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 | 14000 - 52000 | 4 | SCT | SCT | 16000 - 41000 | 0 | CLR | KSOW 140755Z AUTO 18008KT 10SM CLR 18/14 A3021 RMK AO2 | |
| 0850Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 17 | SCT | 14000 - 48000 | 8 | CLR | KSOW 140855Z AUTO 19011KT 10SM CLR 19/14 A3019 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 20 | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 14 | CLR | KSOW 140955Z AUTO 16005KT 10SM CLR 19/14 A3019 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 3:55 AM | BKN | 14000 - 51000 | 50 | BKN | 13000 - 43000 | 51 | CLR | KSOW 141055Z AUTO 19013KT 10SM CLR 19/14 A3020 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NE | ||
| 1150Z | 4:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 44000 | 27 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 15 | CLR | KSOW 141155Z AUTO 18007KT 10SM CLR 18/14 A3021 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT N AND NE AND SW | ||
| 1250Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 16 | SCT | 17000 - 38000 | 4 | BKN@3100 BKN@3800 | KSOW 141255Z AUTO 19006KT 10SM BKN031 BKN038 17/14 A3021 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT N-SE | ||
| 1350Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 20 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 6 | FEW@3500 | KSOW 141355Z AUTO 19006KT 10SM FEW035 17/14 A3023 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1450Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 13 | SCT | 13000 - 19000 | 3 | CLR | KSOW 141455Z AUTO 19012KT 10SM CLR 21/15 A3023 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT N AND NE | ||
| 1550Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 9 | SCT | 13000 - 25000 | 6 | CLR | KSOW 141555Z AUTO 20013KT 10SM CLR 22/16 A3023 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT E | ||
| 1650Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 27 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 19 | FEW@2200 BKN@3500 BKN@4800 | KSOW 141655Z AUTO 19012KT 10SM FEW022 BKN035 BKN048 20/16 A3025 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SE | ||
| 1750Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 9 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 2 | BKN@2200 BKN@2800 | KSOW 141755Z AUTO 19012KT 10SM BKN022 BKN028 22/16 A3023 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT W-NE | ||
| 1850Z | 11:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 21 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 31 | FEW@3000 SCT@3500 SCT@11000 | KSOW 141855Z AUTO 20012G19KT 10SM FEW030 SCT035 SCT110 25/16 A3021 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NE AND SE | ||