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 | 12:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 19 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 18 | CLR | KSKA 190755Z 21005KT 10SM CLR 12/02 A2994 RMK AO2A SLP125 T01150017 402690111 $ | ||
0350Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 12 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 6 | CLR | KSKA 190855Z 26006KT 10SM CLR 11/02 A2994 RMK AO2A SLP127 T01130018 53001 $ | ||
0450Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 15 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 5 | CLR | KSKA 190955Z 17007KT 10SM CLR 09/02 A2994 RMK AO2A SLP127 T00910020 $ | ||
0550Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 1 | CLR | KSKA 191055Z 22009KT 10SM CLR 09/02 A2995 RMK AO2A SLP130 T00940018 $ | ||
0650Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 0 | CLR | KSKA 191155Z 21007KT 10SM CLR 08/02 A2995 RMK AO2A SLP132 T00810017 10138 20080 52006 $ | ||
0750Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 2 | CLR | KSKA 191255Z 21007KT 10SM CLR 09/02 A2997 RMK AO2A SLP139 T00850023 $ | |
0850Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 3 | CLR | KSKA 191355Z 20005KT 10SM CLR 11/03 A2998 RMK AO2A SLP140 T01050026 $ | ||
0950Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 2 | SCT | 21000 - 33000 | 4 | CLR | KSKA 191455Z 21007KT 10SM CLR 13/03 A2997 RMK AO2A SLP137 T01340026 50006 $ | ||
1050Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 3 | SCT | 22000 - 38000 | 6 | CLR | KSKA 191555Z 21005KT 10SM CLR 15/02 A2998 RMK AO2A SLP142 T01540022 $ | ||
1150Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 13 | SCT | 22000 - 36000 | 10 | CLR | KSKA 191655Z 24008KT 10SM CLR 17/02 A2996 RMK AO2A SLP137 T01720016 $ | ||
1250Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | 16000 - 36000 | 19 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 19 | CLR | KSKA 191755Z 24008KT 10SM CLR 19/02 A2994 RMK AO2A SLP130 T01890023 10189 20075 58009 $ | ||
1350Z | 11:55 AM | BKN | 15000 - 36000 | 27 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 25 | FEW@18000 | KSKA 191855Z 26006KT 10SM FEW180 20/02 A2993 RMK AO2A SLP125 T01950024 RVRNO $ | ||
1450Z | 12:55 PM | OVC | 20000 - 36000 | 37 | BKN | 19000 - 36000 | 41 | FEW@19000 | KSKA 191955Z 19007KT 10SM FEW190 21/02 A2990 RMK AO2A SLP116 T02060019 $ |