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 | 12:56 AM | SCT | 22000 - 48000 | 13 | SCT | 14000 - 48000 | 17 | CLR | KFLP 190556Z AUTO 31003KT 10SM CLR 26/24 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP161 T02560244 10333 20256 58002 | ||
0150Z | 1:56 AM | SCT | 21000 - 48000 | 22 | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 25 | CLR | KFLP 190656Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 25/24 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP159 T02500244 | ||
0250Z | 2:56 AM | BKN | 19000 - 48000 | 31 | BKN | 13000 - 48000 | 27 | CLR | KFLP 190756Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM CLR 24/24 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP160 T02440244 | ||
0350Z | 3:56 AM | BKN | 32000 - 48000 | 31 | BKN | 13000 - 48000 | 28 | CLR | KFLP 190856Z AUTO 00000KT 8SM CLR 24/24 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP161 T02440239 55000 | ||
0450Z | 4:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 17 | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 14 | CLR | KFLP 190956Z AUTO 04003KT 7SM CLR 24/24 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP165 T02440239 | ||
0550Z | 5:56 AM | SCT | 17000 - 48000 | 5 | SCT | 16000 - 44000 | 2 | CLR | KFLP 191056Z AUTO 00000KT 5SM BR CLR 23/23 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP168 T02330233 | ||
0650Z | 6:56 AM | SCT | 19000 - 41000 | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KFLP 191156Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP163 T02390233 10256 20233 50002 | ||
0750Z | 7:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KFLP 191256Z AUTO 35003KT 10SM CLR 26/23 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP165 T02560233 | ||
0850Z | 8:56 AM | SCT | 33000 - 46000 | 0 | SCT | SCT | 14000 - 45000 | 1 | CLR | KFLP 191356Z AUTO 35005KT 10SM CLR 28/23 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP172 T02780228 | |
0950Z | 9:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | SCT | 14000 - 39000 | 0 | CLR | KFLP 191456Z AUTO VRB06KT 10SM CLR 29/23 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP169 T02940228 50004 | |
1050Z | 10:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KFLP 191556Z AUTO 31006KT 10SM CLR 31/23 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP169 T03110233 | ||
1150Z | 11:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT@200 | KFLP 191656Z AUTO 30006KT 10SM SCT002 32/23 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP169 T03220228 |