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@2500 | KRCR 240455Z AUTO 04004KT 10SM OVC025 15/12 A3031 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT@2600 OVC@3200 | KRCR 240555Z AUTO 03005KT 10SM SCT026 OVC032 14/12 A3031 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@2800 | KRCR 240655Z AUTO 05005KT 10SM OVC028 14/12 A3031 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@3400 | KRCR 240755Z AUTO 04005KT 10SM OVC034 14/13 A3030 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@3500 | KRCR 240855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC035 14/13 A3031 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | BKN@3900 OVC@5000 | KRCR 240955Z AUTO 04005KT 10SM BKN039 OVC050 13/13 A3030 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@5000 | KRCR 241055Z AUTO 05005KT 10SM OVC050 13/12 A3031 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1150Z | 7:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | FEW@4200 OVC@5000 | KRCR 241155Z AUTO 05004KT 10SM FEW042 OVC050 14/12 A3033 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1250Z | 8:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | FEW@4500 BKN@5000 OVC@5500 | KRCR 241255Z AUTO 05007KT 10SM FEW045 BKN050 OVC055 14/12 A3033 RMK AO2 | ||