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 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 0 | K60R 040555Z AUTO RMK AO2 SLPNO 1//// 2//// 4//////// PWINO PNO TSNO $ | ||
0650Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 1 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 0 | K60R 040655Z AUTO RMK AO2 SLPNO PWINO PNO TSNO $ | |
0750Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 0 | K60R 040755Z AUTO RMK AO2 SLPNO PWINO PNO TSNO $ | ||
0850Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 2 | K60R 040855Z AUTO RMK AO2 SLPNO PWINO PNO TSNO $ | ||
0950Z | 4:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 32000 | 0 | K60R 040955Z AUTO RMK AO2 SLPNO PWINO PNO TSNO $ | |||
1050Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | K60R 041055Z AUTO RMK AO2 SLPNO PWINO PNO TSNO $ | |||
1150Z | 6:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | K60R 041155Z AUTO RMK AO2 SLPNO 1//// 2//// PWINO PNO TSNO $ | |||
1250Z | 7:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | K60R 041255Z AUTO RMK AO2 SLPNO PWINO PNO TSNO $ | |||
1350Z | 8:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | K60R 041355Z AUTO RMK AO2 SLPNO PWINO PNO TSNO $ | |||
1450Z | 9:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | K60R 041455Z AUTO RMK AO2 SLPNO PWINO PNO TSNO $ | |||
1550Z | 10:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | K60R 041555Z AUTO RMK AO2 SLPNO PWINO PNO TSNO $ |