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 | 30000 - 47000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 6 | CLR | KMCF 130455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 28/25 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP165 T02840246 403430255 $ | ||
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 46000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 9 | CLR | KMCF 130555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 28/25 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP165 T02780246 10309 20277 56003 $ | ||
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 18000 - 46000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 10 | CLR | KMCF 130655Z AUTO 28003KT 10SM CLR 28/24 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP158 T02780242 $ | ||
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 15000 - 47000 | 8 | SCT | 14000 - 40000 | 15 | FEW@2200 | KMCF 130755Z AUTO 30004KT 10SM FEW022 28/25 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP158 T02810245 $ | ||
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 22000 - 47000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 7 | FEW@2200 | KMCF 130855Z AUTO 24004KT 10SM FEW022 28/25 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP158 T02820246 55005 $ | ||
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 3 | CLR | KMCF 130955Z AUTO 27003KT 10SM CLR 28/25 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP165 T02770247 $ | ||
| 1050Z | 6:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 2 | FEW@2300 | KMCF 131055Z AUTO 28003KT 10SM FEW023 28/25 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP168 T02770245 $ | ||
| 1150Z | 7:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 2 | FEW@2400 | KMCF 131155Z AUTO 30003KT 10SM FEW024 29/25 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP175 T02890248 10289 20274 52015 $ | ||