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 | ||
0450Z | 12:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 43000 | 32 | BKN | 13000 - 39000 | 31 | CLR | KVVS 260455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/21 A3013 RMK AO2 T02220214 | ||
0550Z | 1:55 AM | BKN | 14000 - 38000 | 48 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 23 | CLR | KVVS 260555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/21 A3013 RMK AO2 T02240213 10248 20221 | ||
0650Z | 2:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 40 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 22 | CLR | KVVS 260655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/21 A3012 RMK AO2 T02200212 | ||
0750Z | 3:55 AM | BKN | 14000 - 42000 | 32 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 21 | CLR | KVVS 260755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/21 A3011 RMK AO2 T02200212 | ||
0850Z | 4:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 46000 | 35 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 18 | CLR | KVVS 260855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/21 A3012 RMK AO2 T02170211 | ||
0950Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 9 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 15 | CLR | KVVS 260955Z AUTO 00000KT 2SM BR CLR 22/21 A3012 RMK AO2 VIS 1V5 T02150209 | ||
1050Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 47000 | 16 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 23 | SCT@4900 | KVVS 261055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT049 22/21 A3013 RMK AO2 T02160209 | ||
1150Z | 7:55 AM | OVC | 13000 - 47000 | 35 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 21 | SCT@1800 | KVVS 261155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT018 23/21 A3015 RMK AO2 T02270214 10228 20213 70004 | ||
1250Z | 8:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 44000 | 25 | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 20 | SCT@5000 | KVVS 261255Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT050 25/22 A3015 RMK AO2 T02460221 | ||
1350Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 11 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 12 | SCT@5000 SCT@6000 SCT@8500 | KVVS 261355Z AUTO 24004KT 10SM SCT050 SCT060 SCT085 27/22 A3014 RMK AO2 T02700222 | ||
1450Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 14000 - 45000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 7 | OVC@3700 | KVVS 261455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC037 28/22 A3014 RMK AO2 T02770222 |