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 | 12:52 AM | SCT | 13000 - 50000 | 19 | - | SCT@15000 BKN@20000 BKN@25000 | KATL 120452Z 22006KT 10SM SCT150 BKN200 BKN250 24/22 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP181 T02440217 403390228 $ | ||||
0050Z | 1:52 AM | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 8 | SCT@18000 SCT@25000 | KATL 120552Z 22006KT 10SM SCT180 SCT250 24/21 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP177 T02390211 10272 20239 58003 $ | ||
0150Z | 2:52 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 1 | SCT@2000 SCT@18000 | KATL 120652Z 24005KT 10SM SCT020 SCT180 24/21 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP177 T02390211 $ | |
0250Z | 3:52 AM | SCT | 25000 - 47000 | 0 | SCT | 16000 - 36000 | 0 | SCT@2000 SCT@18000 | KATL 120752Z 28006KT 10SM SCT020 SCT180 23/21 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP173 T02330211 $ | ||
0350Z | 4:52 AM | SCT | 21000 - 48000 | 1 | SCT | 14000 - 35000 | 1 | BKN@400 | KATL 120852Z 30004KT 2SM BR BKN004 23/22 A3008 RMK AO2 SFC VIS 6 SLP175 CIG 003V005 T02330217 57001 $ | ||
0450Z | 5:52 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 1 | BKN@300 | KATL 120952Z 31004KT 2SM BR BKN003 23/21 A3009 RMK AO2 SFC VIS 6 SLP181 BKN003 V SCT TWRINC T02330211 $ |