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 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 25000 | 2 | CLR | KCKN 050555Z AUTO 11007KT 10SM CLR 19/18 A3000 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 18000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 26000 | 11 | CLR | KCKN 050655Z AUTO 11005KT 10SM CLR 18/17 A3001 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 16 | BKN@400 | KCKN 050755Z AUTO 12009KT 7SM BKN004 18/18 A3000 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 24 | BKN | 13000 - 34000 | 40 | OVC@400 | KCKN 050855Z AUTO 12008KT 10SM OVC004 18/18 A3000 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 21 | BKN | 13000 - 31000 | 32 | OVC@400 | KCKN 050955Z AUTO 11008KT 10SM OVC004 18/18 A2998 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 15 | - | OVC@400 | KCKN 051055Z AUTO 11007KT 10SM OVC004 18/17 A3000 RMK AO2 | ||||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 29 | - | OVC@600 | KCKN 051155Z AUTO 12006KT 10SM OVC006 18/18 A3003 RMK AO2 | ||||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 26000 | 31 | - | SCT@600 | KCKN 051255Z AUTO 10009KT 10SM SCT006 19/17 A3001 RMK AO2 | ||||
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 34000 | 50 | - | CLR | KCKN 051355Z AUTO 11009KT 10SM CLR 21/18 A3002 RMK AO2 | ||||
| 1450Z | 9:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 35000 | 62 | - | SCT@4400 | KCKN 051455Z AUTO 12003KT 10SM SCT044 22/18 A3004 RMK AO2 | ||||
| 1550Z | 10:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 44000 | 62 | - | SCT@2900 BKN@4800 | KCKN 051555Z AUTO 01006KT 10SM SCT029 BKN048 23/18 A3007 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT W AND NW | ||||
| 1650Z | 11:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 47000 | 63 | - | SCT@700 SCT@2600 OVC@4600 | KCKN 051655Z AUTO 02012G15KT 7SM RA SCT007 SCT026 OVC046 19/18 A3012 RMK AO2 P0001 LTG DSNT ALQDS | ||||
| 1950Z | 2:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 3 | - | CLR | KCKN 051955Z AUTO 13014KT 10SM CLR 28/19 A2997 RMK AO2 | ||||
| 2050Z | 3:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 5 | - | CLR | KCKN 052055Z AUTO 16012KT 10SM CLR 30/17 A2995 RMK AO2 | ||||
| 2150Z | 4:55 PM | SCT | 15000 - 27000 | 0 | - | CLR | KCKN 052155Z AUTO 17012KT 10SM CLR 29/19 A2994 RMK AO2 | ||||