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 | 12:55 AM | BKN | 14000 - 47000 | 48 | BKN | 17000 - 41000 | 41 | CLR | KENL 180555Z AUTO 20007KT 10SM CLR 25/23 A2984 RMK AO2 T02520231 10295 20249 403050208 | ||
0150Z | 1:55 AM | OVC | 22000 - 47000 | 50 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KENL 180655Z AUTO 19006KT 10SM CLR 25/23 A2983 RMK AO2 T02480231 | ||
0250Z | 2:55 AM | OVC | 31000 - 51000 | 40 | OVC | 33000 - 44000 | 38 | CLR | KENL 180755Z AUTO 20005KT 10SM CLR 25/23 A2984 RMK AO2 T02450231 | ||
0350Z | 3:55 AM | OVC | 23000 - 39000 | 62 | OVC | 24000 - 44000 | 52 | CLR | KENL 180855Z AUTO 20005KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A2985 RMK AO2 T02400230 | ||
0450Z | 4:55 AM | BKN | 30000 - 52000 | 31 | BKN | 17000 - 52000 | 31 | CLR | KENL 180955Z AUTO 18006KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A2984 RMK AO2 T02430228 | ||
0550Z | 5:55 AM | OVC | 38000 - 50000 | 31 | OVC | 35000 - 45000 | 32 | CLR | KENL 181055Z AUTO 18003KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A2985 RMK AO2 T02350227 | ||
0650Z | 6:55 AM | OVC | 36000 - 51000 | 34 | BKN | 18000 - 43000 | 40 | CLR | KENL 181155Z AUTO 19006KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A2986 RMK AO2 T02410234 10252 20235 | ||
0750Z | 7:55 AM | BKN | 32000 - 50000 | 48 | BKN | 13000 - 39000 | 28 | CLR | KENL 181255Z AUTO 19009KT 10SM CLR 26/24 A2986 RMK AO2 T02570240 | ||
0850Z | 8:55 AM | BKN | 19000 - 50000 | 32 | BKN | 13000 - 40000 | 33 | CLR | KENL 181355Z AUTO 18013G16KT 10SM CLR 27/24 A2984 RMK AO2 T02710240 | ||
0950Z | 9:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 39000 | 38 | BKN | 13000 - 36000 | 33 | BKN@1800 BKN@2300 | KENL 181455Z AUTO 19014G22KT 10SM BKN018 BKN023 28/24 A2984 RMK AO2 T02770239 |