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 | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 11 | SCT | 13000 - 20000 | 7 | OVC@5500 | K0W3 170455Z AUTO 15003KT 10SM OVC055 21/21 A3028 RMK AO2 T02150215 $ | ||
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 28000 | 13 | SCT | 13000 - 20000 | 6 | BKN@5500 | K0W3 170555Z AUTO 15003KT 10SM BKN055 21/21 A3028 RMK AO2 T02060206 $ | ||
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 17000 | 16 | OVC@5000 | K0W3 170655Z AUTO 16005KT 10SM OVC050 21/21 A3027 RMK AO2 T02080208 $ | ||
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 16 | BKN@6000 | K0W3 170755Z AUTO 17003KT 10SM BKN060 21/21 A3026 RMK AO2 T02100210 $ | ||
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 19000 | 11 | FEW@7500 | K0W3 170855Z AUTO 15003KT 10SM FEW075 21/21 A3025 RMK AO2 T02080208 $ | ||
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 21000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 23000 | 6 | CLR | K0W3 170955Z AUTO 16003KT 9SM CLR 21/21 A3024 RMK AO2 T02050205 $ | ||
| 1050Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 15 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 5 | FEW@9000 | K0W3 171055Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM FEW090 20/20 A3024 RMK AO2 T02010201 $ | ||
| 1150Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 10 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 9 | SCT@5000 | K0W3 171155Z AUTO 16003KT 8SM SCT050 21/21 A3025 RMK AO2 T02100210 $ | ||