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 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | BKN@5000 | KGHG 300455Z AUTO 27004KT 10SM BKN050 17/16 A3000 RMK AO2 | ||
0050Z | 1:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KGHG 300555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 17/16 A2999 RMK AO2 | ||
0150Z | 2:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KGHG 300655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 17/16 A3000 RMK AO2 | ||
0250Z | 3:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | FEW@4900 | KGHG 300755Z AUTO 27003KT 10SM FEW049 17/16 A3000 RMK AO2 | ||
0350Z | 4:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KGHG 300855Z AUTO 27004KT 10SM CLR 17/16 A3001 RMK AO2 | ||
0450Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KGHG 300955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 17/16 A3001 RMK AO2 | ||
0550Z | 6:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KGHG 301055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 19/17 A3003 RMK AO2 | ||
0650Z | 7:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KGHG 301155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 23/18 A3004 RMK AO2 | ||
0750Z | 8:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 17000 - 34000 | 2 | CLR | KGHG 301255Z AUTO 06003KT 10SM CLR 24/18 A3004 RMK AO2 | ||
0850Z | 9:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 26000 - 35000 | 5 | CLR | KGHG 301355Z AUTO 06006KT 10SM CLR 24/17 A3003 RMK AO2 | ||
0950Z | 10:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 22000 - 32000 | 3 | CLR | KGHG 301455Z AUTO 06005KT 10SM CLR 25/17 A3003 RMK AO2 |