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 | ||
0150Z | 12:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 12 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 14 | CLR | KLVS 200653Z AUTO 06003KT 10SM CLR 17/11 A3024 RMK AO2 SLP114 T01720106 403060133 $ | ||
0250Z | 1:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 23 | BKN | 13000 - 35000 | 29 | CLR | KLVS 200753Z AUTO 34004KT 10SM CLR 17/11 A3023 RMK AO2 SLP112 T01720111 $ | ||
0350Z | 2:53 AM | BKN | 13000 - 36000 | 33 | BKN | 13000 - 35000 | 31 | CLR | KLVS 200853Z AUTO 30003KT 10SM CLR 16/12 A3022 RMK AO2 SLP108 T01610117 56012 $ | ||
0450Z | 3:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 8 | CLR | KLVS 200953Z AUTO 01003KT 10SM CLR 16/11 A3022 RMK AO2 SLP106 T01610111 $ | ||
0550Z | 4:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 6 | FEW@12000 | KLVS 201053Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW120 16/11 A3022 RMK AO2 SLP116 T01560106 $ | ||
0650Z | 5:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 10 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 15 | CLR | KLVS 201153Z AUTO 32004KT 10SM CLR 16/10 A3023 RMK AO2 SLP124 T01560100 10189 20144 53003 $ | ||
0750Z | 6:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 19000 | 4 | CLR | KLVS 201253Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 16/12 A3025 RMK AO2 SLP134 T01560117 $ | ||
0850Z | 7:53 AM | SCT | 17000 - 41000 | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KLVS 201353Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 19/11 A3025 RMK AO2 SLP132 T01890111 $ | ||
0950Z | 8:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 21000 | 1 | CLR | KLVS 201453Z AUTO 36004KT 10SM CLR 22/10 A3025 RMK AO2 SLP135 T02170100 51006 $ | ||
1050Z | 9:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KLVS 201553Z AUTO 32005KT 10SM CLR 24/11 A3025 RMK AO2 SLP124 T02440106 $ | ||
1150Z | 10:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 1 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KLVS 201653Z AUTO 34008KT 10SM CLR 27/08 A3025 RMK AO2 SLP120 T02670078 $ | ||
1250Z | 11:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 17000 | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KLVS 201753Z AUTO VRB04KT 10SM CLR 28/07 A3024 RMK AO2 SLP121 T02780072 10283 20144 58003 $ |