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 | 12:51 AM | SCT | 13000 - 18000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 11 | CLR | KAHN 230451Z AUTO 10SM CLR 18/17 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP171 T01830172 403000172 | ||
0550Z | 1:51 AM | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 11 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 17 | CLR | KAHN 230551Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 18/17 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP173 T01830172 10206 20183 53004 | ||
0650Z | 2:51 AM | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 21 | BKN | 13000 - 36000 | 26 | CLR | KAHN 230651Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 18/17 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP171 T01780172 | ||
0750Z | 3:51 AM | BKN | 13000 - 47000 | 41 | BKN | 13000 - 37000 | 34 | CLR | KAHN 230751Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 18/17 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP164 T01830172 | ||
0850Z | 4:51 AM | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 20 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 11 | CLR | KAHN 230851Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 17/17 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP170 T01720167 55003 | ||
0950Z | 5:51 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 1 | CLR | KAHN 230951Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 17/16 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP170 T01720161 | ||
1050Z | 6:51 AM | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 17 | SCT | 13000 - 17000 | 8 | CLR | KAHN 231051Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 17/16 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP178 T01670161 | ||
1150Z | 7:51 AM | SCT | 13000 - 17000 | 1 | SCT | 15000 - 33000 | 0 | CLR | KAHN 231151Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 17/16 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP183 T01720161 10183 20167 53011 | ||
1250Z | 8:51 AM | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 11 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 13 | FEW@800 | KAHN 231251Z 00000KT 9SM FEW008 19/18 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP187 T01940178 | ||
1350Z | 9:51 AM | BKN | 13000 - 45000 | 38 | BKN | 13000 - 35000 | 38 | CLR | KAHN 231351Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 21/18 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP191 T02060183 | ||
1450Z | 10:51 AM | SCT | 13000 - 50000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 15 | FEW@900 | KAHN 231451Z VRB03KT 10SM FEW009 22/20 A3013 RMK AO2 SLP197 T02220200 53010 | ||
1550Z | 11:51 AM | SCT | 24000 - 51000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 20 | CLR | KAHN 231551Z VRB04KT 10SM CLR 24/21 A3012 RMK AO2 SLP193 T02390211 | ||
1650Z | 12:51 PM | BKN | 27000 - 51000 | 31 | BKN | 13000 - 35000 | 48 | CLR | KAHN 231651Z VRB03KT 10SM CLR 24/20 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP185 T02440200 |