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 | 12:53 AM | SCT | 14000 - 18000 | 1 | CLR | - | 0 | FEW@8000 | KMCI 160553Z 19013KT 10SM FEW080 27/22 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP108 T02720222 10322 20267 403390206 51007 | ||
0150Z | 1:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 4 | SCT@9000 | KMCI 160653Z 19009KT 10SM SCT090 27/22 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP106 T02670222 | ||
0250Z | 2:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 16 | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 18 | FEW@20000 | KMCI 160753Z COR 21011KT 10SM FEW200 27/22 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP103 FRQ LTGICCC DSNT NW CB DSNT NW MOV SE T02670222 | ||
0350Z | 3:53 AM | BKN | 16000 - 44000 | 46 | BKN | 13000 - 44000 | 48 | FEW@7500 FEW@8500 SCT@11000 SCT@20000 | KMCI 160853Z 22008KT 10SM FEW075 FEW085 SCT110 SCT200 26/22 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP104 OCNL LTGIC DSNT NW CB DSNT NW MOV SE T02610222 55004 | ||
0450Z | 4:53 AM | BKN | 13000 - 41000 | 66 | BKN | 14000 - 43000 | 75 | SCT@4400 BKN@5500 OVC@7500 | KMCI 160953Z 32006KT 10SM -RA SCT044 BKN055 OVC075 21/19 A2993 RMK AO2 PK WND 32045/0907 WSHFT 0858 SLP123 RAB19E30B34 OCNL LTGICCG DSNT NE AND SW-NW CB DSNT NE AND W MOV SE P0004 T02060189 | ||
0550Z | 5:53 AM | OVC | 13000 - 39000 | 77 | BKN | 13000 - 41000 | 63 | FEW@5500 FEW@10000 OVC@20000 | KMCI 161053Z 20003KT 10SM FEW055 FEW100 OVC200 19/19 A2992 RMK AO2 RAE33 SLP121 P0002 T01940194 | ||
0650Z | 6:53 AM | OVC | 34000 - 47000 | 66 | BKN | 13000 - 42000 | 51 | FEW@15000 BKN@20000 | KMCI 161153Z 00000KT 10SM FEW150 BKN200 20/19 A2991 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT N SLP115 60006 70006 T02000194 10272 20194 50008 | ||
0750Z | 7:53 AM | BKN | 17000 - 48000 | 48 | BKN | 13000 - 41000 | 35 | SCT@8000 BKN@20000 | KMCI 161253Z 00000KT 10SM SCT080 BKN200 23/19 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP119 T02280189 |