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 | ||
0050Z | 12:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 35000 | 36 | BKN | 13000 - 30000 | 38 | CLR | KEDC 200555Z AUTO 17007G12KT 7SM CLR 27/25 A3003 RMK AO2 | ||
0150Z | 1:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 30000 | 75 | BKN | 14000 - 29000 | 67 | CLR | KEDC 200655Z AUTO 19007KT 7SM CLR 27/25 A3003 RMK AO2 | ||
0250Z | 2:55 AM | BKN | 18000 - 36000 | 67 | BKN | 18000 - 28000 | 51 | CLR | KEDC 200755Z AUTO 18005KT 7SM CLR 26/26 A3003 RMK AO2 | ||
0350Z | 3:55 AM | BKN | 16000 - 35000 | 59 | BKN | 16000 - 27000 | 48 | CLR | KEDC 200855Z AUTO 17007KT 6SM BR CLR 26/26 A3002 RMK AO2 | ||
0450Z | 4:55 AM | OVC | 20000 - 31000 | 82 | OVC | 20000 - 29000 | 79 | CLR | KEDC 200955Z AUTO 17005KT 6SM BR CLR 26/26 A3003 RMK AO2 | ||
0550Z | 5:55 AM | BKN | 19000 - 36000 | 75 | BKN | 18000 - 35000 | 72 | CLR | KEDC 201055Z AUTO 18006KT 6SM BR CLR 26/26 A3003 RMK AO2 | ||
0650Z | 6:55 AM | OVC | 15000 - 33000 | 78 | BKN | 15000 - 33000 | 70 | CLR | KEDC 201155Z AUTO 18004KT 4SM BR CLR 26/26 A3004 RMK AO2 | ||
0750Z | 7:55 AM | OVC | 19000 - 34000 | 81 | OVC | 18000 - 34000 | 79 | CLR | KEDC 201255Z AUTO 19007KT 5SM BR CLR 26/26 A3005 RMK AO2 | ||
0850Z | 8:55 AM | OVC | 21000 - 34000 | 81 | OVC | 22000 - 34000 | 80 | CLR | KEDC 201355Z AUTO 18008KT 5SM BR CLR 27/27 A3007 RMK AO2 | ||
0950Z | 9:55 AM | OVC | 26000 - 34000 | 84 | OVC | 24000 - 34000 | 83 | FEW@1500 | KEDC 201455Z AUTO 19007G12KT 5SM BR FEW015 27/27 A3007 RMK AO2 | ||
1050Z | 10:55 AM | OVC | 25000 - 33000 | 82 | OVC | 25000 - 32000 | 81 | FEW@2100 | KEDC 201555Z AUTO 19008G14KT 6SM BR FEW021 28/26 A3007 RMK AO2 | ||
1150Z | 11:55 AM | OVC | 20000 - 34000 | 77 | OVC | 21000 - 33000 | 75 | SCT@2600 | KEDC 201655Z AUTO 21008KT 6SM HZ SCT026 30/26 A3006 RMK AO2 |