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 | ||
2350Z | 12:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 47000 | 32 | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 25 | CLR | KW13 200455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/22 A3002 RMK AO1 T02220216 403190205 | ||
0050Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 23 | BKN | 13000 - 44000 | 35 | CLR | KW13 200555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/22 A3000 RMK AO1 T02200218 10253 20216 | ||
0150Z | 2:55 AM | BKN | 14000 - 48000 | 58 | BKN | 14000 - 40000 | 51 | CLR | KW13 200655Z AUTO 26003KT 10SM CLR 22/22 A2998 RMK AO1 T02200220 | ||
0250Z | 3:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 43000 | 56 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 28 | BKN@5000 BKN@7000 OVC@8500 | KW13 200755Z AUTO 25004KT 10SM BKN050 BKN070 OVC085 22/22 A2998 RMK AO1 T02230220 | ||
0350Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 23 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 20 | BKN@9000 | KW13 200855Z AUTO 25004KT 10SM BKN090 22/22 A2996 RMK AO1 T02210220 | |
0450Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 7 | CLR | KW13 200955Z AUTO 24004KT 10SM CLR 22/22 A2997 RMK AO1 T02190218 | ||
0550Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 39000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 2 | BKN@7000 | KW13 201055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN070 23/21 A2998 RMK AO1 T02250212 | ||
0650Z | 7:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 0 | BKN@6000 | KW13 201155Z AUTO 25004KT 10SM BKN060 24/21 A2998 RMK AO1 70046 T02370210 10237 20216 |