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 | 12:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 1 | CLR | - | 0 | BKN@1300 OVC@2400 | KNGP 150556Z AUTO 15012G23KT 9SM BKN013 OVC024 29/27 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP156 T02890267 10300 20283 403220278 55000 $ | ||
0150Z | 1:56 AM | SCT | 14000 - 36000 | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | BKN@1200 BKN@2200 | KNGP 150656Z AUTO 15010KT 9SM BKN012 BKN022 28/27 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP153 T02830267 $ | ||
0250Z | 2:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | BKN@1100 | KNGP 150756Z AUTO 15012KT 8SM BKN011 28/27 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP146 T02830267 $ | ||
0350Z | 3:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | BKN@1200 BKN@2200 OVC@3200 | KNGP 150856Z AUTO 15014KT 8SM BKN012 BKN022 OVC032 28/27 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP144 T02830267 56012 $ | ||
0450Z | 4:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | BKN@1200 OVC@2100 | KNGP 150956Z AUTO 16013KT 8SM BKN012 OVC021 28/27 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP144 T02830267 $ | ||
0550Z | 5:54 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT@1100 BKN@1800 | KNGP 151054Z AUTO 16012KT 7SM SCT011 BKN018 28/27 A2996 RMK AO2 $ | ||
0650Z | 6:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | BKN@1300 BKN@1800 | KNGP 151156Z AUTO 16010KT 7SM BKN013 BKN018 28/26 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP147 T02830261 10283 20283 53004 $ | ||
0750Z | 7:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT@1300 | KNGP 151256Z AUTO 16011KT 9SM SCT013 29/26 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP148 T02890261 $ | ||
0850Z | 8:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | BKN@1600 BKN@2300 | KNGP 151356Z AUTO 17013G21KT 10SM BKN016 BKN023 29/26 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP155 T02940261 $ |