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 West Sounder | ASOS METAR Report | ||||
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Mid Clouds | High Clouds | Levels [ft] | ECA [%] | Levels ft | METAR | ||
0850Z | 12:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 13000 | 0 | OVC@500 | PATQ 260856Z AUTO 08012KT 10SM OVC005 07/07 A3030 RMK AO2 SLP263 T00720067 401330050 51002 TSNO | |
0950Z | 1:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 13000 | 0 | OVC@300 | PATQ 260956Z AUTO 07009KT 1/2SM FG OVC003 07/07 A3030 RMK AO2 SLP264 T00670067 TSNO | |
1050Z | 2:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 13000 | 0 | OVC@300 | PATQ 261056Z AUTO 08010KT 1/4SM FG OVC003 07/07 A3029 RMK AO2 SLP260 T00670067 TSNO | |
1150Z | 3:47 AM | SCT | 14000 - 14000 | 0 | OVC@300 | PATQ 261147Z AUTO 07008KT 1 1/2SM BR OVC003 07/07 A3029 RMK AO2 TSNO | |
1250Z | 4:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 18000 | 0 | OVC@300 | PATQ 261256Z AUTO 07012KT M1/4SM FG OVC003 07/07 A3028 RMK AO2 SLP258 T00670067 TSNO | |
1350Z | 5:56 AM | SCT | 16000 - 19000 | 0 | OVC@300 | PATQ 261356Z AUTO 08010KT M1/4SM FG OVC003 06/06 A3028 RMK AO2 SLP257 T00610061 TSNO | |
1450Z | 6:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@300 | PATQ 261456Z AUTO 09013KT 1/4SM FG OVC003 06/06 A3027 RMK AO2 RAB04E15 SLP255 P0000 60000 T00560056 56007 TSNO | |
1550Z | 7:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@300 | PATQ 261556Z AUTO 09011KT 10SM OVC003 06/06 A3027 RMK AO2 SLP254 T00610061 TSNO |