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 | BKN | 13000 - 44000 | 43 | BKN | 13000 - 42000 | 35 | CLR | K6I2 270455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 21/18 A2999 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | OVC | 31000 - 43000 | 77 | BKN | 31000 - 40000 | 50 | CLR | K6I2 270555Z AUTO 19004KT 10SM CLR 22/19 A3000 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | OVC | 28000 - 35000 | 87 | OVC | 13000 - 38000 | 65 | CLR | K6I2 270655Z AUTO 19006KT 10SM CLR 21/19 A2998 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | OVC | 25000 - 42000 | 74 | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 54 | CLR | K6I2 270755Z AUTO 19006KT 10SM CLR 22/19 A2994 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | OVC | 19000 - 43000 | 50 | OVC | 21000 - 38000 | 39 | CLR | K6I2 270855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 21/19 A2996 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 43000 | 17 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 19 | CLR | K6I2 270955Z AUTO 10003KT 10SM CLR 20/20 A2998 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 43000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 5 | CLR | K6I2 271055Z AUTO 12004KT 10SM CLR 20/20 A2998 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1150Z | 7:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 0 | FEW@7000 | K6I2 271155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW070 20/20 A3000 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1250Z | 8:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | K6I2 271255Z AUTO 20003KT 10SM CLR 24/20 A3002 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1350Z | 9:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | FEW@2300 | K6I2 271355Z AUTO 19003KT 10SM FEW023 27/19 A3001 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1450Z | 10:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT@1800 | K6I2 271455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT018 29/20 A3002 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1550Z | 11:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT@2100 | K6I2 271555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT021 29/20 A3003 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1650Z | 12:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT@7000 SCT@7500 | K6I2 271655Z AUTO 28004KT 10SM SCT070 SCT075 30/20 A3002 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1750Z | 1:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 13000 | 1 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT@7000 BKN@9500 | K6I2 271755Z AUTO 28004KT 10SM SCT070 BKN095 31/20 A3001 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1850Z | 2:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 18000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 1 | SCT@3300 | K6I2 271855Z AUTO 34006KT 10SM SCT033 32/19 A2999 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1950Z | 3:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 1 | CLR | - | 0 | FEW@3800 FEW@4500 | K6I2 271955Z AUTO 32006KT 10SM FEW038 FEW045 32/18 A2999 RMK AO2 | ||