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 | BKN | 21000 - 52000 | 43 | BKN | 14000 - 52000 | 32 | CLR | KANE 260555Z AUTO 15006KT 10SM CLR 24/20 A2995 RMK AO2 | ||
0650Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 15000 - 53000 | 22 | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 21 | CLR | KANE 260655Z AUTO 16004KT 10SM CLR 24/19 A2995 RMK AO2 | ||
0750Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 13 | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 8 | CLR | KANE 260755Z AUTO 15005KT 10SM CLR 22/21 A2995 RMK AO2 | ||
0850Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 1 | CLR | KANE 260855Z AUTO 17003KT 10SM CLR 22/21 A2993 RMK AO2 | ||
0950Z | 4:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 16000 - 35000 | 0 | CLR | KANE 260955Z AUTO 14003KT 10SM CLR 22/21 A2991 RMK AO2 | ||
1050Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KANE 261055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 21/21 A2991 RMK AO2 | ||
1150Z | 6:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KANE 261155Z AUTO 16004KT 10SM CLR 22/22 A2992 RMK AO2 | ||
1250Z | 7:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KANE 261255Z 17008KT 10SM CLR 24/22 A2992 | ||
1350Z | 8:57 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KANE 261357Z 19006KT 10SM CLR 27/21 A2992 | ||
1450Z | 9:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 18000 | 1 | CLR | KANE 261455Z 17007KT 10SM CLR 28/22 A2992 | ||
1550Z | 10:45 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KANE 261545Z 26004KT 10SM CLR 29/21 A2994 |