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 | 12:55 AM | - | CLR | - | 0 | SCT@200 | KCXE 050455Z AUTO 00000KT 1 1/4SM SCT002 17/17 A2995 RMK AO1 T01710168 | ||||
0550Z | 1:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | BKN@6000 BKN@7000 | KCXE 050555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN060 BKN070 17/17 A2995 RMK AO1 60001 T01720169 10194 20168 | ||
0650Z | 2:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KCXE 050655Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 17/17 A2995 RMK AO1 T01700166 | ||
0750Z | 3:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KCXE 050755Z AUTO 00000KT 2SM CLR 16/16 A2995 RMK AO1 T01630160 | ||
0850Z | 4:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | VV @700 | KCXE 050855Z AUTO 00000KT 1 3/4SM VV007 16/16 A2995 RMK AO1 T01600157 | ||
0950Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT@300 | KCXE 050955Z AUTO 00000KT 3SM SCT003 16/16 A2997 RMK AO1 T01620159 | ||
1050Z | 6:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT@300 | KCXE 051055Z AUTO 00000KT 2 1/2SM SCT003 17/16 A2998 RMK AO1 T01650161 | ||
1150Z | 7:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KCXE 051155Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 18/17 A3000 RMK AO1 70055 T01760173 10176 20158 | ||
1250Z | 8:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KCXE 051255Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 20/19 A3000 RMK AO1 T01950191 |