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 | ||
0450Z | 12:53 AM | BKN | 13000 - 41000 | 35 | BKN | 13000 - 36000 | 27 | CLR | KLOU 200453Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 19/15 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP171 T01940150 403280144 | ||
0550Z | 1:53 AM | BKN | 13000 - 42000 | 27 | BKN | 13000 - 37000 | 35 | CLR | KLOU 200553Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 19/16 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP170 T01940156 10261 20189 58001 | ||
0650Z | 2:53 AM | BKN | 13000 - 43000 | 29 | BKN | 13000 - 36000 | 28 | CLR | KLOU 200653Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 20/16 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP169 T02000156 | ||
0750Z | 3:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 10 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 29 | CLR | KLOU 200753Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 18/16 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP168 T01780156 | ||
0850Z | 4:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 25 | BKN | 13000 - 34000 | 31 | CLR | KLOU 200853Z AUTO 16004KT 10SM CLR 18/16 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP171 T01780156 53000 | ||
0950Z | 5:53 AM | BKN | 15000 - 42000 | 37 | BKN | 13000 - 33000 | 32 | CLR | KLOU 200953Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 17/16 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP170 T01720156 | ||
1050Z | 6:53 AM | BKN | 13000 - 39000 | 36 | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 23 | CLR | KLOU 201053Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 17/16 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP172 T01720156 | ||
1150Z | 7:53 AM | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 33 | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 25 | CLR | KLOU 201153Z 00000KT 9SM CLR 17/16 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP178 T01670156 10211 20161 53005 | ||
1250Z | 8:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 15 | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 16 | BKN@10000 | KLOU 201253Z 00000KT 9SM BKN100 19/17 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP185 T01940172 |