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 | 12:50 AM | SCT | 13000 - 50000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 3 | CLR | KAVQ 060750Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM -DZ CLR 13/12 A2999 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 4 | OVC@6000 | KAVQ 060855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC060 14/12 A3000 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 7 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 7 | OVC@6000 | KAVQ 060955Z AUTO 04003KT 10SM OVC060 13/12 A3000 RMK AO2 | ||