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 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KDSM 010554Z 28004KT 10SM CLR 20/16 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP162 T02000156 10283 20200 402890200 50010 | ||
0150Z | 1:54 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KDSM 010654Z 27004KT 10SM CLR 19/16 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP162 T01890161 | ||
0250Z | 2:54 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KDSM 010754Z 30004KT 10SM CLR 19/16 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP162 T01940156 |