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 | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 28 | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 22 | CLR | KJHN 120555Z AUTO 07004KT 10SM CLR 21/17 A2988 RMK AO2 10354 20213 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 10 | CLR | KJHN 120655Z AUTO 15003KT 10SM CLR 20/17 A2989 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 24 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 23 | CLR | KJHN 120755Z AUTO 15004KT 10SM CLR 19/17 A2988 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 23 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 13 | CLR | KJHN 120855Z AUTO 13005KT 10SM CLR 19/17 A2988 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT S | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 17 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 10 | CLR | KJHN 120955Z AUTO 13006KT 10SM CLR 19/17 A2988 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 5 | CLR | KJHN 121055Z AUTO 14002KT 10SM CLR 19/17 A2988 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 19 | CLR | KJHN 121155Z AUTO 20005KT 10SM CLR 18/17 A2988 RMK AO2 10216 20178 70000 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 37000 | 43 | BKN | 13000 - 34000 | 46 | CLR | KJHN 121255Z AUTO 34012G21KT 9SM CLR 18/17 A2994 RMK AO2 PRESRR | ||