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 | 6:50 AM | - | SCT | 13000 - 28000 | 1 | CLR | KOMN 041050Z 00000KT 7SM CLR 23/23 A2990 RMK FIRST | ||||
0550Z | 6:50 AM | SCT | 13000 - 24000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 1 | CLR | KOMN 041050Z 00000KT 7SM CLR 23/23 A2990 RMK FIRST | ||
0650Z | 6:50 AM | SCT | 13000 - 51000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 4 | CLR | KOMN 041050Z 00000KT 7SM CLR 23/23 A2990 RMK FIRST | ||
0750Z | 6:50 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 26000 | 0 | CLR | KOMN 041050Z 00000KT 7SM CLR 23/23 A2990 RMK FIRST | ||
0850Z | 6:50 AM | SCT | 13000 - 28000 | 1 | SCT | 16000 - 21000 | 0 | CLR | KOMN 041050Z 00000KT 7SM CLR 23/23 A2990 RMK FIRST | ||
0950Z | 6:50 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 1 | CLR | KOMN 041050Z 00000KT 7SM CLR 23/23 A2990 RMK FIRST | ||
1050Z | 6:50 AM | SCT | 13000 - 29000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 17000 | 1 | CLR | KOMN 041050Z 00000KT 7SM CLR 23/23 A2990 RMK FIRST | ||
1150Z | 7:50 AM | SCT | 13000 - 29000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 17000 | 1 | CLR | KOMN 041150Z 00000KT 7SM CLR 23/23 A2992 | ||
1250Z | 8:50 AM | SCT | 26000 - 30000 | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KOMN 041250Z 00000KT 7SM CLR 26/26 A2992 | ||
1350Z | 9:50 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT@2000 | KOMN 041350Z 08003KT 7SM SCT020 28/27 A2993 | ||
1450Z | 10:50 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT@2000 | KOMN 041450Z 06008KT 7SM SCT020 29/26 A2994 | ||
1550Z | 11:50 AM | SCT | 19000 - 50000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 4 | SCT@2400 BKN@5000 | KOMN 041550Z 06008KT 7SM SCT024 BKN050 29/26 A2994 | ||
1650Z | 12:50 PM | SCT | 13000 - 51000 | 16 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 15 | SCT@3700 | KOMN 041650Z 06008KT 7SM SCT037 30/25 A2993 | ||
1750Z | 1:50 PM | SCT | 16000 - 49000 | 24 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 19 | SCT@3200 | KOMN 041750Z 08010KT 7SM SCT032 30/25 A2991 | ||
1830Z | 2:50 PM | - | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 25 | SCT@3000 | KOMN 041850Z 07010G14KT 8SM SCT030 30/25 A2989 | ||||
1950Z | 2:50 PM | SCT | 19000 - 52000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 9 | SCT@3000 | KOMN 041850Z 07010G14KT 8SM SCT030 30/25 A2989 |