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 | ||
0150Z | 12:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KU14 280655Z AUTO 17006KT 10SM CLR 16/M02 A3006 RMK AO2 | ||
0250Z | 1:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KU14 280755Z AUTO 16005KT 10SM CLR 13/01 A3007 RMK AO2 | ||
0350Z | 2:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KU14 280855Z AUTO 16005KT 6SM HZ CLR 16/M03 A3007 RMK AO2 | ||
0450Z | 3:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KU14 280955Z AUTO 14008KT 10SM CLR 15/M03 A3009 RMK AO2 | ||
0550Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 13000 | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KU14 281055Z AUTO 19007KT 10SM CLR 12/M00 A3010 RMK AO2 | ||
0650Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KU14 281155Z AUTO 15006KT 10SM CLR 15/M02 A3012 RMK AO2 10182 20100 70000 | ||
0750Z | 6:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KU14 281255Z AUTO 16009KT 10SM CLR 13/00 A3013 RMK AO2 | ||
0850Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 18000 | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KU14 281355Z AUTO 18009KT 10SM CLR 18/04 A3014 RMK AO2 | ||
0950Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 1 | CLR | KU14 281455Z AUTO 17005KT 10SM CLR 25/00 A3015 RMK AO2 | ||
1050Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 26000 - 39000 | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 37000 | 1 | CLR | KU14 281555Z AUTO 16008KT 10SM CLR 28/01 A3016 RMK AO2 |