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 | 12:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 20000 | 7 | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 4 | FEW@8500 | KMIC 270553Z AUTO 16006KT 10SM FEW085 20/15 A3000 RMK AO2 RAE17 SLP154 P0000 60000 T02000150 10244 20200 402670117 51005 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 18000 | 39 | SCT | 13000 - 27000 | 25 | OVC@8500 | KMIC 270653Z AUTO 15007KT 10SM -RA OVC085 20/15 A3001 RMK AO2 RAB0559 SLP159 P0000 T02000150 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 16 | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 18 | FEW@10000 SCT@12000 | KMIC 270753Z AUTO 16007KT 10SM -RA FEW100 SCT120 19/14 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP159 P0000 T01940139 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 1 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 4 | OVC@8500 | KMIC 270853Z AUTO 17006KT 10SM -RA OVC085 19/14 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP158 P0000 60000 T01890144 50004 | |
| 0950Z | 4:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 6 | FEW@8500 BKN@11000 | KMIC 270953Z AUTO 11005KT 10SM FEW085 BKN110 18/14 A2998 RMK AO2 RAE0859 SLP147 P0000 T01780139 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:53 AM | SCT | 14000 - 42000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 6 | CLR | KMIC 271053Z AUTO 12004KT 10SM CLR 18/14 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP151 T01780139 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:53 AM | SCT | 15000 - 43000 | 10 | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 6 | CLR | KMIC 271153Z 13004KT 10SM CLR 18/14 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP157 60000 T01830144 10206 20172 55002 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:53 AM | SCT | 34000 - 37000 | 0 | SCT | 15000 - 42000 | 4 | CLR | KMIC 271253Z 15010KT 10SM CLR 19/14 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP162 T01940139 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 36000 | 3 | CLR | KMIC 271353Z 13007KT 10SM CLR 21/15 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP155 T02110150 | ||
| 1450Z | 9:53 AM | SCT | 17000 - 45000 | 7 | SCT | 14000 - 42000 | 6 | CLR | KMIC 271453Z 13011G18KT 10SM CLR 22/13 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP149 T02220133 58007 | ||
| 1550Z | 10:53 AM | SCT | 15000 - 44000 | 10 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 8 | CLR | KMIC 271553Z 15009KT 120V180 10SM CLR 23/13 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP145 T02280128 | ||
| 1650Z | 11:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 25 | BKN | 13000 - 35000 | 26 | CLR | KMIC 271653Z 13010KT 10SM CLR 24/12 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP144 T02390117 | ||
| 1750Z | 12:53 PM | SCT | 13000 - 29000 | 11 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 13 | CLR | KMIC 271753Z 14010G18KT 10SM CLR 25/11 A2994 RMK AO2 SLP136 T02500106 10250 20183 58013 | ||
| 1850Z | 1:53 PM | SCT | 27000 - 38000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 4 | CLR | KMIC 271853Z 13009G17KT 10SM CLR 26/09 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP129 T02610094 | ||
| 1950Z | 2:53 PM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KMIC 271953Z 15012G19KT 10SM -RA CLR 26/11 A2991 RMK AO2 PK WND 14035/1911 RAB12 SLP123 P0000 T02610111 | ||
| 2050Z | 3:53 PM | SCT | 41000 - 41000 | 0 | SCT | 35000 - 41000 | 0 | CLR | KMIC 272053Z 13010G22KT 10SM CLR 26/13 A2990 RMK AO2 PK WND 15032/2026 RAE1957 SLP120 P0000 60000 T02610128 56015 | ||
| 2150Z | 4:53 PM | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 2 | CLR | KMIC 272153Z 12010KT 10SM CLR 26/14 A2988 RMK AO2 PK WND 14032/2113 SLP114 T02610139 | ||
| 2250Z | 5:53 PM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 0 | FEW@5000 | KMIC 272253Z 11010KT 10SM FEW050 26/14 A2987 RMK AO2 SLP111 T02610144 | ||