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 | 12:49 AM | OVC | 21000 - 36000 | 65 | OVC | 22000 - 39000 | 67 | FEW@900 BKN@2900 BKN@3500 | KGKY 040549Z AUTO 13006KT 10SM FEW009 BKN029 BKN035 24/23 A3001 RMK AO2 | ||
0150Z | 1:53 AM | BKN | 13000 - 33000 | 55 | BKN | 13000 - 34000 | 59 | OVC@1400 | KGKY 040653Z AUTO 14006KT 10SM OVC014 25/23 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP148 T02500228 | ||
0250Z | 2:53 AM | BKN | 13000 - 50000 | 39 | BKN | 13000 - 40000 | 39 | OVC@1000 | KGKY 040753Z AUTO 14007KT 10SM OVC010 25/23 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP143 T02500228 | ||
0350Z | 3:53 AM | BKN | 13000 - 36000 | 55 | BKN | 13000 - 36000 | 40 | BKN@800 OVC@1400 | KGKY 040853Z AUTO 14006KT 10SM BKN008 OVC014 25/23 A2998 RMK AO2 CIG 007V011 SLP141 T02500233 56009 | ||
0450Z | 4:53 AM | OVC | 13000 - 37000 | 66 | BKN | 13000 - 34000 | 57 | BKN@800 OVC@1700 | KGKY 040953Z AUTO 13006KT 10SM BKN008 OVC017 25/23 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP143 T02500233 | ||
0550Z | 5:53 AM | OVC | 13000 - 31000 | 71 | BKN | 13000 - 28000 | 65 | OVC@800 | KGKY 041053Z AUTO 14009KT 10SM OVC008 25/23 A2999 RMK AO2 CIG 006V012 SLP145 T02500233 | ||
0650Z | 6:53 AM | OVC | 14000 - 23000 | 81 | OVC | 13000 - 26000 | 71 | BKN@800 OVC@1500 | KGKY 041153Z 13005KT 10SM BKN008 OVC015 25/23 A3001 RMK AO2 RAB35E44 CIG 007V011 SLP153 P0000 60000 70002 T02500233 10250 20244 53010 | ||
0750Z | 7:53 AM | OVC | 13000 - 23000 | 76 | OVC | 14000 - 36000 | 65 | BKN@1500 OVC@9500 | KGKY 041253Z 13006KT 10SM BKN015 OVC095 26/24 A3001 RMK AO2 RAB10E22 SLP153 P0000 T02560239 |