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 - 36000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 23000 | 1 | CLR | K3N8 060555Z AUTO 20008KT 10SM CLR 17/13 A2994 RMK AO2 T01710130 10237 20170 402630091 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 27000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 17000 | 2 | CLR | K3N8 060655Z AUTO 20010KT 10SM CLR 17/13 A2992 RMK AO2 T01730126 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 27000 | 15 | SCT | 13000 - 18000 | 8 | CLR | K3N8 060755Z AUTO 20007KT 10SM CLR 17/12 A2992 RMK AO2 T01660120 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 2 | CLR | K3N8 060855Z AUTO 20007KT 10SM CLR 16/12 A2992 RMK AO2 T01580115 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 1 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | K3N8 060955Z AUTO 20008KT 10SM CLR 16/11 A2992 RMK AO2 T01590110 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | K3N8 061055Z AUTO 21005KT 10SM CLR 14/11 A2994 RMK AO2 T01400112 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 21000 | 3 | CLR | K3N8 061155Z AUTO 19005KT 10SM CLR 13/12 A2993 RMK AO2 T01340116 10173 20128 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | K3N8 061255Z AUTO 17003KT 10SM CLR 16/12 A2994 RMK AO2 T01600121 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 15000 - 38000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 2 | CLR | K3N8 061355Z AUTO 19009KT 10SM CLR 19/13 A2992 RMK AO2 T01920127 | ||
| 1450Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 1 | SCT@12000 | K3N8 061455Z AUTO 20011KT 10SM SCT120 22/13 A2991 RMK AO2 T02180133 | ||
| 1550Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 17000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 3 | CLR | K3N8 061555Z AUTO 20017G21KT 10SM CLR 24/14 A2990 RMK AO2 T02370140 | ||
| 1650Z | 11:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 3 | CLR | K3N8 061655Z AUTO 21017G23KT 10SM CLR 25/15 A2990 RMK AO2 T02460149 | ||
| 1750Z | 12:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 18000 | 1 | CLR | K3N8 061755Z AUTO 21018G21KT 10SM CLR 26/15 A2989 RMK AO2 T02550146 10257 20135 | ||
| 1850Z | 1:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | - | CLR | K3N8 061855Z AUTO 21019G24KT 10SM CLR 27/15 A2988 RMK AO2 T02650151 | ||||
| 1950Z | 2:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | K3N8 061955Z AUTO 21018G24KT 10SM CLR 27/16 A2987 RMK AO2 T02710158 | ||