000 | 64 | KM08 171140Z AUTO 16005KT 23/22 A2990 RMK A01 | |||
0750Z | 7:40 AM | OVC | 13000 - 34000 | 69 | OVC | 13000 - 36000 | 49 | KM08 171240Z AUTO VRB04KT 10SM 23/22 A2992 RMK A01 | |||
0850Z | 8:40 AM | BKN | 13000 - 48000 | 48 | BKN | 13000 - 41000 | 46 | KM08 171340Z AUTO 18004KT 10SM 24/23 A2993 RMK A01 | |||
0950Z | 9:40 AM | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 46 | BKN | 13000 - 37000 | 47 | KM08 171440Z AUTO 19006G12KT 10SM 24/23 A2994 RMK A01 | |||
1050Z | 10:40 AM | BKN | 13000 - 37000 | 41 | BKN | 13000 - 39000 | 48 | KM08 171540Z AUTO 20008KT 10SM 27/23 A2993 RMK A01 | |||
1150Z | 11:40 AM | OVC | 13000 - 38000 | 74 | BKN | 13000 - 39000 | 54 | KM08 171640Z AUTO 20012KT 10SM 28/23 A2993 RMK A01 |