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 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@1900 | KCFJ 060455Z AUTO 03005KT 10SM OVC019 22/20 A2997 RMK AO2 T02150201 403200205 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 33000 - 43000 | 0 | SCT | 17000 - 19000 | 0 | CLR | KCFJ 060555Z AUTO 07004KT 10SM CLR 21/20 A2998 RMK AO2 T02050195 10270 20203 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 22 | SCT | 13000 - 28000 | 12 | BKN@800 | KCFJ 060655Z AUTO 06005KT 7SM BKN008 21/20 A2999 RMK AO2 T02050195 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 38000 | 27 | SCT | 13000 - 28000 | 11 | OVC@800 | KCFJ 060755Z AUTO 05008KT 10SM OVC008 21/19 A2999 RMK AO2 T02050189 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 19 | SCT | 13000 - 28000 | 21 | CLR | KCFJ 060855Z AUTO 05006KT 10SM CLR 19/17 A3000 RMK AO2 T01890166 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 26000 | 3 | CLR | KCFJ 060955Z AUTO 04005KT 10SM CLR 18/16 A3001 RMK AO2 T01750161 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 22000 | 3 | CLR | KCFJ 061055Z AUTO 05005KT 10SM CLR 17/16 A3002 RMK AO2 T01690156 | |
| 1150Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 1 | SCT | 14000 - 27000 | 1 | CLR | KCFJ 061155Z AUTO 06006KT 10SM CLR 17/15 A3003 RMK AO2 T01700153 10205 20167 | ||
| 1250Z | 8:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 21000 | 0 | CLR | KCFJ 061255Z AUTO 05010KT 10SM CLR 19/16 A3007 RMK AO2 T01850159 | ||