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 | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 5 | CLR | KT89 140555Z AUTO 07005KT 10SM CLR 26/15 A3006 RMK A01 | ||
0150Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 23000 - 50000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 12 | CLR | KT89 140655Z AUTO 07005KT 10SM CLR 25/15 A3005 RMK A01 | ||
0250Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 48000 | 21 | BKN | 13000 - 42000 | 38 | SCT@6500 | KT89 140755Z AUTO 06006KT 10SM SCT065 25/15 A3005 RMK A01 | ||
0350Z | 3:55 AM | BKN | 21000 - 45000 | 39 | BKN | 29000 - 41000 | 48 | BKN@6500 | KT89 140855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN065 25/15 A3004 RMK A01 | ||
0450Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 16000 - 44000 | 18 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 18 | CLR | KT89 140955Z AUTO 07003KT 10SM CLR 24/15 A3004 RMK A01 | ||
0550Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 8 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 9 | CLR | KT89 141055Z AUTO 06003KT 10SM CLR 24/15 A3004 RMK A01 | |
0650Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 48000 | 22 | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 25 | CLR | KT89 141155Z AUTO 07006KT 10SM CLR 23/15 A3004 RMK A01 | ||
0750Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 7 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 2 | CLR | KT89 141255Z AUTO 10004KT 10SM CLR 24/16 A3006 RMK A01 | |
0850Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 2 | SCT | 33000 - 44000 | 0 | CLR | KT89 141355Z AUTO 13004KT 10SM CLR 26/16 A3007 RMK A01 | |
0950Z | 9:25 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 1 | SCT | 34000 - 44000 | 1 | CLR | KT89 141425Z AUTO 10005KT 10SM CLR 27/16 A3008 RMK A01 |