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 | BKN | 23000 - 52000 | 30 | SCT | 17000 - 43000 | 24 | CLR | K48A 170455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 26/25 A3005 RMK AO2 T02580248 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 46000 | 22 | SCT | 15000 - 42000 | 17 | CLR | K48A 170555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 26/25 A3004 RMK AO2 T02560249 10275 20254 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 11 | OVC@8000 | K48A 170655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC080 25/25 A3003 RMK AO2 T02550248 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 9 | SCT | 16000 - 44000 | 10 | CLR | K48A 170755Z AUTO 25003KT 10SM CLR 26/25 A3001 RMK AO2 T02570247 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 18000 - 44000 | 7 | SCT | 16000 - 44000 | 11 | CLR | K48A 170855Z AUTO 22005KT 10SM CLR 25/24 A3002 RMK AO2 T02540244 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 17000 - 44000 | 8 | SCT | 14000 - 44000 | 10 | CLR | K48A 170955Z AUTO 25005KT 10SM CLR 26/24 A3002 RMK AO2 T02560241 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 17000 - 44000 | 8 | SCT | 17000 - 42000 | 9 | CLR | K48A 171055Z AUTO 28004KT 10SM CLR 25/24 A3004 RMK AO2 T02520239 | ||
| 1150Z | 7:35 AM | SCT | 21000 - 44000 | 20 | SCT | 16000 - 40000 | 19 | CLR | K48A 171135Z AUTO 30004KT 10SM CLR 25/24 A3006 RMK AO2 T02540237 | ||
| 1250Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 17000 - 41000 | 6 | SCT | 14000 - 39000 | 15 | CLR | K48A 171255Z AUTO 29004KT 10SM CLR 28/24 A3006 RMK AO2 T02790235 | ||
| 1350Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 7 | CLR | K48A 171355Z AUTO 30008KT 10SM CLR 31/24 A3006 RMK AO2 T03090236 | ||
| 1450Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | 24000 - 40000 | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 37000 | 2 | CLR | K48A 171455Z AUTO 26005KT 10SM CLR 32/24 A3006 RMK AO2 T03150239 | ||