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 | SCT | 16000 - 18000 | 0 | CLR | KTFP 040555Z AUTO 21005KT 10SM CLR 28/24 A2990 RMK AO1 T02780235 10320 20277 403750250 | ||
0650Z | 1:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KTFP 040655Z AUTO 21005KT 10SM CLR 28/24 A2989 RMK AO1 T02770237 | ||
0750Z | 2:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KTFP 040755Z AUTO 23004KT 10SM CLR 28/24 A2988 RMK AO1 T02750238 | ||
0850Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 20000 - 52000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 2 | CLR | KTFP 040855Z AUTO 24004KT 10SM CLR 28/25 A2988 RMK AO1 T02790246 | ||
0950Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 36000 - 44000 | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KTFP 040955Z AUTO 26006KT 10SM CLR 28/25 A2987 RMK AO1 T02750245 | ||
1050Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 19000 | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KTFP 041055Z AUTO 24005KT 10SM CLR 27/24 A2988 RMK AO1 T02730242 | ||
1150Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 15000 - 50000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 3 | CLR | KTFP 041155Z AUTO 25004KT 7SM CLR 27/24 A2989 RMK AO1 T02670236 10280 20267 | |
1250Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 41000 | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KTFP 041255Z AUTO 24006KT 10SM CLR 28/25 A2990 RMK AO1 T02810251 | ||
1350Z | 8:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KTFP 041355Z AUTO 24007KT 10SM CLR 30/26 A2990 RMK AO1 T03010257 | ||
1450Z | 9:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KTFP 041455Z AUTO 23006KT 10SM CLR 32/25 A2991 RMK AO1 T03200254 | ||
1550Z | 10:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KTFP 041555Z AUTO 19004KT 10SM CLR 34/23 A2991 RMK AO1 T03410230 | ||
1650Z | 11:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KTFP 041655Z AUTO 19004KT 10SM CLR 37/19 A2989 RMK AO1 T03660192 | ||
1750Z | 12:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KTFP 041755Z AUTO 18008KT 10SM CLR 37/20 A2987 RMK AO1 T03650200 10371 20267 | ||
1830Z | 1:35 PM | - | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KTFP 041835Z AUTO 17009KT 10SM CLR 37/23 A2985 RMK AO1 T03670228 | ||||
1950Z | 2:35 PM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KTFP 041935Z AUTO 17010KT 10SM CLR 37/21 A2983 RMK AO1 T03660213 |