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 | 15000 - 51000 | 1 | SCT | 15000 - 41000 | 1 | CLR | K18A 060455Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 22/22 A2993 RMK AO2 T02210220 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:35 AM | SCT | 20000 - 53000 | 5 | SCT | 16000 - 43000 | 5 | CLR | K18A 060535Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 22/22 A2993 RMK AO2 T02210219 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 51000 | 17 | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 19 | CLR | K18A 060655Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM BR CLR 22/22 A2990 RMK AO2 T02160215 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 13 | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 12 | CLR | K18A 060755Z AUTO 00000KT 5SM BR CLR 21/21 A2989 RMK AO2 T0212//// | ||
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 52000 | 28 | BKN | 14000 - 38000 | 37 | CLR | K18A 060855Z AUTO 00000KT 4SM HZ CLR 21/ A2991 RMK AO2 T0209//// | ||
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | BKN | 29000 - 51000 | 42 | OVC | 30000 - 39000 | 48 | CLR | K18A 060955Z AUTO 00000KT 5SM HZ CLR 21/ A2990 RMK AO2 T0212//// | ||
| 1050Z | 6:50 AM | OVC | 33000 - 51000 | 62 | OVC | 27000 - 38000 | 56 | CLR | K18A 061050Z AUTO 00000KT 5SM HZ CLR 21/ A2990 RMK AO2 T0208//// | ||
| 1150Z | 7:55 AM | BKN | 14000 - 46000 | 26 | BKN | 14000 - 37000 | 32 | CLR | K18A 061155Z AUTO 00000KT 5SM BR CLR 22/22 A2992 RMK AO2 T02160216 10219 20207 70017 | ||
| 1250Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 9 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 24 | CLR | K18A 061255Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 25/23 A2993 RMK AO2 T02510227 | ||