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 | OVC | 24000 - 38000 | 62 | BKN | 24000 - 34000 | 62 | CLR | KLXN 190555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 23/22 A3011 RMK AO2 T02310222 10305 20231 403170192 | ||
0650Z | 1:55 AM | BKN | 28000 - 42000 | 51 | BKN | 26000 - 40000 | 49 | CLR | KLXN 190655Z AUTO 30005KT 7SM CLR 23/22 A3012 RMK AO2 T02310222 | ||
0750Z | 2:55 AM | BKN | 26000 - 52000 | 42 | BKN | 14000 - 41000 | 44 | OVC@600 | KLXN 190755Z AUTO 33007KT 10SM OVC006 22/20 A3011 RMK AO2 T02200196 | ||
0850Z | 3:55 AM | BKN | 14000 - 50000 | 56 | BKN | 16000 - 44000 | 54 | OVC@600 | KLXN 190855Z AUTO 27007KT 10SM OVC006 22/18 A3013 RMK AO2 T02180182 | ||
0950Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 13 | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 17 | OVC@1400 | KLXN 190955Z AUTO 33007KT 10SM OVC014 22/17 A3015 RMK AO2 T02170174 | ||
1050Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 50000 | 11 | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 6 | CLR | KLXN 191055Z AUTO 31005KT 10SM CLR 20/18 A3015 RMK AO2 T01950176 | ||
1150Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 51000 | 5 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 0 | CLR | KLXN 191155Z AUTO 29004KT 10SM CLR 19/18 A3016 RMK AO2 T01850175 10236 20185 | |
1250Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 2 | BKN@11000 | KLXN 191255Z AUTO 32005KT 10SM BKN110 20/18 A3017 RMK AO2 T01960181 | ||
1350Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 17000 | 1 | SCT@11000 | KLXN 191355Z AUTO 29003KT 10SM SCT110 22/18 A3018 RMK AO2 T02190179 | ||
1450Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 5 | CLR | KLXN 191455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 25/19 A3018 RMK AO2 T02520192 | ||
1550Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 10 | SCT | 13000 - 24000 | 10 | CLR | KLXN 191555Z AUTO 23005KT 10SM CLR 26/20 A3019 RMK AO2 T02620202 | ||
1650Z | 11:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 26000 | 2 | CLR | KLXN 191655Z AUTO 09003KT 10SM CLR 30/17 A3019 RMK AO2 T02990174 |