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 | ||
0450Z | 1:15 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 23 | OVC@500 | K7W4 190515Z AUTO 00000KT 3SM OVC005 19/19 A3015 RMK AO1 T01930192 | ||
0550Z | 1:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 18 | OVC@500 | K7W4 190555Z AUTO 03003KT 3SM OVC005 19/19 A3014 RMK AO1 T01930192 10197 20193 | ||
0650Z | 2:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 11 | OVC@500 | K7W4 190655Z AUTO 04003KT 5SM OVC005 19/19 A3013 RMK AO1 T01940192 | ||
0750Z | 3:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 7 | OVC@500 | K7W4 190755Z AUTO 02003KT 7SM OVC005 20/19 A3014 RMK AO1 T01950193 | ||
0850Z | 4:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 8 | OVC@500 | K7W4 190855Z AUTO 00000KT 4SM OVC005 20/20 A3013 RMK AO1 T01950195 | ||
0950Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 13000 | 3 | OVC@500 | K7W4 190955Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM OVC005 20/20 A3013 RMK AO1 T01950195 | ||
1050Z | 6:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 13000 | 1 | OVC@500 | K7W4 191055Z AUTO 01004KT 10SM OVC005 20/19 A3014 RMK AO1 T01950193 |