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 | BKN | 41000 - 44000 | 52 | BKN | 41000 - 42000 | 58 | CLR | KLXL 150555Z AUTO 15006KT 10SM CLR 23/21 A2988 RMK AO2 | ||
0150Z | 1:55 AM | OVC | 38000 - 44000 | 75 | BKN | 38000 - 44000 | 58 | CLR | KLXL 150655Z AUTO 16006KT 10SM CLR 23/22 A2987 RMK AO2 | ||
0250Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 38000 - 44000 | 37 | SCT | 41000 - 43000 | 7 | CLR | KLXL 150755Z AUTO 17008KT 10SM CLR 23/21 A2985 RMK AO2 | ||
0350Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 38000 - 44000 | 36 | SCT | 42000 - 44000 | 10 | CLR | KLXL 150855Z AUTO 19007KT 10SM CLR 24/21 A2984 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT N | ||
0450Z | 4:55 AM | OVC | 33000 - 46000 | 70 | OVC | 32000 - 45000 | 72 | CLR | KLXL 150955Z AUTO 15003KT 10SM CLR 23/21 A2984 RMK AO2 | ||
0550Z | 5:55 AM | OVC | 33000 - 44000 | 66 | OVC | 33000 - 44000 | 61 | CLR | KLXL 151055Z AUTO 10004KT 10SM CLR 22/21 A2985 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NE | ||
0650Z | 6:55 AM | OVC | 29000 - 44000 | 42 | OVC | 26000 - 40000 | 64 | SCT@4000 BKN@10000 | KLXL 151155Z AUTO 12004KT 10SM SCT040 BKN100 22/21 A2986 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NE | ||
0750Z | 7:55 AM | BKN | 14000 - 43000 | 36 | BKN | 13000 - 42000 | 40 | CLR | KLXL 151255Z AUTO 15006KT 10SM CLR 23/21 A2984 RMK AO2 | ||
0850Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 24 | BKN | 13000 - 37000 | 32 | CLR | KLXL 151355Z AUTO 16009KT 10SM CLR 25/21 A2983 RMK AO2 | ||
0950Z | 9:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 46000 | 41 | BKN | 13000 - 37000 | 35 | CLR | KLXL 151455Z AUTO 20005KT 10SM CLR 26/21 A2984 RMK AO2 | ||
1050Z | 10:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 46000 | 46 | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 40 | CLR | KLXL 151555Z AUTO 20009KT 10SM CLR 27/21 A2984 RMK AO2 | ||
1150Z | 11:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 43000 | 50 | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 48 | CLR | KLXL 151655Z AUTO 24005KT 10SM CLR 28/21 A2985 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NE | ||
1250Z | 12:55 PM | BKN | 13000 - 39000 | 44 | BKN | 13000 - 37000 | 51 | BKN@3300 BKN@3800 | KLXL 151755Z AUTO 21007KT 10SM BKN033 BKN038 28/21 A2984 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT W |