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 | 13000 - 48000 | 17 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 25 | CLR | K81R 160555Z AUTO 24003KT 10SM CLR 21/20 A3005 RMK AO2 PWINO T02080202 10260 20208 | |
0150Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 50000 | 8 | SCT | 14000 - 45000 | 15 | CLR | K81R 160655Z AUTO 14003KT 10SM CLR 20/20 A3004 RMK AO2 PWINO T02030197 | ||
0250Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 20 | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 28 | CLR | K81R 160755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 21/20 A3001 RMK AO2 PWINO T02060195 | ||
0350Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 5 | CLR | K81R 160855Z AUTO 13004KT 10SM CLR 20/20 A3000 RMK AO2 PWINO T02020196 | ||
0450Z | 4:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | K81R 160955Z AUTO 08003KT 10SM CLR 20/20 A2999 RMK AO2 PWINO T02020195 | ||
0550Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | K81R 161055Z AUTO 08004KT 10SM CLR 20/19 A2999 RMK AO2 PWINO T01990194 | ||
0650Z | 6:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | K81R 161155Z AUTO 03003KT 10SM CLR 20/19 A3001 RMK AO2 PWINO T01990194 10208 20198 | ||
0750Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 1 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | K81R 161255Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/20 A3002 RMK AO2 PWINO T02200205 | ||
0850Z | 8:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | K81R 161355Z AUTO 30003KT 10SM CLR 25/20 A3003 RMK AO2 PWINO T02450205 | ||
0950Z | 9:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | BKN@7000 | K81R 161455Z AUTO 29006KT 10SM BKN070 26/22 A3004 RMK AO2 PWINO T02630215 |