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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 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mid Clouds | High Clouds | Levels [ft] | ECA [%] | Mid Clouds | High Clouds | Levels [ft] | ECA [%] | Levels ft | METAR | ||
| 0450Z | 12:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 25 | BKN | 13000 - 43000 | 43 | CLR | KAPF 080453Z AUTO 14003KT 10SM CLR 27/24 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP164 T02670244 403170233 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:53 AM | SCT | 16000 - 45000 | 19 | BKN | 13000 - 41000 | 31 | CLR | KAPF 080553Z AUTO 14004KT 10SM CLR 26/24 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP167 T02610244 10294 20261 55007 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 15 | SCT | 14000 - 39000 | 18 | CLR | KAPF 080653Z AUTO 11004KT 10SM CLR 26/24 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP170 T02610239 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 11 | FEW@2100 | KAPF 080753Z AUTO 02004KT 10SM FEW021 26/24 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP168 T02610239 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 6 | CLR | KAPF 080853Z AUTO 06004KT 10SM CLR 26/24 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP165 T02560239 58002 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:53 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 3 | CLR | KAPF 080953Z 06006KT 10SM CLR 25/24 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP166 T02500239 | |
| 1050Z | 6:53 AM | SCT | 15000 - 45000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 15 | CLR | KAPF 081053Z 06006KT 10SM CLR 25/24 A3004 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SW SLP172 T02500239 | ||
| 1150Z | 7:53 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 25 | CLR | KAPF 081153Z 06005KT 10SM CLR 26/24 A3006 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SW AND W SLP179 T02560239 10261 20250 53014 | |
| 1250Z | 8:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 20 | CLR | KAPF 081253Z 10003KT 10SM CLR 28/25 A3009 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SW SLP187 T02780250 | ||
| 1350Z | 9:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 16 | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 24 | CLR | KAPF 081353Z 14009KT 10SM CLR 30/26 A3010 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT S SLP190 T03000256 | ||