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 | ||
2350Z | 12:50 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KLAL 210450Z 00000KT 10SM SKC 28/24 A3009 | ||
0050Z | 1:50 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KLAL 210550Z 00000KT 10SM SKC 28/24 A3008 | ||
0150Z | 2:45 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KLAL 210645Z 00000KT 10SM SKC 28/24 A3008 | ||
0250Z | 3:45 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 17000 - 37000 | 0 | CLR | KLAL 210745Z 00000KT 10SM SKC 27/24 A3006 | ||
0350Z | 4:45 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KLAL 210845Z 00000KT 10SM SKC 27/24 A3005 | ||
0450Z | 5:50 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KLAL 210950Z 00000KT 10SM SKC 27/24 A3006 | ||
0550Z | 6:50 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KLAL 211050Z 00000KT 10SM SKC 27/24 A3007 | ||
0650Z | 7:50 AM | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 1 | CLR | KLAL 211150Z 00000KT 10SM SKC 28/25 A3008 | ||
0750Z | 8:50 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 7 | CLR | KLAL 211250Z 00000KT 10SM SKC 29/25 A3010 | |
0850Z | 9:50 AM | SCT | 30000 - 48000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 5 | FEW@3000 | KLAL 211350Z 35007KT 10SM FEW030 31/25 A3009 | ||
0950Z | 10:50 AM | SCT | 28000 - 48000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 4 | FEW@3000 | KLAL 211450Z 35007KT 10SM FEW030 32/24 A3009 | ||
1050Z | 11:50 AM | SCT | 13000 - 28000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 4 | FEW@3700 | KLAL 211550Z 36004KT 10SM FEW037 33/24 A3009 | ||
1150Z | 12:50 PM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 3 | BKN@3900 | KLAL 211650Z 29006KT 10SM BKN039 34/24 A3007 | |
1250Z | 1:50 PM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 1 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 1 | SCT@4400 | KLAL 211750Z 32007KT 10SM SCT044 33/24 A3005 |
1350Z | 2:50 PM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 6 | SCT@4700 | KLAL 211850Z 34008KT 10SM SCT047 34/24 A3003 | |
1450Z | 3:50 PM | BKN | 13000 - 52000 | 33 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 27 | SCT@5000 | KLAL 211950Z 35007KT 10SM SCT050 35/24 A3000 | |
1550Z | 4:50 PM | BKN | 20000 - 52000 | 61 | BKN | 16000 - 52000 | 52 | BKN@5000 | KLAL 212050Z 27011KT 10SM BKN050 33/24 A2998 |