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 | 12:55 AM | SCT | 16000 - 43000 | 0 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 2 | OVC@5500 | KMMI 030455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC055 23/22 A3002 RMK A01 | |
0050Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 5 | BKN@5000 BKN@6000 BKN@6500 | KMMI 030555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN050 BKN060 BKN065 22/21 A3002 RMK A01 | |
0150Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 2 | SCT@5000 BKN@5500 | KMMI 030655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT050 BKN055 21/21 A3001 RMK A01 | |
0250Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 1 | KMMI 030755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM 21/21 A3000 RMK A01 | |||
0350Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 53000 | 11 | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 12 | SCT@5000 | KMMI 030855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT050 20/20 A3000 RMK A01 | ||
0450Z | 5:55 AM | BKN | 14000 - 52000 | 25 | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 20 | CLR | KMMI 030955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 20/20 A3000 RMK A01 | ||
0550Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 51000 | 21 | SCT | 14000 - 42000 | 21 | CLR | KMMI 031055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 19/19 A3002 RMK A01 | ||
0650Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 6 | CLR | KMMI 031155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/20 A3004 RMK A01 | |
0750Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 44000 - 51000 | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 41000 | 0 | CLR | KMMI 031255Z AUTO 05005KT 10SM CLR 24/20 A3005 RMK A01 | ||
0850Z | 9:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 15000 - 31000 | 0 | CLR | KMMI 031355Z AUTO VRB04KT 10SM CLR 26/20 A3006 RMK A01 | ||
0950Z | 10:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 29000 | 0 | CLR | KMMI 031455Z AUTO 05005KT 10SM CLR 28/19 A3005 RMK A01 | ||
1050Z | 11:55 AM | SCT | 25000 - 50000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 1 | CLR | KMMI 031555Z AUTO 04004G10KT 10SM CLR 29/20 A3006 RMK A01 | ||
1150Z | 12:55 PM | SCT | 30000 - 52000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 2 | FEW@4300 | KMMI 031655Z AUTO VRB05KT 10SM FEW043 30/20 A3005 RMK A01 |