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 | ||
| 0550Z | 12:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 16000 | 0 | CLR | KGBG 290555Z AUTO 16004KT 10SM CLR 18/16 A3014 RMK AO2 T01840163 10239 20178 402820136 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 1 | CLR | KGBG 290655Z AUTO 15003KT 10SM CLR 16/16 A3014 RMK AO2 T01640160 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 7 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 9 | CLR | KGBG 290755Z AUTO 15003KT 10SM CLR 18/16 A3012 RMK AO2 T01770158 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 25000 | 2 | CLR | KGBG 290855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 18/15 A3014 RMK AO2 T01750154 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 44000 | 20 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 25 | CLR | KGBG 290955Z AUTO 16003KT 10SM CLR 17/16 A3013 RMK AO2 T01700156 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | OVC | 36000 - 44000 | 42 | OVC | 36000 - 41000 | 38 | CLR | KGBG 291055Z AUTO 15003KT 10SM CLR 17/16 A3013 RMK AO2 T01700160 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | OVC | 35000 - 41000 | 58 | OVC | 36000 - 39000 | 64 | CLR | KGBG 291155Z AUTO 17003KT 10SM CLR 17/16 A3014 RMK AO2 T01700161 10182 20161 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | OVC | 35000 - 37000 | 84 | OVC | 36000 - 39000 | 77 | CLR | KGBG 291255Z AUTO 16003KT 10SM CLR 18/17 A3015 RMK AO2 T01800168 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | OVC | 35000 - 37000 | 79 | OVC | 34000 - 39000 | 75 | CLR | KGBG 291355Z AUTO 17004KT 10SM CLR 20/18 A3015 RMK AO2 T01970176 | ||