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 | 12:54 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 1 | FEW@2000 | KEFD 210554Z 15003KT 10SM FEW020 27/25 A3003 | |
0150Z | 1:54 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 18000 | 0 | FEW@2000 | KEFD 210654Z 16006KT 10SM FEW020 26/25 A3003 | ||
0250Z | 2:54 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | FEW@2000 | KEFD 210754Z 17006KT 10SM FEW020 26/24 A3001 | ||
0350Z | 3:54 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | FEW@2000 | KEFD 210854Z 17006KT 10SM FEW020 26/24 A3001 | ||
0450Z | 4:54 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | FEW@2000 | KEFD 210954Z 00000KT 10SM FEW020 25/24 A3001 | ||
0550Z | 5:54 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | SCT | 14000 - 49000 | 1 | SCT@2000 | KEFD 211054Z 18004KT 10SM SCT020 25/24 A3001 | |
0650Z | 6:54 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 38000 | 6 | FEW@2000 | KEFD 211154Z 15004KT 9SM FEW020 25/24 A3003 | ||
0750Z | 7:54 AM | SCT | 35000 - 52000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 12 | FEW@2000 | KEFD 211254Z 00000KT 10SM FEW020 27/25 A3006 | ||
0850Z | 8:54 AM | SCT | 17000 - 52000 | 10 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 14 | FEW@1500 | KEFD 211354Z 19006KT 10SM FEW015 29/25 A3007 | ||
0950Z | 9:54 AM | SCT | 13000 - 51000 | 11 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 16 | SCT@2500 BKN@3000 | KEFD 211454Z 17007G18KT 10SM SCT025 BKN030 31/24 A3006 | ||
1050Z | 10:54 AM | SCT | 13000 - 51000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 7 | SCT@2500 | KEFD 211554Z 18008KT 10SM SCT025 32/24 A3006 | ||
1150Z | 11:54 AM | SCT | 13000 - 50000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 2 | FEW@3800 | KEFD 211654Z 17007KT 10SM FEW038 34/23 A3005 | ||
1250Z | 12:54 PM | SCT | 14000 - 50000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 0 | SCT@3000 | KEFD 211754Z 18006KT 9SM SCT030 34/22 A3003 | ||
1350Z | 1:54 PM | SCT | 13000 - 50000 | 2 | SCT | 14000 - 37000 | 0 | SCT@4700 | KEFD 211854Z 16008G13KT 10SM SCT047 34/22 A3002 | ||
1450Z | 2:54 PM | SCT | 28000 - 50000 | 0 | SCT | 17000 - 34000 | 0 | SCT@4100 | KEFD 211954Z 18009G14KT 10SM SCT041 35/24 A3000 | ||
1550Z | 3:54 PM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 15000 - 34000 | 0 | SCT@4500 | KEFD 212054Z 17012G18KT 10SM SCT045 35/24 A2999 |