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 | ||
0450Z | 12:53 AM | SCT | 19000 - 41000 | 0 | SCT | 17000 - 19000 | 0 | CLR | KILM 260453Z AUTO 25006KT 10SM CLR 27/24 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP185 T02720244 403500244 | ||
0550Z | 1:53 AM | SCT | 14000 - 40000 | 0 | SCT | 17000 - 21000 | 0 | CLR | KILM 260553Z AUTO 25007KT 10SM CLR 27/24 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP183 T02720244 10306 20272 58002 | ||
0650Z | 2:53 AM | SCT | 18000 - 42000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 29000 | 1 | CLR | KILM 260653Z AUTO 25007KT 10SM CLR 27/24 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP180 T02720244 | ||
0750Z | 3:53 AM | SCT | 18000 - 45000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 27000 | 2 | CLR | KILM 260753Z AUTO 25006KT 10SM CLR 27/24 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP177 T02670244 | ||
0850Z | 4:53 AM | SCT | 27000 - 44000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 5 | CLR | KILM 260853Z AUTO 25008KT 10SM CLR 26/24 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP177 T02610244 55006 | ||
0950Z | 5:53 AM | SCT | 27000 - 43000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 2 | CLR | KILM 260953Z AUTO 26008KT 10SM CLR 27/24 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP179 T02670244 | ||
1050Z | 6:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 15000 - 15000 | 0 | CLR | KILM 261053Z AUTO 26009KT 10SM CLR 27/24 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP182 T02670244 | ||
1150Z | 7:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 23000 | 1 | CLR | KILM 261153Z AUTO 28008KT 10SM CLR 28/24 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP184 T02780244 10278 20261 52007 | ||
1250Z | 8:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 15000 - 16000 | 0 | CLR | KILM 261253Z AUTO 29007KT 10SM CLR 29/25 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP184 T02940250 | ||
1350Z | 9:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 1 | CLR | KILM 261353Z 29008KT 10SM CLR 32/24 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP184 T03170244 | ||
1450Z | 10:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 28000 | 1 | CLR | KILM 261453Z 32006KT 10SM CLR 33/25 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP183 T03280250 58001 | ||
1550Z | 11:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 24000 | 0 | CLR | KILM 261553Z 01007KT 10SM CLR 33/25 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP183 T03330250 |