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 | ||
0650Z | 12:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 8 | CLR | KN24 260655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 13/06 A3036 RMK AO2 T01310062 | ||
0750Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 13 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 28 | CLR | KN24 260755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 12/06 A3035 RMK AO2 T01150060 | ||
0850Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 17 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 10 | SCT@12000 | KN24 260855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT120 11/06 A3035 RMK AO2 T01120061 | ||
0950Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 24000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 19000 | 3 | CLR | KN24 260955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 10/06 A3034 RMK AO2 T01030056 | ||
1050Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 29000 | 4 | CLR | KN24 261055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 10/06 A3033 RMK AO2 T01020058 | ||
1150Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 27000 | 5 | CLR | KN24 261155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 09/05 A3034 RMK AO2 T00940053 10133 20090 | ||
1250Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 18000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 13000 | 1 | CLR | KN24 261255Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 10/06 A3037 RMK AO2 T00990063 | ||
1350Z | 7:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KN24 261355Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 17/07 A3039 RMK AO2 T01660065 | ||
1450Z | 8:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KN24 261455Z AUTO 16008KT 10SM CLR 21/06 A3039 RMK AO2 T02050056 | ||
1550Z | 9:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KN24 261555Z AUTO 19012G17KT 10SM CLR 23/06 A3039 RMK AO2 T02280057 |