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 | SCT | SCT | 15000 - 48000 | 2 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 2 | CLR | KAVK 200555Z AUTO 18013KT 10SM CLR A2989 RMK A01 |
0150Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 30000 - 48000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 5 | CLR | KAVK 200655Z AUTO 19011KT 10SM CLR A2989 RMK A01 | ||
0250Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 22000 - 48000 | 4 | SCT | 21000 - 51000 | 4 | CLR | KAVK 200755Z AUTO 19010KT 10SM CLR A2988 RMK A01 | ||
0350Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 15000 - 44000 | 2 | SCT | 18000 - 51000 | 2 | CLR | KAVK 200855Z AUTO 19011KT 10SM CLR A2987 RMK A01 | ||
0450Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 12 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 7 | FEW@12000 | KAVK 200955Z AUTO 20008KT 10SM FEW120 A2987 RMK A01 | ||
0550Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 4 | SCT@12000 | KAVK 201055Z AUTO 19007KT 10SM SCT120 A2988 RMK A01 | ||
0650Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 16000 - 26000 | 0 | SCT | 17000 - 28000 | 1 | CLR | KAVK 201155Z AUTO 19011KT 10SM CLR A2987 RMK A01 | ||
0750Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 19000 - 44000 | 4 | SCT | 18000 - 19000 | 0 | CLR | KAVK 201255Z AUTO 22011KT 10SM CLR A2989 RMK A01 | ||
0850Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 15000 - 44000 | 11 | SCT | 21000 - 48000 | 3 | CLR | KAVK 201355Z AUTO 22013KT 10SM CLR A2990 RMK A01 | ||
0950Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 30000 - 52000 | 9 | SCT | 16000 - 48000 | 9 | CLR | KAVK 201455Z AUTO 21015KT 10SM CLR A2990 RMK A01 | ||
1050Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 15000 - 52000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 2 | CLR | KAVK 201555Z AUTO 22016G23KT 10SM CLR A2990 RMK A01 | |
1150Z | 11:55 AM | SCT | 24000 - 44000 | 0 | SCT | 19000 - 45000 | 1 | CLR | KAVK 201655Z AUTO 22017KT 10SM CLR A2988 RMK A01 | ||
1250Z | 12:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KAVK 201755Z AUTO 21016G23KT 10SM CLR A2988 RMK A01 | ||
1350Z | 1:55 PM | SCT | 37000 - 46000 | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KAVK 201855Z AUTO 21016G21KT 10SM CLR A2986 RMK A01 |