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 | 9:35 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 4 | SCT@3400 SCT@4100 OVC@5000 | KMGC 221435Z AUTO 02011G17KT 10SM SCT034 SCT041 OVC050 18/11 A3006 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0650Z | 9:35 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 29000 | 1 | SCT@3400 SCT@4100 OVC@5000 | KMGC 221435Z AUTO 02011G17KT 10SM SCT034 SCT041 OVC050 18/11 A3006 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 9:35 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 1 | SCT@3400 SCT@4100 OVC@5000 | KMGC 221435Z AUTO 02011G17KT 10SM SCT034 SCT041 OVC050 18/11 A3006 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 9:35 AM | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 10 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 12 | SCT@3400 SCT@4100 OVC@5000 | KMGC 221435Z AUTO 02011G17KT 10SM SCT034 SCT041 OVC050 18/11 A3006 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 9:35 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 28000 | 5 | SCT@3400 SCT@4100 OVC@5000 | KMGC 221435Z AUTO 02011G17KT 10SM SCT034 SCT041 OVC050 18/11 A3006 RMK AO2 | |
| 1050Z | 9:35 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 6 | SCT@3400 SCT@4100 OVC@5000 | KMGC 221435Z AUTO 02011G17KT 10SM SCT034 SCT041 OVC050 18/11 A3006 RMK AO2 | |
| 1150Z | 9:35 AM | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 10 | SCT@3400 SCT@4100 OVC@5000 | KMGC 221435Z AUTO 02011G17KT 10SM SCT034 SCT041 OVC050 18/11 A3006 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1250Z | 9:35 AM | SCT | 15000 - 16000 | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT@3400 SCT@4100 OVC@5000 | KMGC 221435Z AUTO 02011G17KT 10SM SCT034 SCT041 OVC050 18/11 A3006 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1350Z | 9:35 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 25000 | 0 | SCT@3400 SCT@4100 OVC@5000 | KMGC 221435Z AUTO 02011G17KT 10SM SCT034 SCT041 OVC050 18/11 A3006 RMK AO2 | |
| 1450Z | 9:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT@3400 OVC@6000 | KMGC 221455Z AUTO 02010G16KT 350V050 10SM SCT034 OVC060 18/11 A3007 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1550Z | 10:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT@3700 BKN@4400 | KMGC 221555Z AUTO 02010G16KT 10SM SCT037 BKN044 19/10 A3008 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1650Z | 11:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KMGC 221655Z AUTO 04012G17KT 360V060 10SM CLR 20/10 A3010 RMK AO2 | ||