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 | ||
| 0450Z | 12:55 AM | SCT | 19000 - 46000 | 22 | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 20 | CLR | K42J 120455Z AUTO 24003KT 10SM CLR 27/25 A3007 RMK A01 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 17000 - 47000 | 22 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 17 | FEW@6000 | K42J 120555Z AUTO 07003KT 10SM FEW060 26/25 A3005 RMK A01 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 47000 | 9 | SCT | 14000 - 43000 | 7 | FEW@1600 FEW@4200 FEW@5000 | K42J 120655Z AUTO 22003KT 10SM FEW016 FEW042 FEW050 26/25 A3001 RMK A01 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 16000 - 46000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 4 | CLR | K42J 120755Z AUTO 26003KT 10SM CLR 25/24 A3000 RMK A01 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 18000 - 46000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 2 | CLR | K42J 120855Z AUTO 27004KT 8SM CLR 24/24 A3001 RMK A01 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 37000 | 1 | CLR | K42J 120955Z AUTO 27005KT 9SM CLR 25/25 A3003 RMK A01 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 16000 - 16000 | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 37000 | 2 | CLR | K42J 121055Z AUTO 26004KT 7SM CLR 25/25 A3004 RMK A01 | ||
| 1150Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 27000 - 35000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 2 | CLR | K42J 121155Z AUTO 26005KT 9SM CLR 26/26 A3005 RMK A01 | ||
| 1250Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 30000 - 46000 | 5 | SCT | 14000 - 40000 | 5 | CLR | K42J 121255Z AUTO 26009KT 10SM CLR 28/26 A3003 RMK A01 | ||
| 1350Z | 9:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT@1600 | K42J 121355Z AUTO 26010KT 10SM SCT016 30/26 A3003 RMK A01 | ||
| 1450Z | 10:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | FEW@2200 | K42J 121455Z AUTO 28010KT 10SM FEW022 32/26 A3004 RMK A01 | ||
| 1550Z | 11:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT@3000 BKN@3800 BKN@4400 | K42J 121555Z AUTO 26011G16KT 10SM SCT030 BKN038 BKN044 33/25 A3004 RMK A01 | ||
| 1650Z | 12:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 27000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 27000 | 5 | FEW@3900 FEW@4600 | K42J 121655Z AUTO 28009G15KT 10SM FEW039 FEW046 34/24 A3003 RMK A01 | ||
| 1750Z | 1:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 23000 | 2 | FEW@4800 | K42J 121755Z AUTO 24010G18KT 210V270 10SM FEW048 35/23 A2999 RMK A01 | ||
| 1850Z | 2:55 PM | SCT | 14000 - 51000 | 23 | SCT | 13000 - 51000 | 18 | FEW@5500 | K42J 121855Z AUTO 28013KT 10SM FEW055 35/22 A2998 RMK A01 | ||
| 1950Z | 3:55 PM | OVC | 40000 - 51000 | 79 | BKN | 14000 - 48000 | 42 | CLR | K42J 121955Z AUTO 27010KT 10SM CLR 35/22 A2997 RMK A01 | ||
| 2050Z | 4:55 PM | OVC | 39000 - 48000 | 89 | BKN | 16000 - 48000 | 60 | FEW@500 SCT@2100 BKN@4000 | K42J 122055Z AUTO 03011G22KT 3SM BR FEW005 SCT021 BKN040 25/24 A3003 RMK A01 P0008 | ||