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 | 3:35 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | K2M8 220835Z AUTO 10SM A2997 RMK AO2 FZRANO $ | |||
0650Z | 3:35 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | K2M8 220835Z AUTO 10SM A2997 RMK AO2 FZRANO $ | |||
0750Z | 3:35 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | K2M8 220835Z AUTO 10SM A2997 RMK AO2 FZRANO $ | |||
0850Z | 3:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | K2M8 220855Z AUTO 10SM A2997 RMK AO2 FZRANO $ | |||
0950Z | 4:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | K2M8 220955Z AUTO 10SM A2998 RMK AO2 FZRANO $ | |||
1050Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | K2M8 221055Z AUTO 10SM A2998 RMK AO2 FZRANO $ | |||
1150Z | 6:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | K2M8 221155Z AUTO 9SM A3000 RMK AO2 1//// 2//// FZRANO $ | |||
1250Z | 7:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | K2M8 221255Z AUTO 10SM A3001 RMK AO2 FZRANO $ | |||
1350Z | 8:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | K2M8 221355Z AUTO 10SM A3001 RMK AO2 FZRANO $ | |||
1450Z | 9:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | K2M8 221455Z AUTO 10SM A3001 RMK AO2 FZRANO $ | |||
1550Z | 10:35 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | K2M8 221535Z AUTO 10SM A3002 RMK AO2 FZRANO $ |