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 | ||
2350Z | 12:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 19000 | 0 | CLR | KANJ 220455Z AUTO 06003KT 10SM CLR 13/12 A3012 RMK AO2 SLP197 T01330117 402280094 | ||
0050Z | 1:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KANJ 220555Z AUTO 06003KT 10SM CLR 13/12 A3012 RMK AO2 SLP197 T01280117 10194 20128 55005 | ||
0150Z | 2:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KANJ 220655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 12/11 A3013 RMK AO2 SLP200 T01220111 | ||
0250Z | 3:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KANJ 220755Z AUTO 07004KT 10SM CLR 12/11 A3013 RMK AO2 SLP202 T01170111 | ||
0350Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 33000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 0 | CLR | KANJ 220855Z AUTO 06003KT 10SM CLR 12/11 A3015 RMK AO2 SLP209 T01170106 53011 | ||
0450Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 1 | CLR | KANJ 220955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 11/11 A3015 RMK AO2 SLP207 T01110106 | ||
0550Z | 6:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 1 | CLR | KANJ 221055Z AUTO 06004KT 10SM CLR 12/11 A3016 RMK AO2 SLP210 T01170111 | ||
0650Z | 7:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 1 | CLR | KANJ 221155Z AUTO 08004KT 10SM CLR 14/12 A3017 RMK AO2 SLP213 T01390122 10139 20111 53004 | ||
0750Z | 8:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 17000 | 2 | CLR | KANJ 221255Z AUTO 12005KT 10SM CLR 17/13 A3015 RMK AO2 SLP208 T01670128 |