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 | 44000 - 48000 | 14 | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 16 | CLR | KGLX 200555Z AUTO VRB04G10KT 10SM CLR 29/23 A3005 RMK A01 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 38000 - 49000 | 11 | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 10 | CLR | KGLX 200655Z AUTO 16009KT 160V240 10SM CLR 29/22 A3002 RMK A01 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 37000 - 51000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 8 | CLR | KGLX 200755Z AUTO 20008G17KT 160V230 10SM CLR 29/22 A2999 RMK A01 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 37000 - 51000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 8 | CLR | KGLX 200855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 29/22 A2999 RMK A01 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 32000 - 51000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 8 | CLR | KGLX 200955Z AUTO 22008G15KT 180V240 10SM CLR 29/22 A3000 RMK A01 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 15000 - 53000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 9 | SCT@2800 | KGLX 201055Z AUTO 23010G16KT 10SM SCT028 29/23 A3003 RMK A01 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 51000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 8 | SCT@2800 BKN@3400 | KGLX 201155Z AUTO 26006G15KT 10SM SCT028 BKN034 29/23 A3006 RMK A01 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 53000 | 7 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 5 | FEW@2900 | KGLX 201255Z AUTO 26008KT 10SM FEW029 30/23 A3006 RMK A01 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 3 | SCT@3200 | KGLX 201355Z AUTO 26009G15KT 10SM SCT032 31/23 A3007 RMK A01 | ||
| 1450Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 52000 | 4 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 2 | FEW@3100 FEW@3800 | KGLX 201455Z AUTO 28015KT 10SM FEW031 FEW038 32/23 A3008 RMK A01 | |
| 1550Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | 15000 - 50000 | 2 | SCT | 27000 - 41000 | 1 | FEW@3200 SCT@3900 | KGLX 201555Z AUTO 28010KT 10SM FEW032 SCT039 33/23 A3009 RMK A01 | ||
| 1650Z | 11:55 AM | SCT | 18000 - 50000 | 1 | SCT | 25000 - 35000 | 1 | CLR | KGLX 201655Z AUTO 29009KT 10SM CLR 35/23 A3009 RMK A01 | ||
| 1750Z | 12:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 2 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 2 | CLR | KGLX 201755Z AUTO 29008KT 10SM CLR 34/23 A3009 RMK A01 | |
| 1850Z | 1:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 50000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 6 | CLR | KGLX 201855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 36/23 A3008 RMK A01 | ||