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 | 15000 - 49000 | 12 | SCT | 22000 - 53000 | 16 | CLR | KMIO 200555Z AUTO 18009KT 10SM CLR A2997 RMK A01 | ||
0150Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 44000 - 50000 | 17 | SCT | 38000 - 52000 | 22 | CLR | KMIO 200655Z AUTO 17010KT 10SM CLR A2996 RMK A01 | ||
0250Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 44000 - 51000 | 20 | OVC | 43000 - 49000 | 29 | CLR | KMIO 200755Z AUTO 18009KT 10SM CLR A2994 RMK A01 | ||
0350Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 42000 - 49000 | 19 | OVC | 42000 - 52000 | 25 | CLR | KMIO 200855Z AUTO 19007KT 10SM CLR A2992 RMK A01 | ||
0450Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 43000 - 49000 | 19 | OVC | 42000 - 49000 | 21 | CLR | KMIO 200955Z AUTO 19009KT 10SM CLR A2993 RMK A01 | ||
0550Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 43000 - 49000 | 22 | SCT | 42000 - 49000 | 24 | CLR | KMIO 201055Z AUTO 18008KT 10SM CLR A2994 RMK A01 | ||
0650Z | 6:55 AM | OVC | 41000 - 49000 | 22 | OVC | 42000 - 49000 | 26 | CLR | KMIO 201155Z AUTO 18007KT 10SM CLR A2996 RMK A01 | ||
0750Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 29000 - 48000 | 15 | SCT | 27000 - 50000 | 15 | CLR | KMIO 201255Z AUTO 19009KT 10SM CLR A2998 RMK A01 | ||
0850Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 27000 - 50000 | 5 | SCT | 16000 - 49000 | 5 | CLR | KMIO 201355Z AUTO 19010G16KT 10SM CLR A2998 RMK A01 | ||
0950Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 28000 - 52000 | 5 | SCT | 16000 - 46000 | 5 | CLR | KMIO 201455Z AUTO 19012KT 10SM CLR A2998 RMK A01 | ||
1050Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | 29000 - 48000 | 4 | SCT | 21000 - 52000 | 5 | CLR | KMIO 201555Z AUTO 19010G15KT 10SM CLR A2998 RMK A01 | ||
1150Z | 11:55 AM | SCT | 32000 - 52000 | 4 | SCT | 19000 - 50000 | 4 | CLR | KMIO 201655Z AUTO 18016KT 10SM CLR A2996 RMK A01 |