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 | ||
0050Z | 12:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KACP 210555Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 24/22 A3006 RMK AO2 | ||
0150Z | 1:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KACP 210655Z AUTO 00000KT 5SM BR CLR 24/22 A3005 RMK AO2 | ||
0250Z | 2:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KACP 210755Z AUTO 00000KT 3SM BR CLR 23/21 A3004 RMK AO2 | ||
0350Z | 3:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KACP 210855Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 24/22 A3004 RMK AO2 | ||
0450Z | 4:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KACP 210955Z AUTO 00000KT 4SM BR CLR 23/21 A3004 RMK AO2 | ||
0550Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | VV @500 | KACP 211055Z AUTO 00000KT 1/2SM FG VV005 23/21 A3005 RMK AO2 | ||
0650Z | 6:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT@300 | KACP 211155Z AUTO 00000KT 4SM BR SCT003 23/21 A3007 RMK AO2 | ||
0750Z | 7:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KACP 211255Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 25/23 A3009 RMK AO2 | ||
0850Z | 8:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KACP 211355Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 29/24 A3011 RMK AO2 | ||
0950Z | 9:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KACP 211455Z AUTO 23004KT 10SM CLR 31/24 A3011 RMK AO2 | ||
1050Z | 10:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | BKN@2700 | KACP 211555Z AUTO 24004KT 10SM BKN027 32/23 A3011 RMK AO2 | ||
1150Z | 11:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | BKN@3400 BKN@5000 | KACP 211655Z AUTO 28005KT 10SM BKN034 BKN050 32/23 A3009 RMK AO2 |