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.

Year: Month: Day: Time Order:

 

SCP Valid UTC METAR Valid Local Satellite East SounderSatellite West SounderASOS METAR Report
Mid CloudsHigh CloudsLevels [ft]ECA [%]Mid CloudsHigh CloudsLevels [ft]ECA [%]Levels ftMETAR
0050Z1:55 AMBKN13000 - 4900047BKN14000 - 3500054SCT@1600
SCT@2000
BKN@3000
KOBE 180555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT016 SCT020 BKN030 24/24 A3010 RMK AO2
0150Z2:55 AMOVC14000 - 5200056BKN14000 - 3600051FEW@1600
FEW@3400
KOBE 180655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW016 FEW034 25/25 A3009 RMK AO2
0250Z3:55 AMBKN16000 - 4900057BKN13000 - 3700044CLR KOBE 180755Z AUTO VRB04KT 10SM CLR 26/26 A3008 RMK AO2
0350Z4:55 AMBKN13000 - 4200042BKN13000 - 3600028BKN@300
KOBE 180855Z AUTO 04003KT 8SM BKN003 26/26 A3009 RMK AO2
0450Z5:55 AMBKN13000 - 4000035BKN13000 - 3600030FEW@400
SCT@1600
BKN@2200
KOBE 180955Z AUTO 00000KT 8SM FEW004 SCT016 BKN022 25/25 A3010 RMK AO2
0550Z6:55 AMSCT13000 - 4800018BKN13000 - 3400033SCT@2000
BKN@2500
BKN@3500
KOBE 181055Z AUTO 00000KT 6SM BR SCT020 BKN025 BKN035 25/25 A3012 RMK AO2