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 | 13000 - 50000 | 28 | BKN | 13000 - 37000 | 31 | CLR | KAUM 170555Z AUTO 17007KT 10SM CLR 17/15 A2983 RMK AO2 | ||
0650Z | 1:56 AM | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 38 | BKN | 13000 - 29000 | 37 | CLR | KAUM 170656Z AUTO 19008KT 10SM CLR 17/15 A2985 RMK AO2 | ||
0750Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 29000 | 39 | SCT | 13000 - 19000 | 19 | CLR | KAUM 170755Z AUTO 18005KT 10SM CLR 17/15 A2985 RMK AO2 | ||
0850Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 10 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 10 | CLR | KAUM 170855Z AUTO 17007KT 10SM CLR 17/15 A2982 RMK AO2 | ||
0950Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 4 | CLR | KAUM 170955Z AUTO 18008KT 10SM CLR 17/15 A2980 RMK AO2 | ||
1050Z | 5:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 46000 | 39 | SCT | 13000 - 26000 | 20 | CLR | KAUM 171055Z AUTO 18007KT 10SM CLR 17/15 A2979 RMK AO2 | ||
1150Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 26 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 25 | CLR | KAUM 171155Z AUTO 18008KT 10SM CLR 16/14 A2977 RMK AO2 | ||
1250Z | 7:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 57 | BKN | 18000 - 35000 | 47 | CLR | KAUM 171255Z AUTO 19011G14KT 10SM CLR 16/14 A2975 RMK AO2 | ||
1350Z | 8:56 AM | BKN | 13000 - 36000 | 56 | BKN | 13000 - 27000 | 44 | CLR | KAUM 171356Z AUTO 20012KT 10SM CLR 17/15 A2974 RMK AO2 | ||
1450Z | 9:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 41000 | 48 | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 27 | CLR | KAUM 171455Z AUTO 20012KT 10SM CLR 18/15 A2973 RMK AO2 | ||
1550Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 2 | CLR | KAUM 171555Z AUTO 21012G19KT 10SM CLR 21/16 A2972 RMK AO2 | ||
1650Z | 11:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 9 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 5 | SCT@3200 | KAUM 171655Z AUTO 22016G24KT 10SM SCT032 22/16 A2970 RMK AO2 | ||
1750Z | 12:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 18000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 27000 | 15 | SCT@3400 BKN@6500 | KAUM 171755Z AUTO 22016G20KT 10SM SCT034 BKN065 22/15 A2968 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT S | ||
1850Z | 1:55 PM | BKN | 13000 - 33000 | 56 | SCT | 13000 - 25000 | 30 | SCT@1600 SCT@3600 | KAUM 171855Z AUTO 23009KT 10SM -RA SCT016 SCT036 21/16 A2966 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT S |