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 | 12:45 AM | SCT | 14000 - 47000 | 11 | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 16 | SCT@1900 | KGUL 300545Z AUTO 13008KT 7SM SCT019 29/25 A3002 RMK A01 | ||
0150Z | 1:45 AM | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 11 | CLR | KGUL 300645Z AUTO 14007KT 7SM CLR 29/25 A3002 RMK A01 | ||
0250Z | 2:45 AM | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 5 | FEW@2100 | KGUL 300745Z AUTO 13006KT 7SM FEW021 29/25 A3001 RMK A01 | ||
0350Z | 3:45 AM | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 5 | SCT@2100 | KGUL 300845Z AUTO 14006KT 6SM HZ SCT021 29/25 A3001 RMK A01 | ||
0450Z | 5:05 AM | SCT | 15000 - 47000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 8 | FEW@2100 | KGUL 301005Z AUTO 13007KT 6SM HZ FEW021 29/25 A3000 RMK A01 | ||
0550Z | 5:45 AM | SCT | 16000 - 44000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 8 | FEW@2100 | KGUL 301045Z AUTO 13006KT 7SM FEW021 29/25 A3000 RMK A01 | ||
0650Z | 6:45 AM | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 11 | CLR | KGUL 301145Z AUTO 14006KT 6SM HZ CLR 29/24 A3001 RMK A01 | ||
0750Z | 7:45 AM | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 12 | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 18 | CLR | KGUL 301245Z AUTO 12005KT 5SM HZ CLR 29/25 A3003 RMK A01 | ||
0850Z | 8:45 AM | BKN | 13000 - 47000 | 26 | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 23 | FEW@2300 FEW@2900 FEW@3400 | KGUL 301345Z AUTO 11006KT 5SM HZ FEW023 FEW029 FEW034 29/25 A3004 RMK A01 |