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 | 13000 - 42000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 15 | CLR | KPSO 190655Z AUTO VRB03KT 10SM CLR 14/02 A3043 RMK AO2 | ||
0750Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 10 | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 8 | CLR | KPSO 190755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 13/02 A3043 RMK AO2 | ||
0850Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 26000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 5 | CLR | KPSO 190855Z AUTO 30002KT 10SM CLR 12/02 A3045 RMK AO2 | ||
0950Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 3 | CLR | KPSO 190955Z AUTO 33001KT 10SM CLR 12/02 A3047 RMK AO2 | ||
1050Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 7 | CLR | KPSO 191055Z AUTO VRB01KT 10SM CLR 11/03 A3048 RMK AO2 | ||
1150Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 6 | CLR | KPSO 191155Z AUTO 30002KT 10SM CLR 10/04 A3049 RMK AO2 10164 20100 70000 | ||
1250Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 35000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 27000 | 5 | CLR | KPSO 191255Z AUTO 00000KT 6SM HZ CLR 10/04 A3051 RMK AO2 | ||
1350Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 17000 | 1 | CLR | KPSO 191355Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 16/06 A3051 RMK AO2 | |
1450Z | 8:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KPSO 191455Z AUTO 20002KT 10SM CLR 20/06 A3051 RMK AO2 | ||
1550Z | 9:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KPSO 191555Z AUTO 19005KT 10SM CLR 23/06 A3051 RMK AO2 | ||
1650Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 20000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 20000 | 3 | CLR | KPSO 191655Z AUTO 20006KT 10SM CLR 24/06 A3051 RMK AO2 |