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 | ||
0450Z | 12:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 15000 - 15000 | 0 | CLR | KEFK 150455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 11/09 A3023 RMK AO2 T01090091 402310098 | ||
0550Z | 1:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | BKN@5000 | KEFK 150555Z AUTO 00000KT 3/4SM BR BKN050 09/08 A3024 RMK AO2 VIS 1/4V5 T00890078 10157 20089 | ||
0650Z | 2:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | VV @200 | KEFK 150655Z AUTO 00000KT 1/4SM FG VV002 09/08 A3025 RMK AO2 T00900081 | ||
0750Z | 3:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | VV @500 | KEFK 150755Z AUTO 23005KT 3/4SM BR VV005 09/08 A3026 RMK AO2 T00850075 | ||
0850Z | 4:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@200 | KEFK 150855Z AUTO 00000KT 1/2SM FG OVC002 07/06 A3027 RMK AO2 T00690060 | ||
0950Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@200 | KEFK 150955Z AUTO 00000KT 1/4SM FG OVC002 07/06 A3029 RMK AO2 T00680060 | ||
1050Z | 6:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | VV @200 | KEFK 151055Z AUTO 22003KT 1/4SM FG VV002 06/05 A3031 RMK AO2 T00610052 | ||
1150Z | 7:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 16000 | 0 | CLR | KEFK 151155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 09/08 A3032 RMK AO2 T00890081 10098 20060 | ||
1250Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 24000 - 32000 | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KEFK 151255Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 12/10 A3034 RMK AO2 T01220102 |