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 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KMIO 290555Z AUTO 17004KT 10SM CLR A3013 RMK A01 | ||
0650Z | 1:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KMIO 290655Z AUTO 11004KT 10SM CLR A3014 RMK A01 | ||
0750Z | 2:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KMIO 290755Z AUTO 14003KT 10SM CLR A3014 RMK A01 | ||
0850Z | 3:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KMIO 290855Z AUTO 13003KT 10SM CLR A3014 RMK A01 | ||
0950Z | 4:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KMIO 290955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR A3014 RMK A01 | ||
1050Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KMIO 291055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR A3014 RMK A01 | ||
1150Z | 6:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KMIO 291155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR A3015 RMK A01 | ||
1250Z | 7:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KMIO 291255Z AUTO 18005KT 10SM CLR A3016 RMK A01 | ||
1350Z | 8:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KMIO 291355Z AUTO 18004KT 10SM CLR A3018 RMK A01 | ||
1450Z | 9:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KMIO 291455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR A3018 RMK A01 |