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 | 12:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 1 | SCT@6000 | K6A1 200455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT060 23/23 A3002 RMK AO2 T02320225 | |
0550Z | 1:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | K6A1 200555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 23/22 A3000 RMK AO2 T02310224 10272 20228 403410198 | ||
0650Z | 2:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | K6A1 200655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 23/22 A2998 RMK AO2 T02260224 | ||
0750Z | 3:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | K6A1 200755Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 23/22 A2997 RMK AO2 T02250223 | ||
0850Z | 4:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | K6A1 200855Z AUTO 02003KT 5SM BR CLR 23/22 A2997 RMK AO2 T02250224 | ||
0950Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | K6A1 200955Z AUTO 00000KT 4SM BR CLR 23/22 A2996 RMK AO2 T02250223 | ||
1050Z | 6:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@300 | K6A1 201055Z AUTO 00000KT 2SM BR OVC003 22/22 A2997 RMK AO2 T02230223 | ||
1150Z | 7:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 30000 | 1 | OVC@100 | K6A1 201155Z AUTO 00000KT 1/4SM FG OVC001 23/23 A2997 RMK AO2 T02260226 10232 20221 | ||
1250Z | 8:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@100 | K6A1 201255Z AUTO 02005KT 1SM BR OVC001 23/23 A2998 RMK AO2 T02320232 | ||
1350Z | 9:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@300 | K6A1 201355Z AUTO 01006KT 4SM BR OVC003 25/24 A2999 RMK AO2 T02450238 | ||
1450Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 18000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 1 | OVC@300 | K6A1 201455Z AUTO 02004KT 7SM OVC003 26/24 A2998 RMK AO2 T02560240 |