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 | 12:50 AM | OVC | 29000 - 43000 | 75 | OVC | 14000 - 42000 | 67 | FEW@5500 FEW@6500 SCT@10000 | KOWI 260550Z AUTO 34003KT 8SM FEW055 FEW065 SCT100 23/23 A2991 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT N AND W | ||
0650Z | 1:55 AM | BKN | 14000 - 47000 | 45 | BKN | 13000 - 43000 | 34 | SCT@5500 SCT@7000 SCT@8000 | KOWI 260655Z AUTO 29007KT 6SM VCTS BR SCT055 SCT070 SCT080 23/23 A2993 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SW-N | ||
0750Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 15 | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 20 | SCT@7500 BKN@9000 BKN@11000 | KOWI 260755Z AUTO 09003KT 4SM BR SCT075 BKN090 BKN110 23/23 A2991 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT ALQDS | |
0850Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 16000 - 30000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 18 | FEW@6000 | KOWI 260855Z AUTO 29005KT 4SM BR FEW060 22/22 A2992 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NE | ||
0950Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 15000 - 43000 | 16 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 15 | CLR | KOWI 260955Z AUTO 00000KT 3SM BR CLR 22/22 A2990 RMK AO2 | ||
1050Z | 5:50 AM | SCT | 14000 - 18000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 5 | CLR | KOWI 261050Z AUTO 10006KT 2SM BR CLR 22/22 A2991 RMK AO2 | ||
1150Z | 6:50 AM | SCT | 13000 - 19000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 1 | BKN@200 | KOWI 261150Z AUTO 14004KT 1 3/4SM BR BKN002 22/22 A2993 RMK AO2 | ||
1250Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 17000 | 4 | SCT@6500 BKN@8500 | KOWI 261255Z AUTO 00000KT 4SM BR SCT065 BKN085 23/23 A2994 RMK AO2 | ||
1350Z | 8:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 1 | CLR | KOWI 261355Z AUTO 14006KT 9SM CLR 26/26 A2994 RMK AO2 | ||
1450Z | 9:50 AM | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | FEW@7000 | KOWI 261450Z AUTO 18005KT 10SM FEW070 27/26 A2995 RMK AO2 | ||
1550Z | 10:50 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KOWI 261550Z AUTO 23010KT 10SM CLR 31/26 A2995 RMK AO2 PWINO | ||
1650Z | 11:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 1 | FEW@8000 | KOWI 261655Z AUTO 21009KT 10SM FEW080 32/26 A2995 RMK AO2 PWINO |