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 | 12:56 AM | BKN | 21000 - 51000 | 34 | BKN | 13000 - 41000 | 36 | CLR | KMKY 140456Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 26/24 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP173 T02610244 403170244 PNO $ | ||
| 0550Z | 1:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 51000 | 12 | SCT | 14000 - 41000 | 17 | CLR | KMKY 140556Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 26/24 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP171 6//// T02610244 10278 20261 58008 PNO $ | ||
| 0650Z | 2:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 5 | CLR | KMKY 140656Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 26/25 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP169 T02560250 PNO $ | ||
| 0750Z | 3:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 27000 | 0 | CLR | KMKY 140756Z AUTO 03003KT 10SM CLR 25/24 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP164 T02500244 PNO $ | ||
| 0850Z | 4:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 38000 | 0 | CLR | KMKY 140856Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 25/24 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP164 6//// T02500239 55007 PNO $ | ||
| 0950Z | 5:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KMKY 140956Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 25/24 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP165 T02500239 PNO $ | ||
| 1050Z | 6:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 4 | CLR | KMKY 141056Z AUTO 05003KT 10SM CLR 24/24 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP171 T02440239 PNO $ | ||
| 1150Z | 7:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 24000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 10 | SCT@2100 | KMKY 141156Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT021 25/24 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP177 6//// 7//// T02500239 10261 20244 53012 PNO $ | ||
| 1250Z | 8:56 AM | SCT | 14000 - 15000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 4 | FEW@2500 | KMKY 141256Z AUTO 04003KT 10SM FEW025 27/24 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP180 T02720244 PNO $ | ||
| 1350Z | 9:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 29000 | 2 | CLR | KMKY 141356Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 29/25 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP182 T02940250 PNO $ | ||
| 1450Z | 10:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 17000 | 2 | FEW@3000 | KMKY 141456Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW030 30/24 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP184 6//// T03000244 51008 PNO $ | ||
| 1550Z | 11:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 2 | FEW@3200 SCT@4600 | KMKY 141556Z AUTO 03004KT 10SM FEW032 SCT046 32/23 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP184 T03170233 PNO $ | ||
| 1650Z | 12:56 PM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 3 | SCT@3700 SCT@4900 | KMKY 141656Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT037 SCT049 32/23 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP177 T03170233 PNO $ | ||
| 1750Z | 1:56 PM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 1 | FEW@4400 SCT@5500 | KMKY 141756Z AUTO 24007KT 200V280 10SM FEW044 SCT055 33/25 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP170 6//// T03330250 10339 20250 58015 PNO $ | |