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 | 13000 - 23000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 27000 | 6 | OVC@1200 | KT82 220555Z AUTO 17010G17KT 10SM OVC012 24/22 A3008 RMK AO2 T02370215 10287 20230 403100226 | ||
0150Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 23000 | 5 | OVC@1200 | KT82 220655Z AUTO 16010G15KT 10SM OVC012 24/22 A3008 RMK AO2 T02370215 | ||
0250Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 22000 | 5 | BKN@1200 BKN@2000 OVC@2600 | KT82 220755Z AUTO 16010G16KT 10SM BKN012 BKN020 OVC026 24/22 A3007 RMK AO2 T02350215 | ||
0350Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 25000 | 6 | SCT@1700 BKN@2300 BKN@4100 | KT82 220855Z AUTO 18009KT 10SM SCT017 BKN023 BKN041 23/21 A3006 RMK AO2 T02340210 | |
0450Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 4 | SCT@1400 BKN@2300 BKN@3000 | KT82 220955Z AUTO 17012G16KT 10SM SCT014 BKN023 BKN030 23/21 A3005 RMK AO2 T02330209 | ||
0550Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT@1600 SCT@2200 | KT82 221055Z AUTO 17009G16KT 10SM SCT016 SCT022 23/21 A3005 RMK AO2 T02300205 | ||
0650Z | 6:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | BKN@1600 BKN@2400 OVC@3000 | KT82 221155Z AUTO 17007KT 10SM BKN016 BKN024 OVC030 23/21 A3006 RMK AO2 70001 T02280206 10238 20227 | ||
0750Z | 7:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | BKN@1400 BKN@2000 BKN@2600 | KT82 221255Z AUTO 17008KT 10SM BKN014 BKN020 BKN026 23/21 A3008 RMK AO2 T02340209 | ||
0850Z | 8:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | BKN@1400 BKN@1900 OVC@3100 | KT82 221355Z AUTO 17009KT 10SM BKN014 BKN019 OVC031 25/21 A3009 RMK AO2 T02460207 | ||
0950Z | 9:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | BKN@2500 BKN@2900 BKN@3800 | KT82 221455Z AUTO 18012G17KT 10SM BKN025 BKN029 BKN038 25/20 A3011 RMK AO2 T02520202 |