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 | ||
2350Z | 12:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KPKB 200453Z AUTO 00000KT CLR 15/14 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP168 T01500139 402560150 $ | ||
0050Z | 1:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KPKB 200553Z AUTO 14003KT CLR 14/13 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP169 T01440133 10217 20144 56006 $ | ||
0150Z | 2:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KPKB 200653Z AUTO 00000KT CLR 15/13 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP168 T01500133 $ | ||
0250Z | 3:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 2 | CLR | KPKB 200753Z AUTO 16003KT CLR 14/13 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP164 T01440128 $ | ||
0350Z | 4:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 13000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 2 | SCT@4500 BKN@5500 BKN@7000 | KPKB 200853Z AUTO 00000KT SCT045 BKN055 BKN070 16/14 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP167 T01560139 53001 $ | ||
0450Z | 5:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 1 | SCT@4600 BKN@6000 | KPKB 200953Z AUTO 14003KT SCT046 BKN060 16/14 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP170 T01560139 $ | ||
0550Z | 6:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 13000 | 1 | CLR | KPKB 201053Z 13003KT 10SM CLR 16/14 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP176 T01560144 $ | ||
0650Z | 7:53 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 13000 | 0 | FEW@4400 | KPKB 201153Z 18005KT 10SM FEW044 17/15 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP179 7//// T01720150 10172 20144 52011 $ | |
0750Z | 8:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KPKB 201253Z 21005KT 10SM CLR 20/16 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP187 T02000156 $ | ||
0850Z | 9:53 AM | SCT | 26000 - 38000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 20000 | 1 | CLR | KPKB 201353Z 21009KT 10SM CLR 22/17 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP189 T02220167 $ | ||
0950Z | 10:53 AM | SCT | 28000 - 39000 | 0 | SCT | 18000 - 31000 | 0 | CLR | KPKB 201453Z VRB04KT 10SM CLR 24/18 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP188 T02440178 50008 $ | ||
1050Z | 11:53 AM | SCT | 32000 - 37000 | 1 | SCT | 14000 - 28000 | 1 | CLR | KPKB 201553Z 28004KT 10SM CLR 25/18 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP191 T02500178 |