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 | ||
| 0550Z | 12:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 23000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 22000 | 14 | CLR | KM19 250556Z AUTO 00000KT 8SM CLR 23/22 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP176 60000 T02330222 10272 20233 403060211 56001 $ | ||
| 0650Z | 1:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 17000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 18000 | 3 | CLR | KM19 250656Z AUTO 00000KT 5SM BR CLR 23/22 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP178 T02280222 $ | ||
| 0750Z | 2:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 14 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 18 | CLR | KM19 250756Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 23/22 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP177 T02280217 $ | ||
| 0850Z | 3:56 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 11 | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 17 | CLR | KM19 250856Z AUTO 00000KT 4SM BR CLR 23/22 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP177 T02280222 51001 $ | |
| 0950Z | 4:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 20 | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 17 | CLR | KM19 250956Z AUTO 06003KT 3SM BR CLR 22/22 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP180 P0001 T02220222 $ | ||
| 1050Z | 5:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 17000 | 10 | CLR | KM19 251056Z AUTO 00000KT 4SM BR CLR 23/22 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP181 T02280222 $ | ||
| 1150Z | 6:54 AM | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 2 | CLR | KM19 251154Z AUTO 10004KT 2 1/2SM BR CLR 22/22 A3003 RMK AO2 $ | ||
| 1250Z | 7:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 13 | FEW@200 BKN@10000 | KM19 251256Z AUTO 19004KT 9SM FEW002 BKN100 23/23 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP185 T02330228 $ | ||