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 | OVC | 36000 - 47000 | 69 | OVC | 32000 - 44000 | 65 | OVC@2000 | KC29 180555Z AUTO 09007KT 10SM OVC020 21/17 A3009 RMK AO1 T02050171 10245 20205 402600200 | ||
0650Z | 1:55 AM | OVC | 34000 - 44000 | 77 | OVC | 31000 - 43000 | 67 | OVC@2000 | KC29 180655Z AUTO 07006KT 10SM OVC020 20/18 A3008 RMK AO1 T02040180 | ||
0750Z | 2:55 AM | OVC | 30000 - 47000 | 61 | BKN | 13000 - 42000 | 51 | OVC@2200 | KC29 180755Z AUTO 07004KT 10SM OVC022 20/18 A3008 RMK AO1 T02000178 | ||
0850Z | 3:55 AM | OVC | 23000 - 48000 | 52 | BKN | 13000 - 39000 | 51 | OVC@2000 | KC29 180855Z AUTO 09003KT 10SM OVC020 20/19 A3006 RMK AO1 T02030185 | ||
0950Z | 4:55 AM | OVC | 15000 - 44000 | 68 | BKN | 13000 - 34000 | 37 | SCT@4100 SCT@6000 OVC@11000 | KC29 180955Z AUTO 14004KT 7SM SCT041 SCT060 OVC110 20/20 A3006 RMK AO1 P0004 T02010196 | ||
1050Z | 5:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 37000 | 32 | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 26 | SCT@800 SCT@1500 BKN@8500 | KC29 181055Z AUTO 11003KT 10SM SCT008 SCT015 BKN085 20/20 A3006 RMK AO1 P0003 T02000200 | ||
1150Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 31 | BKN | 13000 - 43000 | 31 | OVC@600 | KC29 181155Z AUTO 09005KT 10SM OVC006 21/21 A3007 RMK AO1 60007 70007 T02060206 10207 20198 | ||
1250Z | 7:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 42000 | 44 | BKN | 13000 - 42000 | 48 | OVC@600 | KC29 181255Z AUTO 13007KT 10SM OVC006 22/22 A3006 RMK AO1 T02170217 | ||
1350Z | 8:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 48000 | 53 | BKN | 13000 - 42000 | 58 | OVC@600 | KC29 181355Z AUTO 03005KT 10SM OVC006 22/22 A3007 RMK AO1 T02200220 |