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 | ||
0250Z | 12:53 AM | SCT | 15000 - 26000 | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | FEW@4000 BKN@6000 BKN@8000 | KNUW 030753Z 25007KT 10SM FEW040 BKN060 BKN080 12/09 A3000 RMK AO2 PK WND 26027/0717 SLP163 T01170089 401830106 $ | ||
0350Z | 1:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 17000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 1 | FEW@3500 BKN@5500 BKN@7000 | KNUW 030853Z 24010G17KT 10SM FEW035 BKN055 BKN070 12/09 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP163 T01170089 53006 $ | ||
0450Z | 2:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | FEW@3000 BKN@5000 BKN@6000 | KNUW 030953Z 22013KT 10SM FEW030 BKN050 BKN060 12/09 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP166 T01170089 $ | ||
0550Z | 3:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | FEW@3000 BKN@5000 BKN@7000 | KNUW 031053Z 22015G26KT 10SM FEW030 BKN050 BKN070 12/08 A3001 RMK AO2 PK WND 23027/1039 SLP166 T01170083 $ | ||
0650Z | 4:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 7 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 6 | SCT@4000 BKN@5500 BKN@23000 | KNUW 031153Z 22012KT 10SM SCT040 BKN055 BKN230 11/08 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP167 T01110083 10122 20111 51003 $ | ||
0750Z | 5:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 13 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 15 | SCT@4000 BKN@5500 BKN@23000 | KNUW 031253Z 22009KT 10SM SCT040 BKN055 BKN230 11/08 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP168 T01110083 $ | ||
0850Z | 6:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 9 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 11 | SCT@4000 BKN@5500 BKN@23000 | KNUW 031353Z 22011G16KT 10SM SCT040 BKN055 BKN230 12/09 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP172 T01220089 $ | ||
0950Z | 7:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 7 | SCT@4000 BKN@5500 BKN@23000 | KNUW 031453Z 22012G19KT 10SM SCT040 BKN055 BKN230 12/09 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP178 T01220089 53012 $ | ||
1050Z | 8:53 AM | SCT | 14000 - 33000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 11 | OVC@4000 | KNUW 031553Z 22008KT 10SM OVC040 13/09 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP182 T01280089 $ |