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 | ||
0050Z | 12:55 AM | BKN | 15000 - 39000 | 55 | BKN | 13000 - 37000 | 49 | CLR | KGHW 300555Z AUTO 14003KT 10SM CLR 18/16 A2991 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NW | ||
0150Z | 1:55 AM | OVC | 15000 - 38000 | 71 | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 50 | CLR | KGHW 300655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM -RA CLR 19/16 A2991 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NE AND NW | ||
0250Z | 2:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 39000 | 42 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 22 | SCT@7500 BKN@9500 | KGHW 300755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT075 BKN095 18/16 A2993 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NE AND E | ||
0350Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 19000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 6 | CLR | KGHW 300855Z AUTO 22003KT 10SM CLR 17/16 A2993 RMK AO2 | ||
0450Z | 4:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 0 | CLR | KGHW 300955Z AUTO 26006KT 10SM CLR 17/16 A2992 RMK AO2 | ||
0550Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KGHW 301055Z AUTO 28008KT 10SM CLR 17/15 A2992 RMK AO2 | ||
0650Z | 6:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KGHW 301155Z AUTO 29006KT 10SM CLR 18/15 A2994 RMK AO2 | ||
0750Z | 7:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KGHW 301255Z AUTO 29010KT 10SM CLR 20/16 A2997 RMK AO2 | ||
0850Z | 8:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KGHW 301355Z AUTO 27007KT 10SM CLR 21/15 A2997 RMK AO2 | ||
0950Z | 9:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KGHW 301455Z AUTO 26009KT 10SM CLR 22/15 A2996 RMK AO2 |