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 | 6:53 AM | BKN | 34000 - 41000 | 84 | BKN | 37000 - 44000 | 71 | CLR | KENW 121153Z 26011KT 10SM CLR 21/20 A2984 | ||
0150Z | 6:53 AM | BKN | 32000 - 43000 | 82 | OVC | 31000 - 44000 | 72 | CLR | KENW 121153Z 26011KT 10SM CLR 21/20 A2984 | ||
0250Z | 6:53 AM | OVC | 25000 - 33000 | 75 | BKN | 17000 - 36000 | 60 | CLR | KENW 121153Z 26011KT 10SM CLR 21/20 A2984 | ||
0350Z | 6:53 AM | BKN | 13000 - 35000 | 45 | BKN | 13000 - 29000 | 41 | CLR | KENW 121153Z 26011KT 10SM CLR 21/20 A2984 | ||
0450Z | 6:53 AM | BKN | 13000 - 42000 | 39 | SCT | 13000 - 27000 | 24 | CLR | KENW 121153Z 26011KT 10SM CLR 21/20 A2984 | ||
0550Z | 6:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 25 | SCT | 13000 - 27000 | 17 | CLR | KENW 121153Z 26011KT 10SM CLR 21/20 A2984 | ||
0650Z | 6:53 AM | BKN | 13000 - 44000 | 32 | SCT | 13000 - 27000 | 22 | CLR | KENW 121153Z 26011KT 10SM CLR 21/20 A2984 | ||
0750Z | 7:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 32 | SCT | 13000 - 27000 | 23 | FEW@1000 SCT@2000 | KENW 121253Z 24007KT 10SM FEW010 SCT020 21/21 A2986 | ||
0850Z | 8:53 AM | BKN | 13000 - 45000 | 37 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 25 | SCT@1000 | KENW 121353Z 24007G16KT 10SM SCT010 22/21 A2987 | ||
0950Z | 9:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 15 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 10 | FEW@1000 | KENW 121453Z 26010KT 10SM FEW010 24/21 A2987 |