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 | 29000 - 52000 | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 44000 | 5 | CLR | KOPL 200555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A2994 RMK AO2 T02410230 10318 20241 403390218 | ||
0650Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 37000 - 53000 | 0 | SCT | 23000 - 51000 | 1 | CLR | KOPL 200655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A2993 RMK AO2 T02360228 | ||
0750Z | 2:50 AM | SCT | 24000 - 53000 | 5 | SCT | 16000 - 50000 | 6 | CLR | KOPL 200750Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A2992 RMK AO2 T02350228 | ||
0850Z | 3:55 AM | BKN | 18000 - 52000 | 26 | BKN | 18000 - 53000 | 28 | SCT@5000 SCT@6500 | KOPL 200855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT050 SCT065 23/23 A2992 RMK AO2 T02340226 | ||
0950Z | 4:55 AM | BKN | 23000 - 53000 | 31 | BKN | 14000 - 41000 | 39 | CLR | KOPL 200955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 23/22 A2993 RMK AO2 T02300223 | ||
1050Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 13 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 20 | CLR | KOPL 201055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 23/23 A2992 RMK AO2 T02310225 | ||
1150Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 53000 | 7 | CLR | KOPL 201155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 23/22 A2993 RMK AO2 T02300224 10243 20228 | ||
1250Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 17000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 1 | CLR | KOPL 201255Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 25/24 A2993 RMK AO2 T02460238 | ||
1350Z | 8:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KOPL 201355Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 28/23 A2993 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT W T02820227 | ||
1450Z | 9:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 14000 | 0 | SCT@7000 | KOPL 201455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT070 30/24 A2994 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT E T03010236 | ||
1550Z | 10:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KOPL 201555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 31/24 A2994 RMK AO2 T03090240 | ||
1650Z | 11:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KOPL 201655Z AUTO 35003KT 10SM CLR 32/24 A2992 RMK AO2 T03210238 | ||
1750Z | 12:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KOPL 201755Z AUTO 33005KT 10SM CLR 33/24 A2992 RMK AO2 T03270241 10329 20231 | ||
1850Z | 1:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 0 | CLR | KOPL 201855Z AUTO 34003KT 10SM CLR 33/24 A2989 RMK AO2 T03330244 |