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 | ||
0550Z | 12:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | K1D1 210555Z AUTO 16007KT 10SM CLR 19/19 A3008 RMK AO2 | ||
0650Z | 1:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | K1D1 210655Z AUTO 16006KT 10SM CLR 19/19 A3007 RMK AO2 | ||
0750Z | 2:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | K1D1 210755Z AUTO 16004KT 10SM CLR 18/18 A3008 RMK AO2 | ||
0850Z | 3:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | K1D1 210855Z AUTO 14007KT 10SM CLR 19/19 A3007 RMK AO2 | ||
0950Z | 4:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | K1D1 210955Z AUTO 18005KT 10SM CLR 17/17 A3006 RMK AO2 | ||
1050Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | K1D1 211055Z AUTO 15006KT 10SM CLR 17/17 A3005 RMK AO2 | ||
1150Z | 6:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | K1D1 211155Z AUTO 15005KT 10SM CLR 16/16 A3005 RMK AO2 | ||
1250Z | 7:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | K1D1 211255Z AUTO 14004KT 10SM CLR 18/18 A3005 RMK AO2 | ||
1350Z | 8:50 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | K1D1 211350Z AUTO 15006KT 10SM CLR 21/21 A3004 RMK AO2 | ||
1450Z | 9:50 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | K1D1 211450Z AUTO 18008KT 10SM CLR 23/22 A3003 RMK AO2 |