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 | KBPC 120555Z AUTO 19006KT 10SM CLR 22/11 A3011 RMK AO2 | ||
0650Z | 1:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KBPC 120655Z AUTO 19007KT 10SM CLR 22/11 A3011 RMK AO2 | ||
0750Z | 2:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KBPC 120755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 20/11 A3012 RMK AO2 | ||
0850Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 2 | CLR | KBPC 120855Z AUTO 22004KT 10SM CLR 19/12 A3011 RMK AO2 | |
0950Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 2 | SCT | SCT | 14000 - 33000 | 0 | CLR | KBPC 120955Z AUTO 23006KT 10SM CLR 17/12 A3012 RMK AO2 |
1050Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 13000 | 0 | CLR | KBPC 121055Z AUTO 22006KT 10SM CLR 17/12 A3013 RMK AO2 | |
1150Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 0 | CLR | KBPC 121155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 16/12 A3015 RMK AO2 | |
1250Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 1 | CLR | KBPC 121255Z AUTO 22006KT 10SM CLR 18/12 A3016 RMK AO2 | |
1350Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 28000 | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KBPC 121355Z AUTO 22010KT 10SM CLR 22/12 A3016 RMK AO2 | ||
1450Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 1 | CLR | KBPC 121455Z AUTO 24010KT 10SM CLR 25/13 A3017 RMK AO2 | |
1550Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | 26000 - 43000 | 1 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 2 | CLR | KBPC 121555Z AUTO 24010KT 10SM CLR 28/12 A3017 RMK AO2 | |
1650Z | 11:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 44000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 3 | CLR | KBPC 121655Z AUTO 22014G20KT 10SM CLR 30/09 A3016 RMK AO2 | ||
1750Z | 12:55 PM | SCT | 15000 - 41000 | 1 | SCT | 21000 - 31000 | 2 | CLR | KBPC 121755Z AUTO 19014G20KT 10SM CLR 32/08 A3014 RMK AO2 |