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 | 12:51 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KBED 260451Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/17 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP164 T02220172 403440211 | ||
0550Z | 1:51 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KBED 260551Z AUTO 32003KT 10SM CLR 21/17 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP171 T02110167 10267 20206 53019 | ||
0650Z | 2:51 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 16000 - 29000 | 1 | CLR | KBED 260651Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 19/17 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP175 T01890167 | ||
0750Z | 3:51 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 15000 - 36000 | 2 | CLR | KBED 260751Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 17/16 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP179 T01670156 | ||
0850Z | 4:51 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 16000 - 26000 | 0 | CLR | KBED 260851Z AUTO 35004KT 10SM CLR 17/16 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP188 T01670156 53016 | ||
0950Z | 5:51 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 16000 - 28000 | 1 | FEW@5000 | KBED 260951Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM FEW050 16/15 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP197 T01610150 | ||
1050Z | 6:51 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 28000 | 3 | CLR | KBED 261051Z 00000KT 8SM CLR 17/16 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP203 T01720156 | ||
1150Z | 7:51 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 15000 - 27000 | 3 | CLR | KBED 261151Z 34003KT 6SM HZ CLR 21/16 A3012 RMK AO2 SLP209 70001 T02060156 10211 20150 51021 | ||
1250Z | 8:51 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 1 | SCT | 15000 - 17000 | 0 | CLR | KBED 261251Z 03007KT 5SM FU CLR 24/13 A3013 RMK AO2 SLP213 T02440128 | |
1350Z | 9:51 AM | SCT | 16000 - 44000 | 2 | SCT | 15000 - 21000 | 0 | CLR | KBED 261351Z 06009KT 7SM FU CLR 26/10 A3013 RMK AO2 RAB12E14 SLP212 P0000 T02560100 | ||
1450Z | 10:51 AM | SCT | 26000 - 42000 | 0 | SCT | 15000 - 18000 | 0 | CLR | KBED 261451Z 01011KT 10SM FU CLR 28/07 A3012 RMK AO2 RAB31E47 SLP210 P0000 60000 T02780072 50003 |