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 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 43000 | 3 | CLR | KCQB 260555Z AUTO 16007KT 10SM CLR 27/21 A2995 RMK AO2 T02670213 10328 20266 | ||
0650Z | 1:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 17000 | 2 | CLR | KCQB 260655Z AUTO 17008KT 10SM CLR 27/22 A2994 RMK AO2 T02680221 |