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 | ||
0550Z | 12:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KBEC 280555Z AUTO 17009KT 10SM CLR 27/23 A3008 RMK AO2 T02650231 10329 20265 403450240 | ||
0650Z | 1:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KBEC 280655Z AUTO 18008KT 10SM CLR 26/22 A3008 RMK AO2 T02620220 | ||
0750Z | 2:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KBEC 280755Z AUTO 18006KT 10SM CLR 26/22 A3008 RMK AO2 T02550216 | ||
0850Z | 3:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KBEC 280855Z AUTO 17004KT 10SM CLR 24/22 A3007 RMK AO2 T02410224 | ||
0950Z | 4:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KBEC 280955Z AUTO 19008KT 10SM CLR 25/22 A3008 RMK AO2 T02460215 | ||
1050Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KBEC 281055Z AUTO 20009KT 10SM CLR 25/21 A3010 RMK AO2 T02490207 | ||
1150Z | 6:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KBEC 281155Z AUTO 19006KT 10SM CLR 24/21 A3012 RMK AO2 T02430208 10265 20241 | ||
1250Z | 7:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KBEC 281255Z AUTO 20009KT 10SM CLR 26/21 A3014 RMK AO2 T02600205 | ||
1350Z | 8:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KBEC 281355Z AUTO 20012KT 10SM CLR 27/21 A3014 RMK AO2 T02730205 |