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 | 14000 - 34000 | 1 | SCT | 14000 - 30000 | 0 | CLR | KONM 260655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/02 A3011 RMK AO2 T02190017 | ||
0750Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 36000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 3 | CLR | KONM 260755Z AUTO 20003KT 10SM CLR 20/02 A3011 RMK AO2 T02000020 | ||
0850Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 25000 | 2 | CLR | KONM 260855Z AUTO 17004KT 10SM CLR 20/02 A3012 RMK AO2 T01950015 | ||
0950Z | 3:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KONM 260955Z AUTO 26003KT 10SM CLR 18/03 A3011 RMK AO2 T01750026 | ||
1050Z | 4:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KONM 261055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 18/04 A3013 RMK AO2 T01760035 | ||
1150Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KONM 261155Z AUTO 28006KT 10SM CLR 17/02 A3014 RMK AO2 T01740020 10231 20171 | ||
1250Z | 6:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KONM 261255Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 19/03 A3016 RMK AO2 T01850026 | ||
1350Z | 7:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KONM 261355Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 23/01 A3017 RMK AO2 T02260006 | ||
1450Z | 8:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KONM 261455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 26/M02 A3019 RMK AO2 T02591017 | ||
1550Z | 9:35 AM | CLR | - | 0 | - | CLR | KONM 261535Z AUTO 02003KT 10SM CLR 28/M01 A3019 RMK AO2 T02831012 |