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 | 12:55 AM | SCT | 15000 - 47000 | 19 | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 16 | CLR | K18A 190455Z AUTO 25004KT 10SM CLR 23/22 A3018 RMK AO2 T02280222 | ||
0050Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 7 | SCT | 14000 - 39000 | 7 | CLR | K18A 190555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 23/22 A3016 RMK AO2 T02260220 10281 20225 | ||
0150Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 15000 - 43000 | 3 | SCT | 15000 - 37000 | 5 | CLR | K18A 190655Z AUTO 29003KT 10SM CLR 23/22 A3015 RMK AO2 T02270222 | ||
0250Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 18000 - 48000 | 1 | SCT | 15000 - 37000 | 3 | CLR | K18A 190755Z AUTO 25003KT 10SM CLR 22/22 A3014 RMK AO2 T02230220 | ||
0350Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 16000 - 36000 | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 37000 | 1 | CLR | K18A 190855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/22 A3013 RMK AO2 T02220218 | ||
0450Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 23000 - 48000 | 0 | SCT | 17000 - 35000 | 0 | CLR | K18A 190955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/22 A3015 RMK AO2 T02210218 | ||
0550Z | 6:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 19000 - 20000 | 0 | CLR | K18A 191055Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 22/22 A3017 RMK AO2 T02190217 | ||
0650Z | 7:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 19000 | 1 | CLR | K18A 191155Z AUTO 23005KT 10SM CLR 23/23 A3017 RMK AO2 T02340227 10234 20217 | ||
0750Z | 8:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT@700 | K18A 191255Z AUTO 23007KT 10SM SCT007 25/23 A3019 RMK AO2 T02520233 | ||
0850Z | 9:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 2 | CLR | K18A 191355Z AUTO 24007KT 10SM CLR 28/24 A3019 RMK AO2 T02760241 | ||
0950Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 14 | SCT@1700 SCT@7500 | K18A 191455Z AUTO 24008KT 210V280 10SM SCT017 SCT075 29/24 A3019 RMK AO2 T02920241 | ||
1050Z | 11:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 18000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 19000 | 12 | SCT@2500 SCT@4700 BKN@7500 | K18A 191555Z AUTO 24008KT 10SM SCT025 SCT047 BKN075 31/24 A3018 RMK AO2 T03070240 | ||
1150Z | 12:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 24000 | 2 | SCT@2900 BKN@3600 OVC@9000 | K18A 191655Z AUTO 27005G15KT 4SM -RA SCT029 BKN036 OVC090 27/24 A3016 RMK AO2 P0001 T02740243 |