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 | ||
2350Z | 12:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 24 | SCT | 18000 - 28000 | 0 | OVC@2000 | KRUT 150456Z AUTO 00000KT 8SM OVC020 22/21 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP166 T02220211 403000217 $ | ||
0050Z | 1:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 1 | OVC@1800 | KRUT 150556Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM OVC018 22/21 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP169 T02220211 10244 20217 53003 $ | ||
0150Z | 2:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 1 | OVC@1800 | KRUT 150656Z AUTO 00000KT 6SM BR OVC018 22/21 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP170 T02220211 $ | ||
0250Z | 3:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 0 | OVC@1600 | KRUT 150756Z AUTO VRB04KT 10SM OVC016 22/21 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP168 T02220211 $ | ||
0350Z | 4:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 1 | FEW@1800 BKN@5000 BKN@6000 | KRUT 150856Z AUTO 17003KT 10SM FEW018 BKN050 BKN060 22/21 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP174 T02220206 53005 $ | ||
0450Z | 5:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 1 | FEW@1800 BKN@3900 | KRUT 150956Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW018 BKN039 21/21 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP179 T02110206 $ | ||
0550Z | 6:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 13000 | 0 | CLR | KRUT 151056Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 21/21 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP184 T02110206 $ | ||
0650Z | 7:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 13000 | 0 | BKN@1700 OVC@2300 | KRUT 151156Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN017 OVC023 23/21 A3012 RMK AO2 SLP188 T02280206 10228 20206 53012 $ | ||
0750Z | 8:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | BKN@2000 OVC@2500 | KRUT 151256Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN020 OVC025 24/20 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP187 T02440200 $ | ||
0850Z | 9:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KRUT 151356Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 25/19 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP185 T02500189 $ | ||
0950Z | 10:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KRUT 151456Z AUTO 25003KT 10SM CLR 27/17 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP178 T02670167 58008 $ | ||
1050Z | 11:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KRUT 151556Z AUTO VRB03KT 9SM CLR 27/17 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP175 T02720167 $ | ||
1150Z | 12:56 PM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 13000 | 1 | CLR | KRUT 151656Z AUTO VRB04KT 10SM CLR 28/16 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP175 T02830156 $ | ||
1250Z | 1:56 PM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 1 | CLR | KRUT 151756Z AUTO VRB05KT 10SM CLR 29/17 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP174 T02940167 10294 20228 56004 $ |