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 | 13000 - 46000 | 7 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 13 | CLR | KX26 020455Z AUTO 18002KT 10SM CLR 25/25 A2998 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 9 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 8 | CLR | KX26 020555Z AUTO 27003KT 10SM CLR 25/25 A2997 RMK AO2 10281 20247 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 10 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 8 | CLR | KX26 020655Z AUTO 28002KT 10SM CLR 25/25 A2996 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 5 | CLR | KX26 020755Z AUTO 27003KT 10SM CLR 25/25 A2995 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 16 | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 11 | CLR | KX26 020856Z AUTO 27001KT 10SM CLR 25/25 A2996 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 20 | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 15 | CLR | KX26 020955Z AUTO 26002KT 10SM CLR 24/24 A2997 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SW | ||
| 1050Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 24 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 18 | CLR | KX26 021055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/24 A2997 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1150Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 16000 - 47000 | 22 | SCT | 14000 - 37000 | 18 | CLR | KX26 021155Z AUTO 30002KT 10SM CLR 25/25 A2999 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SW AND W 10249 20239 70000 | ||
| 1250Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 14 | CLR | KX26 021255Z AUTO 32002KT 10SM CLR 27/26 A3000 RMK AO2 | ||