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 | 12:52 AM | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 7 | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 12 | CLR | KSPS 150552Z 19005KT 10SM CLR 24/22 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP146 T02390217 10311 20233 403330200 51005 | ||
0150Z | 1:52 AM | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 20 | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 23 | CLR | KSPS 150652Z 21004KT 10SM CLR 24/22 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP144 T02440217 | ||
0250Z | 2:52 AM | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 22 | BKN | 13000 - 44000 | 29 | CLR | KSPS 150752Z 21008KT 10SM CLR 23/21 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP147 T02330206 | ||
0350Z | 3:52 AM | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 6 | CLR | KSPS 150852Z 21007KT 10SM CLR 23/20 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP144 T02330200 58002 | ||
0450Z | 4:52 AM | SCT | 14000 - 46000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 7 | CLR | KSPS 150952Z 21007KT 10SM CLR 22/19 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP140 T02220194 | ||
0550Z | 5:52 AM | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 17 | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 22 | CLR | KSPS 151052Z 19006KT 10SM CLR 22/20 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP144 T02170200 | ||
0650Z | 6:52 AM | BKN | 14000 - 45000 | 30 | BKN | 18000 - 45000 | 33 | CLR | KSPS 151152Z 19004KT 10SM CLR 22/20 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP149 T02220200 10250 20217 53004 | ||
0750Z | 7:52 AM | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 10 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 9 | CLR | KSPS 151252Z 20007KT 10SM CLR 24/21 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP152 T02440211 | ||
0850Z | 8:52 AM | SCT | 13000 - 22000 | 23 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 16 | SCT@5000 | KSPS 151352Z 20009KT 10SM SCT050 28/21 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP151 T02780206 | ||
0950Z | 9:52 AM | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 10 | SCT | 13000 - 26000 | 10 | FEW@12000 | KSPS 151452Z 20014KT 10SM FEW120 29/22 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP153 T02890217 51004 | ||
1050Z | 10:52 AM | SCT | 20000 - 46000 | 13 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 11 | CLR | KSPS 151552Z 21012G17KT 10SM CLR 30/21 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP149 T03000211 | ||
1150Z | 11:52 AM | SCT | 15000 - 46000 | 19 | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 15 | CLR | KSPS 151652Z 20008G17KT 10SM CLR 31/22 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP144 T03110217 | ||
1250Z | 12:52 PM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 5 | CLR | KSPS 151752Z 16009KT 10SM CLR 33/22 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP137 T03280222 10328 20217 58015 | |
1350Z | 1:52 PM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 1 | BKN@5000 | KSPS 151852Z 19014G18KT 10SM BKN050 33/21 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP130 T03330211 | |
1450Z | 2:52 PM | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 29000 | 3 | SCT@5500 | KSPS 151952Z 17012KT 10SM SCT055 34/22 A2993 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT E SLP121 T03440217 | ||
1550Z | 3:52 PM | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 4 | BKN@6000 | KSPS 152052Z 21011KT 10SM BKN060 36/21 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP117 T03560206 56019 | ||
1650Z | 4:52 PM | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 7 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 6 | SCT@6000 | KSPS 152152Z 22012G19KT 10SM SCT060 35/19 A2991 RMK AO2 PK WND 22027/2056 SLP111 T03500194 |