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 | ||
2350Z | 12:55 AM | SCT | 20000 - 49000 | 2 | SCT | 16000 - 41000 | 1 | CLR | KASW 210455Z AUTO 08004KT 10SM CLR 19/17 A3002 RMK AO2 T01970178 | ||
0050Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 15000 - 49000 | 1 | SCT | 15000 - 17000 | 0 | CLR | KASW 210555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 19/17 A3003 RMK AO2 T01920171 | ||
0150Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 40000 - 49000 | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 42000 | 12 | CLR | KASW 210655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 17/16 A3004 RMK AO2 T01780163 | ||
0250Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 48000 | 19 | BKN | 13000 - 44000 | 31 | CLR | KASW 210755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 17/16 A3004 RMK AO2 T01730165 | ||
0350Z | 4:55 AM | OVC | 37000 - 48000 | 51 | BKN | 13000 - 48000 | 56 | CLR | KASW 210855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 16/15 A3004 RMK AO2 T01650157 | ||
0450Z | 5:55 AM | OVC | 39000 - 47000 | 67 | BKN | 41000 - 48000 | 60 | CLR | KASW 210955Z AUTO 08003KT 10SM CLR 16/16 A3006 RMK AO2 T01670159 | ||
0550Z | 6:55 AM | OVC | 28000 - 47000 | 71 | BKN | 18000 - 47000 | 61 | CLR | KASW 211055Z AUTO 06003KT 10SM CLR 17/16 A3007 RMK AO2 T01710160 | ||
0650Z | 7:55 AM | OVC | 40000 - 47000 | 48 | BKN | 16000 - 47000 | 47 | CLR | KASW 211155Z AUTO 10003KT 10SM CLR 18/17 A3008 RMK AO2 T01880172 | ||
0750Z | 8:55 AM | OVC | 37000 - 47000 | 53 | OVC | 29000 - 44000 | 52 | CLR | KASW 211255Z AUTO 09005KT 10SM CLR 19/16 A3009 RMK AO2 T01950166 | ||
0850Z | 9:55 AM | OVC | 36000 - 46000 | 56 | BKN | 30000 - 43000 | 59 | CLR | KASW 211355Z AUTO 09003KT 10SM CLR 21/18 A3010 RMK AO2 T02160181 | ||
0950Z | 10:55 AM | BKN | 34000 - 46000 | 63 | BKN | 32000 - 43000 | 53 | CLR | KASW 211455Z AUTO 12006KT 10SM CLR 22/17 A3009 RMK AO2 T02300178 | ||
1050Z | 11:55 AM | BKN | 34000 - 47000 | 39 | BKN | 14000 - 43000 | 39 | SCT@2300 | KASW 211555Z AUTO 14006KT 10SM SCT023 24/17 A3009 RMK AO2 T02450176 | ||
1150Z | 12:55 PM | OVC | 38000 - 47000 | 33 | BKN | 13000 - 43000 | 36 | SCT@3100 | KASW 211655Z AUTO 09006KT 10SM SCT031 25/16 A3007 RMK AO2 T02540166 |