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 | ||
| 0850Z | 12:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 14 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 13 | CLR | KBAB 020855Z AUTO 05004KT 10SM CLR 11/03 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP199 T01110027 52015 $ | ||
| 0950Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 19 | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 17 | CLR | KBAB 020955Z AUTO 04004KT 10SM CLR 11/03 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP196 T01080031 $ | ||
| 1050Z | 2:55 AM | BKN | 27000 - 45000 | 36 | BKN | 13000 - 46000 | 39 | CLR | KBAB 021055Z AUTO 26004KT 10SM CLR 09/02 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP189 T00910020 $ | ||
| 1150Z | 3:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 37000 | 52 | OVC | 27000 - 35000 | 78 | CLR | KBAB 021155Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 09/04 A3010 RMK AO2A SLP196 T00880042 10126 20072 55003 $ | ||
| 1250Z | 3:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 35000 | 29 | BKN | 13000 - 35000 | 33 | CLR | KBAB 021155Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 09/04 A3010 RMK AO2A SLP196 T00880042 10126 20072 55003 $ | ||
| 1350Z | 3:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 39000 | 29 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 20 | CLR | KBAB 021155Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 09/04 A3010 RMK AO2A SLP196 T00880042 10126 20072 55003 $ | ||
| 1450Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 1 | CLR | KBAB 021155Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 09/04 A3010 RMK AO2A SLP196 T00880042 10126 20072 55003 $ | ||
| 1550Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 4 | SCT | 26000 - 34000 | 0 | CLR | KBAB 021755Z 12006KT 10SM CLR 18/05 A3019 RMK AO2A SLP226 T01750051 10182 20056 50009 $ | ||
| 1650Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 3 | SCT | 26000 - 34000 | 2 | CLR | KBAB 021755Z 12006KT 10SM CLR 18/05 A3019 RMK AO2A SLP226 T01750051 10182 20056 50009 $ | ||
| 1750Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 5 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 2 | CLR | KBAB 021755Z 12006KT 10SM CLR 18/05 A3019 RMK AO2A SLP226 T01750051 10182 20056 50009 $ | |
| 1850Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | 15000 - 44000 | 19 | BKN | 19000 - 43000 | 30 | CLR | KBAB 021855Z 19006KT 10SM CLR 18/06 A3018 RMK AO2A SLP223 T01810060 $ | ||
| 1950Z | 11:55 AM | OVC | 27000 - 44000 | 47 | OVC | 25000 - 42000 | 59 | FEW@20000 | KBAB 021955Z 21007KT 10SM FEW200 19/06 A3017 RMK AO2A SLP219 T01880063 $ | ||
| 2050Z | 12:55 PM | OVC | 26000 - 40000 | 62 | OVC | 28000 - 34000 | 81 | OVC@19000 | KBAB 022055Z 19005KT 10SM OVC190 20/06 A3015 RMK AO2A SLP213 T01950059 57015 $ | ||
| 2150Z | 1:55 PM | OVC | 28000 - 36000 | 57 | OVC | 28000 - 33000 | 77 | OVC@19000 | KBAB 022155Z 17003KT 9SM OVC190 20/06 A3014 RMK AO2A SLP209 T02000060 $ | ||
| 2250Z | 2:55 PM | OVC | 30000 - 37000 | 69 | OVC | 30000 - 36000 | 80 | BKN@19000 | KBAB 022255Z 19006KT 10SM BKN190 19/06 A3014 RMK AO2A SLP209 T01910059 $ | ||