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 | ||
0650Z | 12:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 12 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 16 | SCT@11000 | KC07 290655Z AUTO 10009G15KT 10SM SCT110 15/00 A3069 RMK AO2 | |
0750Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 16 | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 9 | CLR | KC07 290755Z AUTO 10010G15KT 10SM CLR 13/00 A3068 RMK AO2 | |
0850Z | 2:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 40000 | 25 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 20 | CLR | KC07 290855Z AUTO 10009G17KT 10SM CLR 13/00 A3068 RMK AO2 | ||
0950Z | 3:55 AM | OVC | 15000 - 44000 | 43 | OVC | 25000 - 36000 | 48 | CLR | KC07 290955Z AUTO 10008KT 10SM CLR 13/00 A3068 RMK AO2 | ||
1050Z | 4:55 AM | OVC | 26000 - 34000 | 66 | OVC | 25000 - 33000 | 70 | SCT@12000 | KC07 291055Z AUTO 10004KT 10SM SCT120 14/00 A3068 RMK AO2 | ||
1150Z | 5:55 AM | OVC | 23000 - 35000 | 73 | OVC | 24000 - 32000 | 78 | OVC@11000 | KC07 291155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC110 15/M01 A3068 RMK AO2 | ||
1250Z | 6:55 AM | OVC | 25000 - 32000 | 72 | OVC | 23000 - 32000 | 77 | OVC@9000 | KC07 291255Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC090 13/00 A3069 RMK AO2 | ||
1350Z | 7:55 AM | OVC | 20000 - 31000 | 70 | OVC | 22000 - 30000 | 77 | SCT@7000 OVC@10000 | KC07 291355Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT070 OVC100 16/M02 A3070 RMK AO2 | ||
1450Z | 8:55 AM | OVC | 17000 - 32000 | 72 | BKN | 16000 - 31000 | 65 | SCT@7000 OVC@8000 | KC07 291455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT070 OVC080 17/00 A3070 RMK AO2 |