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 West Sounder | ASOS METAR Report | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mid Clouds | High Clouds | Levels [ft] | ECA [%] | Levels ft | METAR | ||
| 0450Z | 12:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 5 | CLR | K28J 160455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 25/23 A3006 RMK AO2 | |
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 11 | CLR | K28J 160555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 25/23 A3005 RMK AO2 | |
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 15 | CLR | K28J 160655Z AUTO 24003KT 10SM CLR 25/24 A3004 RMK AO2 | |
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 36000 | 11 | CLR | K28J 160755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A3004 RMK AO2 | |
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 3 | CLR | K28J 160855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A3004 RMK AO2 | |
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 16000 - 35000 | 0 | CLR | K28J 160955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A3004 RMK AO2 | |
| 1050Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 16000 - 42000 | 0 | CLR | K28J 161055Z AUTO 26003KT 10SM CLR 23/23 A3004 RMK AO2 |
| 1150Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 2 | CLR | K28J 161155Z AUTO 28003KT 10SM CLR 25/24 A3006 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SW | |
| 1250Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 6 | CLR | K28J 161255Z AUTO VRB06KT 240V320 10SM CLR 28/24 A3007 RMK AO2 | |
| 1350Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 5 | CLR | K28J 161355Z AUTO 29007KT 10SM CLR 30/24 A3007 RMK AO2 | |
| 1450Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 3 | CLR | K28J 161455Z AUTO VRB06KT 10SM CLR 32/24 A3007 RMK AO2 | |