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 | ||
0050Z | 12:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KANE 250555Z AUTO 00000KT 5SM BR CLR 21/20 A3006 RMK AO2 | ||
0150Z | 1:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 1 | CLR | KANE 250655Z AUTO 00000KT 5SM BR CLR 20/20 A3005 RMK AO2 | |
0250Z | 2:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KANE 250755Z AUTO 00000KT 4SM BR CLR 19/19 A3004 RMK AO2 | ||
0350Z | 3:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KANE 250855Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 18/18 A3005 RMK AO2 | ||
0450Z | 4:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KANE 250955Z AUTO 00000KT 4SM BR CLR 18/18 A3005 RMK AO2 | ||
0550Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | VV @500 | KANE 251055Z AUTO 00000KT 1/2SM FG VV005 18/18 A3004 RMK AO2 VIS M1/4V4 | ||
0650Z | 6:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KANE 251155Z AUTO 00000KT 2SM BR CLR 18/18 A3006 RMK AO2 | ||
0750Z | 7:50 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KANE 251250Z 00000KT 3SM HZ CLR 22/22 A3007 | ||
0850Z | 8:46 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KANE 251346Z 14005KT 4SM HZ CLR 24/21 A3008 | ||
0950Z | 9:50 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KANE 251450Z 15005KT 4SM HZ CLR 26/19 A3007 | ||
1050Z | 10:56 AM | SCT | 42000 - 46000 | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KANE 251556Z 15005KT 4SM HZ CLR 27/18 A3006 |