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 | 12:51 AM | OVC | 28000 - 36000 | 82 | OVC | 28000 - 35000 | 83 | K6R6 230551Z AUTO 12011G18KT 29/02 A3004 RMK AO1 SLP130 T02890017 10317 20283 403440239 53018 | |||
0150Z | 1:51 AM | OVC | 23000 - 32000 | 77 | OVC | 23000 - 33000 | 77 | K6R6 230651Z AUTO 13016G24KT 28/14 A3004 RMK AO1 SLP130 T02830144 | |||
0250Z | 2:51 AM | OVC | 21000 - 35000 | 79 | OVC | 20000 - 34000 | 74 | K6R6 230751Z AUTO 11014G22KT 27/20 A3004 RMK AO1 PK WND 12026/0656 SLP130 T02670200 | |||
0350Z | 3:51 AM | BKN | 20000 - 37000 | 52 | BKN | 17000 - 35000 | 51 | K6R6 230851Z AUTO 12017G27KT 26/20 A3002 RMK AO1 PK WND 11028/0828 SLP125 T02610200 58004 | |||
0450Z | 4:51 AM | BKN | 13000 - 39000 | 29 | BKN | 13000 - 37000 | 28 | K6R6 230951Z AUTO 12016G27KT 26/21 A3002 RMK AO1 PK WND 12029/0853 SLP126 T02560206 | |||
0550Z | 5:51 AM | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 22 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 24 | K6R6 231051Z AUTO 12011G22KT 25/20 A3003 RMK AO1 PK WND 12027/1016 SLP129 T02500200 | |||
0650Z | 6:51 AM | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 11 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 18 | K6R6 231151Z AUTO 11011G23KT 24/20 A3004 RMK AO1 SLP134 T02440200 10289 20244 53005 | |||
0750Z | 7:51 AM | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 14 | SCT | 14000 - 36000 | 14 | K6R6 231251Z AUTO 11016G23KT 24/20 A3005 RMK AO1 SLP140 T02440200 | |||
0850Z | 8:51 AM | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 1 | K6R6 231351Z AUTO 11015KT 26/20 A3007 RMK AO1 SLP146 T02560200 | |||
0950Z | 9:51 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 13000 | 0 | K6R6 231451Z AUTO 11016G21KT 27/20 A3008 RMK AO1 SLP148 T02720200 51013 | ||
1050Z | 10:51 AM | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 12 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 10 | K6R6 231551Z AUTO 11015G24KT 28/19 A3008 RMK AO1 SLP148 T02830194 | |||
1150Z | 11:51 AM | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 10 | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 11 | K6R6 231651Z AUTO 12015G23KT 29/19 A3009 RMK AO1 SLP148 T02940194 | |||
1250Z | 12:51 PM | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 9 | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 9 | K6R6 231751Z AUTO 12011G17KT 31/19 A3008 RMK AO1 SLP144 T03060189 10317 20244 58002 |