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 | 12:30 AM | - | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 8 | CLR | KJES 020430Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 23/23 A3008 RMK AO2 | ||||
| 0550Z | 1:50 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 16 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 14 | CLR | KJES 020550Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 23/23 A3007 RMK AO2 | |
| 0650Z | 2:50 AM | BKN | 13000 - 46000 | 29 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 21 | CLR | KJES 020650Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 23/22 A3006 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:50 AM | BKN | 13000 - 42000 | 42 | BKN | 13000 - 41000 | 25 | SCT@700 | KJES 020750Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM SCT007 22/22 A3007 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:50 AM | BKN | 13000 - 42000 | 45 | BKN | 13000 - 39000 | 28 | BKN@1100 | KJES 020850Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN011 22/22 A3008 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:50 AM | BKN | 14000 - 39000 | 60 | BKN | 13000 - 36000 | 41 | SCT@800 SCT@1200 | KJES 020950Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT008 SCT012 23/23 A3008 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:50 AM | BKN | 13000 - 41000 | 45 | BKN | 16000 - 34000 | 45 | OVC@200 | KJES 021050Z AUTO 00000KT 1 1/4SM BR OVC002 24/24 A3009 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1150Z | 7:50 AM | BKN | 13000 - 44000 | 29 | BKN | 13000 - 35000 | 31 | OVC@200 | KJES 021150Z AUTO 00000KT 2 1/2SM BR OVC002 25/25 A3010 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1250Z | 8:50 AM | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 19 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 19 | OVC@200 | KJES 021250Z AUTO 00000KT 5SM BR OVC002 25/25 A3012 RMK AO2 | ||