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 West Sounder | ASOS METAR Report | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mid Clouds | High Clouds | Levels [ft] | ECA [%] | Levels ft | METAR | ||
| 0550Z | 12:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KAUM 060555Z AUTO 12004KT 10SM CLR 20/20 A3005 RMK AO2 T02020202 10275 20202 402860185 51007 | |
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KAUM 060655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 19/19 A3008 RMK AO2 T01930193 | |
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KAUM 060755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 20/20 A3008 RMK AO2 T01950195 | |
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KAUM 060855Z AUTO 12003KT 9SM CLR 19/19 A3008 RMK AO2 T01910191 50008 | |
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KAUM 060955Z AUTO 13003KT 10SM CLR 19/19 A3007 RMK AO2 T01850185 | |
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KAUM 061055Z AUTO 00000KT 8SM CLR 18/18 A3008 RMK AO2 T01780178 | |
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 1 | CLR | KAUM 061155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 20/19 A3009 RMK AO2 T01990194 10200 20178 53005 |
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 15000 - 39000 | 4 | CLR | KAUM 061255Z AUTO 13003KT 10SM CLR 22/20 A3010 RMK AO2 T02180204 | |