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 | SCT | 44000 - 48000 | 0 | SCT | SCT | 15000 - 45000 | 1 | CLR | KM40 200555Z AUTO 00000KT 1 1/4SM BR CLR 24/24 A3008 RMK AO2 | |
0150Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 16000 - 39000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 1 | CLR | KM40 200655Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 24/24 A3008 RMK AO2 | ||
0250Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 16000 - 45000 | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | FEW@8000 | KM40 200755Z AUTO 00000KT 5SM BR FEW080 24/24 A3007 RMK AO2 | |
0350Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 14000 - 48000 | 1 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 2 | FEW@7000 BKN@8500 | KM40 200855Z AUTO 00000KT 6SM BR FEW070 BKN085 24/24 A3008 RMK AO2 |
0450Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 16000 - 48000 | 0 | SCT | SCT | 14000 - 38000 | 2 | CLR | KM40 200955Z AUTO 19006KT 7SM CLR 24/24 A3010 RMK AO2 | |
0550Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 49000 - 49000 | 0 | SCT | 21000 - 49000 | 0 | CLR | KM40 201055Z AUTO 16004KT 7SM CLR 24/24 A3011 RMK AO2 | ||
0650Z | 6:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KM40 201155Z AUTO 19005KT 9SM CLR 24/24 A3012 RMK AO2 | ||
0750Z | 7:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@1000 | KM40 201255Z AUTO 19004KT 10SM OVC010 26/26 A3012 RMK AO2 | ||
0850Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 1 | SCT | 18000 - 42000 | 0 | OVC@1200 | KM40 201355Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC012 28/27 A3014 RMK AO2 | |
0950Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 15000 - 41000 | 0 | SCT | 15000 - 28000 | 0 | BKN@1700 BKN@2100 | KM40 201455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN017 BKN021 30/27 A3014 RMK AO2 | ||
1050Z | 10:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | FEW@2000 FEW@2900 SCT@3400 | KM40 201555Z AUTO VRB03KT 10SM FEW020 FEW029 SCT034 31/27 A3013 RMK AO2 | ||
1150Z | 11:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 23000 | 1 | FEW@2700 FEW@4900 BKN@9500 | KM40 201655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW027 FEW049 BKN095 31/27 A3012 RMK AO2 |