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 - 52000 | 20 | SCT | 13000 - 51000 | 5 | CLR | KE16 050750Z AUTO 14007KT 7SM CLR 13/12 A3003 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 1:50 AM | BKN | 20000 - 51000 | 45 | BKN | 13000 - 53000 | 51 | CLR | KE16 050850Z AUTO 12003KT 8SM CLR 13/12 A3002 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 2:50 AM | BKN | 13000 - 52000 | 33 | BKN | 13000 - 51000 | 31 | SCT@1400 SCT@2000 BKN@4200 | KE16 050950Z AUTO 00000KT 8SM SCT014 SCT020 BKN042 13/12 A3002 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 3:50 AM | BKN | 13000 - 46000 | 44 | BKN | 13000 - 49000 | 38 | SCT@700 BKN@1100 BKN@1700 | KE16 051050Z AUTO 09003KT 8SM SCT007 BKN011 BKN017 13/12 A3002 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1150Z | 4:50 AM | BKN | 13000 - 41000 | 41 | BKN | 13000 - 49000 | 28 | OVC@700 | KE16 051150Z AUTO 14006KT 9SM OVC007 13/12 A3002 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1250Z | 5:50 AM | BKN | 13000 - 42000 | 41 | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 37 | SCT@900 | KE16 051250Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM SCT009 13/11 A3003 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1350Z | 6:50 AM | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 35 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 31 | CLR | KE16 051350Z AUTO 00000KT 8SM CLR 13/12 A3003 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1450Z | 7:50 AM | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 20 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 17 | SCT@700 | KE16 051450Z AUTO 13006KT 8SM SCT007 13/12 A3003 RMK AO2 | ||