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 | ||
0650Z | 12:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 4 | CLR | KMSO 250653Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 19/03 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP152 T01890028 403390122 $ | ||
0750Z | 1:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 7 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 6 | CLR | KMSO 250753Z AUTO 33004KT 10SM CLR 16/04 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP157 T01560044 $ | ||
0850Z | 2:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 7 | CLR | KMSO 250853Z AUTO 30003KT 10SM CLR 15/04 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP161 T01500044 53010 $ | ||
0950Z | 3:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 9 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 13 | CLR | KMSO 250953Z AUTO 30004KT 10SM CLR 14/04 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP162 T01440044 $ | ||
1050Z | 4:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 14 | CLR | KMSO 251053Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 15/04 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP163 T01500044 $ | ||
1150Z | 5:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 9 | CLR | KMSO 251153Z AUTO 36003KT 10SM CLR 13/04 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP167 T01330044 10211 20128 51006 $ | ||
1250Z | 6:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 7 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 12 | CLR | KMSO 251253Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 12/06 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP174 T01170056 $ | ||
1350Z | 7:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 4 | CLR | KMSO 251353Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 13/07 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP178 T01280067 $ | ||
1450Z | 8:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 10 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 11 | CLR | KMSO 251453Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 15/07 A3012 RMK AO2 SLP182 T01500067 51009 $ | ||
1550Z | 9:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 8 | CLR | KMSO 251553Z VRB03KT 10SM CLR 18/06 A3012 RMK AO2 SLP181 T01830061 $ | ||
1650Z | 10:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 5 | CLR | KMSO 251653Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 21/06 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP176 T02110061 $ | ||
1750Z | 11:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 13 | CLR | KMSO 251753Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/07 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP166 T02440072 10244 20111 58010 $ |