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 | 12:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 1 | CLR | KARB 190453Z 01003KT 9SM CLR 17/17 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP179 T01720167 403060083 | ||
0550Z | 1:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 13000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 26000 | 3 | CLR | KARB 190553Z 00000KT 8SM CLR 16/16 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP180 T01610161 10272 20156 52005 | ||
0650Z | 2:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 29000 | 7 | CLR | KARB 190653Z 00000KT 7SM CLR 17/17 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP177 T01720167 | ||
0750Z | 3:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 8 | CLR | KARB 190753Z 03004KT 7SM CLR 17/16 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP179 T01670161 | ||
0850Z | 4:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 26000 | 6 | CLR | KARB 190853Z 04003KT 7SM CLR 17/16 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP181 T01670161 53001 | ||
0950Z | 5:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 7 | CLR | KARB 190953Z 05003KT 5SM BR CLR 17/16 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP181 T01670161 | ||
1050Z | 6:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 29000 | 5 | CLR | KARB 191053Z 03004KT 5SM BR CLR 16/16 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP188 T01610156 | ||
1150Z | 7:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 11 | SCT | 13000 - 28000 | 9 | CLR | KARB 191153Z 04005KT 5SM BR CLR 17/16 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP192 T01670161 10172 20156 53011 | ||
1250Z | 8:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 20000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 20000 | 8 | CLR | KARB 191253Z 07005KT 6SM BR CLR 19/17 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP192 T01890167 | ||
1350Z | 9:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 17000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 19000 | 7 | FEW@12000 | KARB 191353Z 10006KT 8SM FEW120 21/17 A3012 RMK AO2 SLP195 T02110167 | ||
1450Z | 10:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 21000 | 3 | CLR | KARB 191453Z 08005KT 9SM CLR 23/17 A3012 RMK AO2 SLP196 T02280167 53004 |