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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.

Year: Month: Day: Time Order:

 

SCP Valid UTC METAR Valid Local Satellite East SounderSatellite West SounderASOS METAR Report
Mid CloudsHigh CloudsLevels [ft]ECA [%]Mid CloudsHigh CloudsLevels [ft]ECA [%]Levels ftMETAR
0550Z12:55 AMOVC20000 - 3100065BKN19000 - 2600041BKN@2700
BKN@4700
OVC@5500
KSYM 120555Z AUTO 21004KT 2SM -SN BKN027 BKN047 OVC055 M02/M03 A3008 RMK AO2
0650Z1:55 AMSCT20000 - 2700034SCT21000 - 2400014BKN@500
BKN@1900
OVC@4200
KSYM 120655Z AUTO 19003KT 2SM -SN BKN005 BKN019 OVC042 M02/M02 A3007 RMK AO2
0750Z2:55 AMOVC18000 - 2900075BKN14000 - 2500042FEW@400
OVC@2400
KSYM 120755Z AUTO 00000KT 2SM -SN FEW004 OVC024 M02/M02 A3008 RMK AO2
0850Z3:55 AMOVC16000 - 2900066BKN14000 - 2500041OVC@200
KSYM 120855Z AUTO 00000KT 1 1/4SM -SN OVC002 M02/M02 A3006 RMK AO2
0950Z4:55 AMOVC15000 - 2700066SCT15000 - 2300021SCT@400
BKN@2300
OVC@4200
KSYM 120955Z AUTO 00000KT 2SM -SN SCT004 BKN023 OVC042 M02/M02 A3005 RMK AO2
1050Z5:55 AMBKN16000 - 2700065SCT18000 - 2500021BKN@2400
BKN@3200
OVC@5000
KSYM 121055Z AUTO 00000KT 2 1/2SM -SN BKN024 BKN032 OVC050 M02/M02 A3005 RMK AO2
1150Z6:55 AMOVC15000 - 2500070SCT13000 - 2400017FEW@700
SCT@2000
BKN@2500
KSYM 121155Z AUTO 00000KT 2SM -SN FEW007 SCT020 BKN025 M02/M02 A3005 RMK AO2
1250Z7:55 AMOVC22000 - 3000061BKN20000 - 2700057FEW@500
FEW@4000
OVC@9000
KSYM 121255Z AUTO 00000KT 6SM -SN FEW005 FEW040 OVC090 M02/M02 A3006 RMK AO2
1350Z8:55 AMBKN13000 - 3100057BKN13000 - 3000045FEW@800
SCT@1400
OVC@4700
KSYM 121355Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM FEW008 SCT014 OVC047 M02/M02 A3009 RMK AO2
1450Z9:55 AMSCT13000 - 3000023SCT13000 - 2700012OVC@5000
KSYM 121455Z AUTO 12003KT 10SM OVC050 M01/M02 A3008 RMK AO2