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 | 12:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KMSN 230553Z AUTO 20009G17KT 10SM CLR 28/21 A2994 RMK AO2 SLP130 T02780211 10322 20278 403390256 51007 | ||
0150Z | 1:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KMSN 230653Z AUTO 21008G15KT 10SM CLR 27/21 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP132 T02720206 | ||
0250Z | 2:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KMSN 230753Z AUTO 21006KT 10SM CLR 27/20 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP135 T02670200 | ||
0350Z | 3:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KMSN 230853Z AUTO 20006KT 10SM CLR 26/20 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP140 T02610200 53009 | ||
0450Z | 4:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KMSN 230953Z AUTO 18006KT 10SM CLR 25/21 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP147 T02500206 | ||
0550Z | 5:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KMSN 231053Z 19008KT 10SM CLR 25/20 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP150 T02500200 | ||
0650Z | 6:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KMSN 231153Z 19011G20KT 10SM CLR 26/20 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP155 T02560200 10278 20244 51014 | ||
0750Z | 7:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KMSN 231253Z 21009G18KT 160V270 10SM CLR 26/21 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP159 T02610206 | ||
0850Z | 8:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KMSN 231353Z 23007G20KT 10SM CLR 28/21 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP163 T02780206 | ||
0950Z | 9:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | FEW@3200 | KMSN 231453Z 23008G17KT 10SM FEW032 29/21 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP160 T02890211 50005 |