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 | ||
0150Z | 12:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 20000 | 21 | SCT | 13000 - 19000 | 18 | OVC@6000 | KMSO 050653Z AUTO 18003KT 6SM BR OVC060 13/11 A3012 RMK AO2 SLP190 T01330111 401890111 | ||
0250Z | 1:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 23 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 20 | OVC@7500 | KMSO 050753Z AUTO 00000KT 4SM BR OVC075 13/12 A3012 RMK AO2 SLP193 T01280122 | ||
0350Z | 2:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 29000 | 28 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 27 | BKN@4700 OVC@6000 | KMSO 050853Z AUTO 29003KT 9SM BKN047 OVC060 13/12 A3012 RMK AO2 SLP196 T01280117 51002 | ||
0450Z | 3:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 26 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 31 | SCT@5000 OVC@6000 | KMSO 050953Z AUTO 00000KT 5SM -RA BR SCT050 OVC060 13/12 A3013 RMK AO2 RAB23 SLP198 P0000 T01330117 | ||
0550Z | 4:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 28000 | 28 | BKN | 13000 - 26000 | 39 | BKN@900 OVC@2000 | KMSO 051053Z AUTO 17003KT 9SM BKN009 OVC020 13/12 A3014 RMK AO2 RAE08B11E25 SLP202 P0001 T01280117 | ||
0650Z | 5:53 AM | BKN | 13000 - 27000 | 40 | BKN | 13000 - 25000 | 52 | FEW@1200 BKN@6000 OVC@8000 | KMSO 051153Z AUTO 10003KT 10SM FEW012 BKN060 OVC080 13/12 A3015 RMK AO2 SLP206 60001 70023 T01280117 10139 20122 53008 | ||
0750Z | 6:50 AM | BKN | 13000 - 28000 | 49 | BKN | 13000 - 26000 | 54 | BKN@1600 OVC@8000 | KMSO 051250Z 13003KT 10SM BKN016 OVC080 13/11 A3016 RMK AO2 | ||
0850Z | 7:53 AM | BKN | 13000 - 29000 | 52 | BKN | 13000 - 29000 | 56 | FEW@2300 BKN@4700 OVC@9000 | KMSO 051353Z 15005KT 10SM FEW023 BKN047 OVC090 13/11 A3018 RMK AO2 SLP217 T01280111 | ||
0950Z | 8:53 AM | BKN | 13000 - 29000 | 49 | BKN | 13000 - 29000 | 50 | OVC@10000 | KMSO 051453Z 16003KT 10SM OVC100 14/12 A3020 RMK AO2 SLP220 T01390117 53012 |