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 - 39000 | 7 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 4 | CLR | KCKN 180555Z AUTO 35003KT 10SM CLR 19/17 A3000 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 2 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 9 | CLR | KCKN 180655Z AUTO 29003KT 10SM CLR 16/16 A3002 RMK AO2 | |
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 3 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 4 | BKN@100 | KCKN 180755Z AUTO 00000KT 1SM BR BKN001 16/16 A3002 RMK AO2 | |
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 19 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 14 | OVC@100 | KCKN 180855Z AUTO 30003KT 1/4SM FG OVC001 16/16 A3002 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 37000 | 1 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 3 | OVC@100 | KCKN 180955Z AUTO 00000KT 1/4SM FG OVC001 15/15 A3003 RMK AO2 | |
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 9 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 3 | OVC@100 | KCKN 181055Z AUTO 00000KT M1/4SM FG OVC001 16/15 A3004 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 21000 - 37000 | 0 | CLR | KCKN 181155Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 16/16 A3005 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 40000 | 2 | CLR | KCKN 181255Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 19/19 A3006 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 14000 - 38000 | 1 | SCT | 17000 - 38000 | 1 | CLR | KCKN 181355Z AUTO 22003KT 10SM CLR 23/20 A3005 RMK AO2 | |
| 1450Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 3 | CLR | KCKN 181455Z AUTO 30004KT 10SM CLR 26/20 A3006 RMK AO2 | |
| 1550Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | 18000 - 45000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 1 | CLR | KCKN 181555Z AUTO 28006KT 10SM CLR 27/19 A3006 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1650Z | 11:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 1 | CLR | KCKN 181655Z AUTO 22003KT 10SM CLR 28/19 A3006 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1750Z | 12:55 PM | SCT | 20000 - 30000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 29000 | 0 | SCT@4400 | KCKN 181755Z AUTO 28007KT 255V315 10SM SCT044 29/19 A3005 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1850Z | 1:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT@4500 | KCKN 181855Z AUTO 24008KT 10SM SCT045 30/18 A3004 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1950Z | 2:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 2 | SCT@6000 | KCKN 181955Z AUTO 28007G15KT 10SM SCT060 31/18 A3003 RMK AO2 | ||