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 | OVC | 28000 - 40000 | 48 | BKN | 14000 - 37000 | 52 | CLR | KACB 110455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 14/14 A2996 RMK AO2 T01440141 | ||
0050Z | 1:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 40000 | 36 | BKN | 13000 - 35000 | 36 | CLR | KACB 110555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 14/13 A2997 RMK AO2 T01360134 10226 20136 402500117 | ||
0150Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 18 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 16 | CLR | KACB 110655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 13/13 A2996 RMK AO2 T01300129 | ||
0250Z | 3:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 40000 | 34 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 14 | CLR | KACB 110755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 12/12 A2995 RMK AO2 T01200120 | ||
0350Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 23 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 17 | CLR | KACB 110855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 12/12 A2996 RMK AO2 T01230122 | ||
0450Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 23 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 16 | CLR | KACB 110955Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 11/11 A2995 RMK AO2 T01120112 | ||
0550Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 23 | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 14 | CLR | KACB 111055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 12/12 A2994 RMK AO2 T01190119 | ||
0650Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 16000 - 36000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 2 | SCT@200 | KACB 111155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT002 15/14 A2995 RMK AO2 T01450136 10145 20109 | ||
0750Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 18000 | 3 | CLR | KACB 111255Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 18/15 A2994 RMK AO2 T01820151 | ||
0850Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 18000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 21000 | 4 | CLR | KACB 111355Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/16 A2994 RMK AO2 T02200159 |