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 | 12:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 29000 | 25 | SCT | 13000 - 17000 | 9 | SCT@2500 BKN@3200 | KGIF 120453Z AUTO 21003KT 10SM SCT025 BKN032 28/23 A3017 RMK AO1 SLP212 T02780228 403560233 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:53 AM | SCT | 17000 - 26000 | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | FEW@2500 | KGIF 120553Z AUTO 20004KT 10SM FEW025 27/23 A3015 RMK AO1 SLP207 T02720233 10294 20272 58007 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KGIF 120653Z AUTO 19006KT 10SM CLR 27/24 A3013 RMK AO1 SLP200 T02720239 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KGIF 120753Z AUTO 21004KT 10SM CLR 27/24 A3013 RMK AO1 SLP199 T02670239 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KGIF 120853Z AUTO 19003KT 10SM CLR 26/24 A3012 RMK AO1 SLP196 T02610239 56010 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:53 AM | SCT | 16000 - 43000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 20000 | 1 | CLR | KGIF 120953Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 26/24 A3013 RMK AO1 SLP200 T02610244 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:53 AM | SCT | 14000 - 42000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 18000 | 2 | CLR | KGIF 121053Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 27/24 A3015 RMK AO1 SLP205 T02670244 | ||
| 1150Z | 7:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 7 | SCT | 13000 - 18000 | 9 | CLR | KGIF 121153Z AUTO 22003KT 10SM CLR 28/25 A3017 RMK AO1 SLP212 7//// T02780250 10278 20261 53016 | ||
| 1250Z | 8:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 14 | SCT | 13000 - 19000 | 11 | CLR | KGIF 121253Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 28/26 A3019 RMK AO1 SLP221 T02830256 | ||
| 1350Z | 9:53 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 6 | CLR | KGIF 121353Z AUTO 28008KT 10SM CLR 31/22 A3020 RMK AO1 SLP222 T03110222 | |
| 1450Z | 10:53 AM | SCT | 21000 - 51000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 1 | CLR | KGIF 121453Z AUTO 25005G14KT 10SM CLR 32/22 A3020 RMK AO1 SLP222 T03220217 51010 | ||
| 1550Z | 11:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | FEW@4400 | KGIF 121553Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW044 33/22 A3019 RMK AO1 SLP221 T03280222 | ||