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 | CLR | KGPC 150455Z AUTO 13006KT 10SM CLR 18/13 A3013 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KGPC 150555Z AUTO 14006KT 10SM CLR 17/13 A3013 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KGPC 150655Z AUTO 13007KT 10SM CLR 18/13 A3013 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 5 | CLR | KGPC 150755Z AUTO 13005KT 10SM CLR 17/13 A3011 RMK AO2 | |
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 11 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 10 | CLR | KGPC 150855Z AUTO 15005KT 10SM CLR 17/14 A3011 RMK AO2 | |
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 10 | CLR | KGPC 150955Z AUTO 15006KT 10SM CLR 17/14 A3009 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 17000 | 0 | SCT | SCT | 14000 - 42000 | 3 | CLR | KGPC 151055Z AUTO 14005KT 10SM CLR 17/15 A3011 RMK AO2 | |
| 1150Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 15000 - 50000 | 7 | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 6 | CLR | KGPC 151155Z AUTO 14006KT 10SM CLR 17/15 A3012 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1250Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 50000 | 10 | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 10 | CLR | KGPC 151255Z AUTO 15006KT 10SM CLR 19/16 A3014 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1350Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 32000 - 51000 | 10 | SCT | 15000 - 42000 | 12 | CLR | KGPC 151355Z AUTO 18008KT 10SM CLR 23/17 A3015 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1450Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | 34000 - 52000 | 12 | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 13 | CLR | KGPC 151455Z AUTO 20005KT 10SM CLR 26/19 A3016 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1550Z | 11:55 AM | SCT | 35000 - 52000 | 13 | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 11 | CLR | KGPC 151555Z AUTO 20008KT 10SM CLR 28/20 A3016 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1650Z | 12:55 PM | SCT | 38000 - 53000 | 8 | SCT | 16000 - 42000 | 5 | CLR | KGPC 151655Z AUTO 22009KT 10SM CLR 30/21 A3015 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1750Z | 1:55 PM | SCT | 41000 - 50000 | 1 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 2 | CLR | KGPC 151755Z AUTO 22008KT 10SM CLR 32/22 A3013 RMK AO2 | |
| 1850Z | 2:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 0 | CLR | KGPC 151855Z AUTO 18008KT 10SM CLR 33/22 A3013 RMK AO2 | |