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 | ||
0650Z | 12:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 26000 | 5 | CLR | KRXE 210653Z AUTO VRB03KT 10SM CLR 19/07 A3017 RMK AO2 SLP167 T01940072 403110122 | ||
0750Z | 1:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 25000 | 2 | CLR | KRXE 210753Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 14/08 A3019 RMK AO2 SLP180 T01440078 | ||
0850Z | 2:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 25000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 28000 | 2 | CLR | KRXE 210853Z AUTO 05003KT 10SM CLR 13/08 A3020 RMK AO2 SLP182 T01330078 53008 | ||
0950Z | 3:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 23000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 26000 | 1 | CLR | KRXE 210953Z AUTO 06007KT 10SM CLR 13/07 A3021 RMK AO2 SLP186 T01330072 | ||
1050Z | 4:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 3 | CLR | KRXE 211053Z AUTO 06003KT 10SM CLR 12/08 A3022 RMK AO2 SLP190 T01220078 | ||
1150Z | 5:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 25000 | 9 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 6 | CLR | KRXE 211153Z AUTO 04004KT 10SM CLR 11/07 A3023 RMK AO2 SLP194 T01060072 10206 20106 53008 | ||
1250Z | 6:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 28000 | 20 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 13 | CLR | KRXE 211253Z AUTO 05004KT 10SM CLR 11/07 A3024 RMK AO2 SLP198 T01110072 | ||
1350Z | 7:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 7 | CLR | KRXE 211353Z AUTO 03003KT 10SM CLR 12/07 A3026 RMK AO2 SLP205 T01170072 | ||
1450Z | 8:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 1 | CLR | KRXE 211453Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 15/08 A3026 RMK AO2 SLP207 T01500078 51010 | ||
1550Z | 9:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 29000 | 2 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KRXE 211553Z AUTO VRB06KT 10SM CLR 20/07 A3027 RMK AO2 SLP201 T02000072 |