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 | ||
0050Z | 12:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 5 | SCT@2700 | KDKB 220555Z AUTO 09004KT 7SM SCT027 19/17 A3008 RMK AO2 T01870170 10250 20187 402780160 | |
0150Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 18000 - 53000 | 3 | SCT | 14000 - 41000 | 15 | CLR | KDKB 220655Z AUTO 09004KT 7SM CLR 19/17 A3008 RMK AO2 T01850171 | |
0250Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 18000 - 52000 | 7 | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 21 | CLR | KDKB 220755Z AUTO 11005KT 7SM CLR 18/17 A3007 RMK AO2 T01820174 | ||
0350Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 19000 - 52000 | 8 | SCT | 14000 - 43000 | 20 | CLR | KDKB 220855Z AUTO 10006KT 7SM CLR 19/18 A3007 RMK AO2 T01870178 | ||
0450Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 16000 - 52000 | 13 | SCT | 14000 - 42000 | 23 | CLR | KDKB 220955Z AUTO 09006KT 5SM BR CLR 18/18 A3008 RMK AO2 T01830181 | ||
0550Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 20000 - 49000 | 12 | SCT | 14000 - 42000 | 17 | CLR | KDKB 221055Z AUTO 11004KT 4SM BR CLR 18/18 A3008 RMK AO2 T01810181 | ||
0650Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 50000 | 7 | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 13 | BKN@2500 | KDKB 221155Z AUTO 10005KT 5SM BR BKN025 19/19 A3009 RMK AO2 T01930186 10193 20180 | ||
0750Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 50000 | 10 | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 13 | OVC@2700 | KDKB 221255Z AUTO 13008KT 7SM OVC027 22/19 A3009 RMK AO2 T02170185 | ||
0850Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 8 | SCT@2900 | KDKB 221355Z AUTO 12008KT 020V140 10SM SCT029 23/19 A3010 RMK AO2 T02320189 | ||
0950Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 50000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 4 | CLR | KDKB 221455Z AUTO 14009KT 10SM CLR 25/19 A3009 RMK AO2 T02500194 | |
1050Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | 40000 - 49000 | 0 | SCT | 16000 - 45000 | 5 | CLR | KDKB 221555Z AUTO 14010KT 10SM CLR 26/20 A3010 RMK AO2 T02590200 | ||
1150Z | 11:55 AM | SCT | 41000 - 50000 | 4 | SCT | 30000 - 44000 | 7 | CLR | KDKB 221655Z AUTO 12008KT 10SM CLR 27/21 A3011 RMK AO2 T02710206 | ||
1250Z | 12:55 PM | SCT | 30000 - 52000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 8 | CLR | KDKB 221755Z AUTO 13008G16KT 10SM CLR 28/21 A3011 RMK AO2 T02780207 10278 20194 | ||
1350Z | 1:55 PM | SCT | 41000 - 52000 | 7 | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 9 | CLR | KDKB 221855Z AUTO 14013KT 10SM CLR 28/21 A3009 RMK AO2 T02820213 | ||
1450Z | 2:55 PM | SCT | 20000 - 50000 | 9 | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 6 | SCT@3000 | KDKB 221955Z AUTO 17010KT 10SM SCT030 29/22 A3009 RMK AO2 T02870219 | ||
1550Z | 3:55 PM | SCT | 21000 - 51000 | 9 | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 5 | SCT@3200 | KDKB 222055Z AUTO 15011G14KT 10SM SCT032 29/22 A3008 RMK AO2 T02890221 |