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 | 12:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 51000 | 14 | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 18 | CLR | KGUC 250656Z AUTO 08003KT 10SM CLR 11/07 A3040 RMK AO2 SLP201 T01110067 $ | ||
0250Z | 1:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 51000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 11 | SCT@12000 | KGUC 250756Z AUTO 05004KT 10SM SCT120 11/06 A3039 RMK AO2 SLP198 T01110061 $ | ||
0350Z | 2:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 5 | CLR | KGUC 250856Z AUTO 02005KT 10SM CLR 10/06 A3039 RMK AO2 SLP204 T01000056 51000 $ | ||
0450Z | 3:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 25 | SCT | 13000 - 26000 | 18 | CLR | KGUC 250956Z AUTO 06003KT 10SM CLR 09/06 A3039 RMK AO2 SLP221 T00890056 $ | ||
0550Z | 4:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 19000 | 7 | SCT | 13000 - 25000 | 8 | FEW@11000 | KGUC 251056Z AUTO 02005KT 10SM FEW110 08/05 A3039 RMK AO2 SLP222 T00830050 $ | ||
0650Z | 5:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 15000 - 16000 | 1 | FEW@11000 | KGUC 251156Z AUTO 12003KT 10SM FEW110 07/04 A3040 RMK AO2 SLP228 T00720044 10117 20061 53003 $ | ||
0750Z | 6:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 23000 | 12 | SCT | 13000 - 17000 | 10 | CLR | KGUC 251256Z AUTO 07003KT 10SM CLR 07/04 A3042 RMK AO2 SLP236 T00670044 $ | ||
0850Z | 7:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 18000 | 5 | CLR | KGUC 251356Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 10/06 A3042 RMK AO2 SLP233 T01000056 $ | ||
0950Z | 8:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 20000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 1 | CLR | KGUC 251456Z AUTO 02005KT 10SM CLR 14/06 A3042 RMK AO2 SLP226 T01390061 50005 $ | ||
1050Z | 9:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 3 | CLR | KGUC 251556Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 17/06 A3040 RMK AO2 SLP216 T01670061 $ | ||
1150Z | 10:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 50000 | 7 | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 9 | CLR | KGUC 251656Z AUTO 05003KT 10SM CLR 21/06 A3038 RMK AO2 SLP201 T02110061 $ | ||
1250Z | 11:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 50000 | 24 | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 28 | CLR | KGUC 251756Z AUTO VRB03KT 10SM CLR 23/05 A3035 RMK AO2 SLP190 T02280050 10228 20067 58019 $ | ||
1350Z | 12:56 PM | BKN | 13000 - 50000 | 52 | BKN | 13000 - 49000 | 54 | CLR | KGUC 251856Z AUTO 25010G15KT 10SM CLR 26/03 A3032 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT S SLP172 T02560033 $ |