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 | 12:55 AM | OVC | 19000 - 32000 | 74 | OVC | 18000 - 35000 | 69 | CLR | KT74 030555Z AUTO 21004KT 10SM CLR 26/24 A3001 RMK AO2 T02570237 10266 20247 60001 | ||
0150Z | 1:55 AM | OVC | 20000 - 35000 | 71 | BKN | 18000 - 35000 | 69 | CLR | KT74 030655Z AUTO 17004KT 10SM CLR 25/24 A3000 RMK AO2 T02530237 | ||
0250Z | 2:55 AM | OVC | 20000 - 35000 | 78 | BKN | 18000 - 36000 | 72 | SCT@1700 SCT@12000 | KT74 030755Z AUTO 10SM SCT017 SCT120 25/24 A3000 RMK AO2 T02500239 | ||
0350Z | 3:55 AM | BKN | 20000 - 33000 | 77 | BKN | 20000 - 32000 | 70 | BKN@11000 | KT74 030855Z AUTO 10SM BKN110 25/24 A2999 RMK AO2 T02480239 | ||
0450Z | 4:55 AM | BKN | 19000 - 30000 | 77 | BKN | 18000 - 31000 | 70 | BKN@4600 OVC@12000 | KT74 030955Z AUTO 14004KT 10SM BKN046 OVC120 25/24 A3000 RMK AO2 P0001 T02490238 | ||
0550Z | 5:55 AM | OVC | 13000 - 34000 | 73 | OVC | 15000 - 27000 | 74 | BKN@11000 | KT74 031055Z AUTO 11004KT 10SM BKN110 25/24 A3001 RMK AO2 T02490239 | ||
0650Z | 6:55 AM | OVC | 16000 - 30000 | 77 | OVC | 15000 - 31000 | 70 | BKN@1700 BKN@2300 OVC@12000 | KT74 031155Z AUTO 11005KT 10SM BKN017 BKN023 OVC120 25/24 A3003 RMK AO2 T02480238 10257 20247 60001 70002 | ||
0750Z | 7:55 AM | OVC | 13000 - 34000 | 66 | BKN | 13000 - 32000 | 64 | SCT@1300 BKN@2100 OVC@4100 | KT74 031255Z AUTO 12004KT 10SM SCT013 BKN021 OVC041 25/24 A3003 RMK AO2 T02510240 | ||
0850Z | 8:55 AM | OVC | 13000 - 31000 | 79 | BKN | 14000 - 27000 | 68 | SCT@700 SCT@12000 | KT74 031355Z AUTO 11006KT 10SM SCT007 SCT120 26/25 A3003 RMK AO2 T02630247 |