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 | ||
0150Z | 12:53 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 20 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 15 | CLR | KCAG 250653Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 14/07 A3023 RMK AO2 SLP158 T01390067 403110100 | |
0250Z | 1:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 9 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 11 | CLR | KCAG 250753Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 12/06 A3022 RMK AO2 SLP158 T01220061 | ||
0350Z | 2:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 8 | CLR | KCAG 250853Z AUTO 16004KT 10SM CLR 12/06 A3022 RMK AO2 SLP156 T01170061 55002 | ||
0450Z | 3:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 23000 | 9 | CLR | KCAG 250953Z AUTO 09005KT 10SM CLR 12/06 A3022 RMK AO2 SLP157 T01170061 | ||
0550Z | 4:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 21000 | 1 | CLR | KCAG 251053Z AUTO 22003KT 10SM CLR 08/04 A3022 RMK AO2 SLP164 T00830044 |