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 | ||
| 0750Z | 12:55 AM | SCT | 16000 - 36000 | 0 | SCT | 16000 - 34000 | 0 | SCT@10000 BKN@12000 | KA39 300755Z AUTO 18003KT 10SM SCT100 BKN120 A2990 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 16000 - 36000 | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT@11000 | KA39 300855Z AUTO 11004KT 10SM SCT110 A2991 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 2:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KA39 300955Z AUTO 12003KT 10SM CLR A2992 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 1 | CLR | KA39 301055Z AUTO 10007KT 10SM CLR A2992 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1150Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 12 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 8 | CLR | KA39 301155Z AUTO 20004KT 10SM CLR A2993 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1250Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 28000 | 5 | SCT | 15000 - 23000 | 1 | CLR | KA39 301255Z AUTO 12009KT 10SM CLR A2994 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1350Z | 6:50 AM | SCT | 13000 - 23000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 24000 | 1 | CLR | KA39 301350Z AUTO 13009KT 10SM CLR A2997 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1450Z | 7:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KA39 301455Z AUTO 17012KT 10SM CLR A2997 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1550Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 21000 - 37000 | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KA39 301555Z AUTO 17013KT 10SM CLR A2997 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1650Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 3 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT@10000 SCT@12000 | KA39 301655Z AUTO 17012G17KT 10SM SCT100 SCT120 A2998 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1750Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | 15000 - 51000 | 4 | SCT | 36000 - 41000 | 0 | CLR | KA39 301755Z AUTO 17006KT 10SM CLR A2997 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1850Z | 11:55 AM | SCT | 16000 - 50000 | 1 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT@11000 | KA39 301855Z AUTO 16006KT 10SM SCT110 A2994 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1950Z | 12:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KA39 301955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR A2992 RMK AO2 | ||
| 2050Z | 1:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 0 | SCT | 16000 - 18000 | 0 | CLR | KA39 302055Z AUTO 32005KT 10SM CLR A2989 RMK AO2 | ||