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 | 19000 - 46000 | 3 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 1 | CLR | KO26 170755Z AUTO 18008KT 10SM CLR 20/05 A3016 RMK A01 | |
| 0850Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 2 | CLR | KO26 170855Z AUTO 19006KT 10SM CLR 19/06 A3015 RMK A01 | |
| 0950Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 15000 - 46000 | 5 | SCT | 14000 - 46000 | 8 | CLR | KO26 170955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 19/06 A3015 RMK A01 | ||
| 1050Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 46000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 8 | FEW@10000 | KO26 171055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW100 18/06 A3016 RMK A01 | ||
| 1150Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 8 | FEW@9500 | KO26 171155Z AUTO 18006KT 10SM FEW095 18/06 A3015 RMK A01 | ||
| 1250Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 46000 | 5 | SCT | 14000 - 46000 | 6 | CLR | KO26 171255Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 17/06 A3017 RMK A01 | ||
| 1350Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 11 | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 14 | CLR | KO26 171355Z AUTO VRB04KT 10SM CLR 17/06 A3018 RMK A01 | |
| 1450Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 9 | CLR | KO26 171455Z AUTO 35003KT 10SM CLR 21/07 A3019 RMK A01 | ||
| 1550Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 6 | CLR | KO26 171555Z AUTO 36004KT 10SM CLR 26/07 A3018 RMK A01 | ||