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 | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mid Clouds | High Clouds | Levels [ft] | ECA [%] | Mid Clouds | High Clouds | Levels [ft] | ECA [%] | Levels ft | METAR | ||
0650Z | 12:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 1 | CLR | KGUC 280656Z AUTO 01005KT 10SM CLR 12/M01 A3045 RMK AO2 SLP214 T01221011 $ | ||
0750Z | 1:56 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 11 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 9 | CLR | KGUC 280756Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 10/M01 A3046 RMK AO2 SLP220 T01001006 $ |
0850Z | 2:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 12 | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 11 | CLR | KGUC 280856Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 09/00 A3047 RMK AO2 SLP224 T00940000 53006 $ | ||
0950Z | 3:56 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 14 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 11 | CLR | KGUC 280956Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 08/M01 A3047 RMK AO2 SLP226 T00781006 $ |
1050Z | 4:56 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 18 | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 11 | CLR | KGUC 281056Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 07/M01 A3050 RMK AO2 SLP241 T00671006 $ | |
1150Z | 5:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 17 | SCT | 14000 - 41000 | 7 | CLR | KGUC 281156Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 06/M02 A3052 RMK AO2 SLP253 T00561017 10139 20056 53014 $ | ||
1250Z | 6:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 16 | SCT | 14000 - 35000 | 10 | CLR | KGUC 281256Z AUTO 35003KT 10SM CLR 06/M01 A3054 RMK AO2 SLP260 T00561006 $ | ||
1350Z | 7:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 12 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 14 | CLR | KGUC 281356Z AUTO 04005KT 10SM CLR 09/M01 A3054 RMK AO2 SLP256 T00941011 $ | |
1450Z | 8:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 14 | SCT | 19000 - 37000 | 18 | CLR | KGUC 281456Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 13/00 A3054 RMK AO2 SLP258 T01330000 50006 $ |