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 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 15 | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 14 | FEW@7000 | KIAB 260555Z AUTO 07004KT 10SM FEW070 24/23 A2994 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SE SLP125 60000 T02400228 10311 20239 403190212 50001 | ||
0650Z | 1:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 41000 | 36 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 29 | BKN@6000 BKN@12000 | KIAB 260655Z AUTO 12006KT 10SM VCTS BKN060 BKN120 24/23 A2994 RMK AO2 RAB10E29 SLP125 P0000 T02380227 | ||
0750Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 20 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 14 | FEW@6000 SCT@9000 BKN@11000 | KIAB 260755Z AUTO 12005KT 10SM FEW060 SCT090 BKN110 25/23 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP121 T02450233 | ||
0850Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 3 | CLR | KIAB 260855Z AUTO 15004KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP114 60000 T02440230 57011 | ||
0950Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 18000 | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KIAB 260955Z AUTO 18004KT 10SM CLR 25/23 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP109 T02460232 | ||
1050Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KIAB 261055Z AUTO 18006KT 10SM CLR 25/23 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP109 T02460228 | ||
1150Z | 6:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KIAB 261155Z AUTO 18006KT 10SM CLR 25/23 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP113 60000 T02460230 10249 20238 55000 | ||
1250Z | 7:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KIAB 261255Z AUTO 20007KT 10SM CLR 26/24 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP120 T02580236 | ||
1350Z | 8:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KIAB 261355Z AUTO 21009KT 10SM CLR 27/24 A2994 RMK AO2 SLP124 T02730237 | ||
1450Z | 9:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KIAB 261455Z AUTO 23008KT 10SM CLR 29/23 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP128 T02850234 51012 | ||
1550Z | 10:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KIAB 261555Z AUTO 20008KT 10SM CLR 30/24 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP128 T02990238 |