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 | ||
2350Z | 12:54 AM | SCT | 26000 - 43000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 21 | CLR | KMIV 160454Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 23/23 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP174 T02330233 403000222 $ | ||
0050Z | 1:54 AM | SCT | 21000 - 44000 | 2 | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 25 | CLR | KMIV 160554Z AUTO 00000KT 8SM CLR 24/23 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP175 T02390233 10267 20233 55004 $ | ||
0150Z | 2:54 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 13 | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 28 | BKN@1000 | KMIV 160654Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN010 24/24 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP177 T02440239 $ | ||
0250Z | 3:54 AM | BKN | 13000 - 44000 | 32 | BKN | 13000 - 37000 | 33 | SCT@1000 BKN@4400 | KMIV 160754Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT010 BKN044 24/24 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP175 T02440239 $ | ||
0350Z | 4:54 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 22 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 20 | CLR | KMIV 160854Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP174 T02390233 58001 $ | ||
0450Z | 5:54 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 12 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 9 | CLR | KMIV 160954Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 23/23 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP175 T02330228 $ | ||
0550Z | 6:54 AM | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 28000 | 6 | CLR | KMIV 161054Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/24 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP176 T02440239 $ | ||
0650Z | 7:54 AM | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 27000 | 1 | CLR | KMIV 161154Z AUTO VRB04KT 10SM CLR 26/24 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP176 T02610239 10261 20228 50002 $ | ||
0750Z | 8:54 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 1 | FEW@1300 | KMIV 161254Z AUTO VRB05KT 10SM FEW013 27/24 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP173 T02720239 $ |