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 | ||
0450Z | 12:45 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 4 | CLR | K0W3 230445Z AUTO 17006KT 10SM CLR 18/18 A3002 RMK AO2 T01780178 $ | |
0550Z | 1:45 AM | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 2 | SCT | 14000 - 30000 | 6 | SCT@800 | K0W3 230545Z AUTO 17004KT 10SM SCT008 18/18 A3003 RMK AO2 T01790179 $ | ||
0650Z | 2:45 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 8 | OVC@400 | K0W3 230645Z AUTO 17005KT 9SM OVC004 18/18 A3002 RMK AO2 CIG 003V005 T01820182 $ | |
0750Z | 3:45 AM | SCT | SCT | 15000 - 44000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 3 | OVC@200 | K0W3 230745Z AUTO 17004KT 4SM BR OVC002 18/18 A3001 RMK AO2 T01830183 $ | |
0850Z | 4:45 AM | SCT | SCT | 14000 - 46000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 6 | CLR | K0W3 230845Z AUTO 17004KT 9SM CLR 18/18 A3001 RMK AO2 T01760176 $ | |
0950Z | 5:45 AM | SCT | 14000 - 44000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 8 | CLR | K0W3 230945Z AUTO 18005KT 10SM CLR 18/18 A3000 RMK AO2 T01770177 $ | ||
1050Z | 6:45 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 11 | CLR | K0W3 231045Z AUTO 17008KT 10SM CLR 18/18 A3000 RMK AO2 T01770177 $ | |
1150Z | 7:45 AM | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 11 | FEW@8000 | K0W3 231145Z AUTO 19004KT 10SM FEW080 18/18 A3003 RMK AO2 T01850185 $ | ||
1250Z | 8:45 AM | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 7 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 7 | FEW@17000 | K0W3 231245Z AUTO 21007KT 10SM FEW170 20/20 A3004 RMK AO2 T01990196 $ | ||
1350Z | 9:45 AM | SCT | 14000 - 18000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 11 | FEW@16000 | K0W3 231345Z AUTO VRB04KT 10SM FEW160 21/20 A3004 RMK AO2 T02130200 $ | ||
1450Z | 10:45 AM | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 19 | CLR | K0W3 231445Z AUTO 21003KT 10SM CLR 23/20 A3003 RMK AO2 T02310202 $ | ||
1550Z | 11:45 AM | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 7 | BKN | 13000 - 37000 | 27 | FEW@9000 | K0W3 231545Z AUTO 20005KT 10SM FEW090 25/21 A3002 RMK AO2 T02460210 $ | ||
1650Z | 12:45 PM | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 14 | BKN | 14000 - 37000 | 36 | CLR | K0W3 231645Z AUTO 21004KT 10SM CLR 25/21 A3001 RMK AO2 T02500213 $ |