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 | ||
0150Z | 12:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 2 | CLR | KSUN 140655Z AUTO 32007KT 10SM CLR 19/09 A3017 RMK AO2 | ||
0250Z | 1:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KSUN 140755Z AUTO 30004KT 10SM CLR 18/08 A3016 RMK AO2 | ||
0350Z | 2:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KSUN 140855Z AUTO 30005KT 10SM CLR 17/07 A3017 RMK AO2 | ||
0450Z | 3:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KSUN 140955Z AUTO 30007KT 10SM CLR 17/07 A3017 RMK AO2 | ||
0550Z | 4:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KSUN 141055Z AUTO 31005KT 10SM CLR 16/07 A3018 RMK AO2 | ||
0650Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KSUN 141155Z AUTO 32007KT 10SM CLR 15/07 A3019 RMK AO2 | ||
0750Z | 6:50 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KSUN 141250Z 33005KT 10SM CLR 16/07 A3020 | ||
0850Z | 7:50 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KSUN 141350Z 33008KT 10SM CLR 18/08 A3020 | ||
0950Z | 7:50 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KSUN 141350Z 33008KT 10SM CLR 18/08 A3020 | ||
1050Z | 9:50 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KSUN 141550Z COR 32006KT 10SM CLR 25/09 A3019 | ||
1150Z | 10:50 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KSUN 141650Z 12010KT 10SM CLR 27/11 A3017 |