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 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KEFT 150555Z AUTO 20006KT 10SM CLR 21/19 A3007 RMK AO2 T02120185 10278 20210 402860168 | ||
0150Z | 1:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KEFT 150655Z AUTO 21006KT 10SM CLR 21/18 A3009 RMK AO2 T02050180 PWINO | ||
0250Z | 2:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KEFT 150755Z AUTO 20006KT 10SM CLR 20/18 A3008 RMK AO2 T02030180 PWINO | ||
0350Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 36000 - 41000 | 0 | SCT | 15000 - 19000 | 0 | CLR | KEFT 150855Z AUTO 20007KT 10SM CLR 20/18 A3007 RMK AO2 T01980182 PWINO | ||
0450Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 8 | CLR | KEFT 150955Z AUTO 19008KT 10SM CLR 19/18 A3005 RMK AO2 T01850181 PWINO | ||
0550Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 15000 - 44000 | 15 | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 13 | CLR | KEFT 151055Z AUTO 19006KT 10SM CLR 19/19 A3006 RMK AO2 T01900185 PWINO | ||
0650Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 19000 - 44000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 4 | CLR | KEFT 151155Z AUTO 20005KT 10SM CLR 20/19 A3006 RMK AO2 T02010186 10212 20182 PWINO |