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 | 1:53 AM | BKN | 26000 - 47000 | 30 | OVC | 28000 - 42000 | 39 | CLR | KDAN 180553Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 23/23 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP167 60000 T02330228 10239 20228 58006 | ||
0150Z | 2:53 AM | BKN | 13000 - 47000 | 26 | BKN | 13000 - 39000 | 32 | CLR | KDAN 180653Z AUTO 22003KT 8SM CLR 23/23 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP163 T02330228 | ||
0250Z | 3:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 17 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 16 | CLR | KDAN 180753Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM CLR 23/23 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP163 T02280228 | ||
0350Z | 4:53 AM | SCT | 16000 - 46000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 9 | CLR | KDAN 180853Z AUTO 23003KT 9SM CLR 23/22 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP165 T02280222 55003 | ||
0450Z | 5:53 AM | SCT | 14000 - 47000 | 7 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 18 | CLR | KDAN 180953Z AUTO 00000KT 8SM CLR 23/23 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP170 T02280228 | ||
0550Z | 6:53 AM | SCT | 14000 - 47000 | 20 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 18 | CLR | KDAN 181053Z AUTO 23003KT 7SM CLR 23/22 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP177 T02280222 | ||
0650Z | 7:53 AM | SCT | 27000 - 48000 | 6 | SCT | 14000 - 44000 | 9 | CLR | KDAN 181153Z AUTO 30004KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP183 70036 T02390233 10239 20222 53018 | ||
0750Z | 8:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 2 | CLR | KDAN 181253Z AUTO 25004KT 10SM CLR 26/23 A3012 RMK AO2 SLP188 T02560233 | ||
0850Z | 9:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 18000 | 5 | CLR | KDAN 181353Z AUTO 23005KT 10SM CLR 28/23 A3012 RMK AO2 SLP189 T02780233 | ||
0950Z | 10:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 3 | CLR | KDAN 181453Z AUTO 25004KT 10SM CLR 29/23 A3013 RMK AO2 SLP191 T02940233 51008 | ||
1050Z | 11:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 26000 | 2 | FEW@10000 | KDAN 181553Z AUTO 22005KT 10SM FEW100 31/24 A3013 RMK AO2 SLP190 T03060239 | ||
1150Z | 12:53 PM | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 4 | FEW@11000 | KDAN 181653Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW110 32/21 A3012 RMK AO2 SLP188 T03170211 | ||
1250Z | 1:53 PM | SCT | 16000 - 40000 | 11 | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 12 | FEW@4300 | KDAN 181753Z AUTO 23008KT 10SM FEW043 32/23 A3011 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT W SLP183 T03220228 10322 20239 58008 | ||
1340Z | 2:53 PM | - | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 26 | CLR | KDAN 181853Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 29/24 A3009 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT W SLP176 T02940239 |