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 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KUXL 290555Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 27/25 A3012 RMK AO2 T02700252 10345 20270 403540247 | ||
0650Z | 1:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 16000 - 21000 | 0 | CLR | KUXL 290655Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 26/25 A3013 RMK AO2 T02630250 | ||
0750Z | 2:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KUXL 290755Z AUTO 30003KT 5SM BR CLR 26/25 A3013 RMK AO2 T02600247 | ||
0850Z | 3:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 16000 - 35000 | 0 | CLR | KUXL 290855Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 26/25 A3014 RMK AO2 T02570248 | ||
0950Z | 4:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KUXL 290955Z AUTO 29003KT 7SM CLR 26/25 A3013 RMK AO2 T02560245 | ||
1050Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KUXL 291055Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 25/25 A3015 RMK AO2 T02520245 | ||
1150Z | 6:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KUXL 291155Z AUTO 00000KT 4SM BR CLR 25/25 A3016 RMK AO2 T02500246 10271 20250 | ||
1250Z | 7:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KUXL 291255Z AUTO 30004KT 5SM BR CLR 27/25 A3017 RMK AO2 T02650253 | ||
1350Z | 8:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KUXL 291355Z AUTO 31006KT 7SM CLR 29/25 A3017 RMK AO2 T02880252 | ||
1450Z | 9:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KUXL 291455Z AUTO 33007KT 7SM CLR 31/24 A3016 RMK AO2 T03070243 |