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 | OVC | 32000 - 47000 | 42 | BKN | 17000 - 39000 | 31 | CLR | K2J5 220455Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR A2996 RMK AO2 | ||
0050Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 18000 - 47000 | 24 | SCT | 16000 - 39000 | 24 | CLR | K2J5 220555Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM HZ CLR A2995 RMK AO2 | ||
0150Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 24000 - 47000 | 7 | SCT | 18000 - 42000 | 9 | SCT@200 | K2J5 220655Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM SCT002 A2993 RMK AO2 | ||
0250Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 24000 - 51000 | 5 | SCT | 19000 - 41000 | 6 | CLR | K2J5 220755Z AUTO 13003KT 7SM HZ CLR A2992 RMK AO2 | ||
0350Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 25000 - 52000 | 6 | SCT | 18000 - 40000 | 9 | CLR | K2J5 220855Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM HZ CLR A2993 RMK AO2 P0001 60001 | ||
0450Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 17000 - 45000 | 2 | SCT | 16000 - 39000 | 10 | CLR | K2J5 220955Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM HZ CLR A2994 RMK AO2 | ||
0550Z | 6:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 15000 - 38000 | 9 | CLR | K2J5 221055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR A2996 RMK AO2 | ||
0650Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 34000 - 43000 | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 36000 | 4 | CLR | K2J5 221155Z AUTO 24003KT 10SM CLR A2998 RMK AO2 60001 70002 | ||
0750Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 24000 - 38000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 5 | SCT@700 | K2J5 221255Z AUTO 31004KT 10SM SCT007 A2999 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT S | ||
0850Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 16000 - 37000 | 1 | SCT | 14000 - 34000 | 2 | CLR | K2J5 221355Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR A2998 RMK AO2 | ||
0950Z | 10:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 23000 - 35000 | 0 | CLR | K2J5 221455Z AUTO 29004KT 10SM CLR A2998 RMK AO2 | ||
1050Z | 11:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 37000 - 38000 | 0 | CLR | K2J5 221555Z AUTO 32004KT 10SM CLR A2998 RMK AO2 | ||
1150Z | 12:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 0 | SCT@3700 SCT@4200 | K2J5 221655Z AUTO 29007KT 10SM SCT037 SCT042 A2996 RMK AO2 | |
1250Z | 1:55 PM | SCT | 17000 - 17000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 4 | SCT@3800 BKN@4800 BKN@6000 | K2J5 221755Z AUTO 22004KT 10SM SCT038 BKN048 BKN060 A2995 RMK AO2 | ||
1350Z | 2:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 23000 | 10 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 16 | SCT@4300 SCT@5000 BKN@12000 | K2J5 221855Z AUTO 08003KT 10SM SCT043 SCT050 BKN120 A2994 RMK AO2 | ||
1450Z | 3:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 20 | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 23 | SCT@2900 SCT@4700 OVC@8500 | K2J5 221955Z AUTO 10003KT 10SM VCTS SCT029 SCT047 OVC085 A2991 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NE S AND W P0003 | ||
1550Z | 4:55 PM | OVC | 13000 - 52000 | 66 | BKN | 13000 - 52000 | 52 | SCT@5500 SCT@8500 SCT@11000 | K2J5 222055Z AUTO 21004KT 10SM VCTS SCT055 SCT085 SCT110 A2990 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT ALQDS P0031 60034 | ||
1650Z | 5:55 PM | BKN | 26000 - 52000 | 64 | SCT | 31000 - 52000 | 38 | SCT@6000 BKN@9000 | K2J5 222155Z AUTO 10003KT 10SM VCTS SCT060 BKN090 A2993 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT ALQDS |