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 | ||
0550Z | 12:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 18 | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 9 | CLR | K08D 210555Z AUTO 30008KT 10SM CLR 22/21 A2992 RMK AO2 | ||
0650Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 10 | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 4 | CLR | K08D 210655Z AUTO 29009KT 10SM CLR 22/21 A2993 RMK AO2 | ||
0750Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 12 | CLR | K08D 210755Z AUTO 32011KT 10SM CLR 21/21 A2994 RMK AO2 | ||
0850Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 12 | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 31 | CLR | K08D 210855Z AUTO 36009KT 10SM CLR 22/22 A2992 RMK AO2 | ||
0950Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 40000 | 17 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 18 | CLR | K08D 210955Z AUTO 35005KT 10SM CLR 22/19 A2994 RMK AO2 | ||
1050Z | 5:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 32000 | 49 | BKN | 13000 - 33000 | 37 | CLR | K08D 211055Z AUTO 26005KT 10SM CLR 20/18 A2997 RMK AO2 | ||
1150Z | 6:55 AM | BKN | 19000 - 38000 | 64 | OVC | 24000 - 34000 | 77 | CLR | K08D 211155Z AUTO 31007KT 10SM CLR 19/17 A2999 RMK AO2 | ||
1250Z | 7:55 AM | BKN | 26000 - 36000 | 77 | BKN | 24000 - 35000 | 76 | FEW@7000 SCT@8000 SCT@12000 | K08D 211255Z AUTO 33008KT 10SM FEW070 SCT080 SCT120 19/16 A3004 RMK AO2 | ||
1350Z | 8:55 AM | OVC | 21000 - 33000 | 75 | BKN | 21000 - 33000 | 69 | FEW@5000 FEW@6500 BKN@10000 | K08D 211355Z AUTO 26007G16KT 10SM FEW050 FEW065 BKN100 18/17 A3011 RMK AO2 | ||
1450Z | 9:35 AM | OVC | 18000 - 34000 | 75 | OVC | 24000 - 34000 | 77 | CLR | K08D 211435Z AUTO 34006KT 10SM CLR 19/19 A3007 RMK AO2 | ||
1550Z | 10:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 40000 | 54 | OVC | 21000 - 32000 | 67 | CLR | K08D 211555Z AUTO 35011G19KT 10SM CLR 21/17 A3008 RMK AO2 | ||
1650Z | 11:55 AM | OVC | 19000 - 38000 | 71 | OVC | 26000 - 33000 | 79 | CLR | K08D 211655Z AUTO 31013KT 10SM CLR 22/17 A3009 RMK AO2 |