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 | SCT | 18000 - 47000 | 1 | SCT | SCT | 15000 - 40000 | 3 | CLR | K48A 160455Z AUTO 09003KT 10SM CLR 25/22 A3005 RMK AO2 T02530224 | |
0050Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 16000 - 47000 | 2 | SCT | 15000 - 38000 | 2 | CLR | K48A 160555Z AUTO 08005KT 10SM CLR 25/23 A3004 RMK AO2 T02490227 10303 20249 | ||
0150Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 15000 - 47000 | 4 | SCT | 16000 - 40000 | 4 | CLR | K48A 160655Z AUTO 07004KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A3003 RMK AO2 T02430227 | ||
0250Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 15000 - 47000 | 6 | SCT | 15000 - 40000 | 6 | CLR | K48A 160755Z AUTO 07006KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A3003 RMK AO2 T02400229 | ||
0350Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 17000 - 47000 | 7 | SCT | 15000 - 41000 | 8 | CLR | K48A 160855Z AUTO 09006KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A3002 RMK AO2 T02390229 | ||
0450Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 47000 | 12 | SCT | 14000 - 39000 | 14 | BKN@1000 BKN@1400 | K48A 160955Z AUTO 08006KT 10SM BKN010 BKN014 24/23 A3003 RMK AO2 T02400231 | ||
0550Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 16000 - 47000 | 17 | SCT | 15000 - 40000 | 16 | BKN@700 OVC@1100 | K48A 161055Z AUTO 10006KT 10SM BKN007 OVC011 24/23 A3004 RMK AO2 T02410233 | ||
0650Z | 7:55 AM | OVC | 17000 - 47000 | 19 | OVC | 16000 - 42000 | 18 | OVC@700 | K48A 161155Z AUTO 12007KT 10SM OVC007 25/24 A3005 RMK AO2 T02480235 10249 20239 | ||
0750Z | 8:55 AM | OVC | 17000 - 47000 | 24 | SCT | 16000 - 41000 | 17 | OVC@1200 | K48A 161255Z AUTO 13007KT 10SM OVC012 26/23 A3007 RMK AO2 T02570233 | ||
0850Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 20 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 14 | SCT@1800 | K48A 161355Z AUTO 12006KT 10SM SCT018 27/23 A3009 RMK AO2 T02730230 |