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 | ||
0550Z | 12:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KIKV 280555Z AUTO 20003KT 10SM CLR 28/27 A2998 RMK AO2 | ||
0650Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 21 | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 18 | FEW@4800 | KIKV 280655Z AUTO 31017G28KT 10SM FEW048 28/26 A3003 RMK AO2 | |
0750Z | 2:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 49000 | 61 | BKN | 13000 - 49000 | 62 | BKN@300 BKN@1200 OVC@4500 | KIKV 280755Z AUTO 36017G26KT 1 3/4SM -RA BKN003 BKN012 OVC045 22/22 A3013 RMK AO2 P0019 | ||
0850Z | 3:55 AM | BKN | 25000 - 48000 | 65 | OVC | 20000 - 48000 | 69 | KIKV 280855Z AUTO A3018 RMK AO2 P0001 PWINO | |||
0950Z | 4:55 AM | BKN | 19000 - 44000 | 66 | BKN | 13000 - 45000 | 59 | FEW@5000 SCT@6500 OVC@11000 | KIKV 280955Z AUTO 08013KT 10SM FEW050 SCT065 OVC110 21/19 A3016 RMK AO2 P0009 | ||
1050Z | 5:55 AM | OVC | 13000 - 40000 | 73 | BKN | 13000 - 41000 | 64 | FEW@3800 BKN@11000 | KIKV 281055Z AUTO VRB03KT 10SM FEW038 BKN110 21/19 A3012 RMK AO2 P0001 | ||
1150Z | 6:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 47000 | 47 | BKN | 13000 - 39000 | 45 | CLR | KIKV 281155Z AUTO VRB05KT 10SM CLR 21/18 A3005 RMK AO2 | ||
1250Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 19 | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 14 | CLR | KIKV 281255Z AUTO 20008KT 10SM CLR 22/19 A3006 RMK AO2 | ||
1350Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 18000 - 47000 | 1 | SCT | 17000 - 29000 | 0 | CLR | KIKV 281355Z AUTO 22008KT 10SM CLR 24/19 A3008 RMK AO2 | ||
1450Z | 9:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 13000 | 0 | CLR | KIKV 281455Z AUTO 19008KT 10SM CLR 26/20 A3008 RMK AO2 | ||
1550Z | 10:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 0 | CLR | KIKV 281555Z AUTO VRB05KT 10SM CLR 27/21 A3010 RMK AO2 | ||
1650Z | 11:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 17000 | 0 | CLR | KIKV 281655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 28/22 A3010 RMK AO2 | ||
1750Z | 12:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 1 | CLR | KIKV 281755Z AUTO VRB04KT 10SM CLR 30/23 A3010 RMK AO2 | ||
1850Z | 1:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 17 | CLR | KIKV 281855Z AUTO VRB06KT 10SM CLR 31/24 A3009 RMK AO2 | ||
1950Z | 2:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 11 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 9 | CLR | KIKV 281955Z AUTO VRB06KT 10SM CLR 31/24 A3009 RMK AO2 | ||
2050Z | 3:55 PM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 1 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 1 | CLR | KIKV 282055Z AUTO 13006KT 10SM CLR 32/24 A3009 RMK AO2 |