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 | ||
0450Z | 12:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KISM 290456Z AUTO 15005KT 10SM CLR 27/24 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP176 T02720239 $ | ||
0550Z | 1:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KISM 290556Z AUTO 17008KT 10SM CLR 28/24 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP173 T02780244 10306 20272 58007 $ | ||
0650Z | 2:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KISM 290656Z AUTO 17005KT 10SM CLR 27/24 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP170 T02720244 $ | ||
0750Z | 3:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KISM 290756Z AUTO 20004KT 10SM CLR 27/24 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP171 T02720239 $ | ||
0850Z | 4:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KISM 290856Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 26/24 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP170 T02610244 56003 $ | ||
0950Z | 5:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KISM 290956Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 26/24 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP171 T02610244 $ | ||
1050Z | 6:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KISM 291056Z 21003KT 10SM CLR 26/24 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP173 T02610244 $ | ||
1150Z | 7:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | FEW@5500 | KISM 291156Z 20003KT 10SM FEW055 27/24 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP177 T02670244 10278 20261 53007 $ | ||
1250Z | 8:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KISM 291256Z 23004KT 10SM CLR 29/24 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP179 T02890244 $ | ||
1350Z | 9:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KISM 291356Z 23003KT 10SM CLR 31/26 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP181 T03060256 $ | ||
1450Z | 10:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KISM 291456Z VRB03KT 10SM CLR 33/24 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP183 T03280244 51006 $ | ||
1550Z | 11:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KISM 291556Z 24004KT 10SM CLR 34/26 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP181 T03390256 $ |