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 | ||
| 0750Z | 12:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 40000 | 45 | OVC | 14000 - 30000 | 71 | BKN@6000 OVC@7000 | KGIC 110755Z AUTO 30013G20KT 10SM BKN060 OVC070 16/11 A2992 RMK AO1 | ||
| 0850Z | 1:50 AM | BKN | 13000 - 32000 | 39 | BKN | 14000 - 27000 | 50 | SCT@6500 SCT@7500 OVC@9000 | KGIC 110850Z AUTO 21008KT 10SM SCT065 SCT075 OVC090 14/11 A2990 RMK AO1 | ||
| 0950Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 25000 | 35 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 38 | OVC@8000 | KGIC 110955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC080 15/10 A2993 RMK AO1 | ||
| 1050Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 22000 | 15 | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 4 | OVC@7000 | KGIC 111055Z AUTO 23006KT 10SM OVC070 14/10 A2993 RMK AO1 | ||
| 1150Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 13000 | 1 | SCT@8000 | KGIC 111155Z AUTO 24007KT 10SM SCT080 13/07 A2993 RMK AO1 | ||
| 1250Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 28000 | 1 | CLR | KGIC 111255Z AUTO 23005KT 10SM CLR 10/06 A2994 RMK AO1 | ||
| 1350Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 4 | CLR | KGIC 111355Z AUTO 06005KT 10SM CLR 12/04 A2996 RMK AO1 | ||
| 1450Z | 7:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 37000 | 35 | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 39 | CLR | KGIC 111455Z AUTO 23004KT 10SM CLR 15/06 A2997 RMK AO1 | ||
| 1550Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 19 | SCT | 14000 - 33000 | 15 | CLR | KGIC 111555Z AUTO 33003KT 10SM CLR 16/06 A2998 RMK AO1 | ||
| 1650Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 32000 | 1 | CLR | KGIC 111655Z AUTO 29003KT 10SM CLR 18/05 A2999 RMK AO1 | ||