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 | 12:35 AM | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 24000 | 1 | OVC@300 | KTKC 200535Z AUTO 02007KT 5SM -DZ BR OVC003 14/14 A3007 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | - | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@600 | KTKC 200655Z AUTO 04009G14KT 10SM OVC006 14/14 A3006 RMK AO2 | ||||
| 0750Z | 2:45 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 2 | OVC@700 | KTKC 200745Z AUTO 03008KT 10SM OVC007 15/15 A3007 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:00 AM | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 9 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 5 | OVC@900 | KTKC 200900Z AUTO 02008G13KT 10SM OVC009 14/14 A3007 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:45 AM | SCT | 14000 - 39000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 21000 | 6 | OVC@800 | KTKC 200945Z AUTO 03009KT 10SM OVC008 14/14 A3007 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:00 AM | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 17 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 18 | BKN@900 OVC@1400 | KTKC 201100Z AUTO 03009KT 10SM BKN009 OVC014 13/13 A3010 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 37000 | 29 | BKN | 13000 - 34000 | 34 | BKN@900 OVC@1400 | KTKC 201155Z AUTO 03006KT 10SM BKN009 OVC014 13/13 A3011 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1250Z | 8:00 AM | OVC | 21000 - 43000 | 37 | OVC | 19000 - 33000 | 44 | SCT@800 OVC@1200 | KTKC 201300Z AUTO 03010KT 10SM SCT008 OVC012 14/14 A3012 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:45 AM | OVC | 19000 - 41000 | 32 | OVC | 28000 - 33000 | 41 | BKN@900 OVC@1300 | KTKC 201345Z AUTO 04010G15KT 10SM BKN009 OVC013 14/14 A3013 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1450Z | 9:55 AM | OVC | 19000 - 45000 | 35 | OVC | 26000 - 34000 | 39 | OVC@1100 | KTKC 201455Z AUTO 04007G13KT 10SM OVC011 14/14 A3015 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1550Z | 10:40 AM | OVC | 14000 - 45000 | 46 | OVC | 26000 - 36000 | 47 | SCT@1700 BKN@2400 | KTKC 201540Z AUTO 05009G14KT 10SM SCT017 BKN024 16/14 A3015 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1650Z | 11:55 AM | OVC | 28000 - 40000 | 56 | OVC | 27000 - 37000 | 48 | CLR | KTKC 201655Z AUTO 08014KT 10SM CLR 19/11 A3013 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1750Z | 12:40 PM | OVC | 26000 - 39000 | 61 | BKN | 25000 - 36000 | 62 | SCT@3000 | KTKC 201740Z AUTO 08011G18KT 10SM SCT030 19/12 A3013 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1850Z | 1:55 PM | BKN | 23000 - 43000 | 65 | OVC | 24000 - 36000 | 67 | FEW@3200 | KTKC 201855Z AUTO 07013KT 10SM FEW032 19/12 A3012 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1950Z | 2:45 PM | OVC | 26000 - 34000 | 71 | OVC | 25000 - 35000 | 70 | BKN@3300 OVC@3800 | KTKC 201945Z AUTO 08010G17KT 10SM BKN033 OVC038 19/12 A3012 RMK AO2 | ||
| 2050Z | 3:35 PM | OVC | 25000 - 34000 | 79 | OVC | 26000 - 34000 | 73 | OVC@3800 | KTKC 202035Z AUTO 07010KT 10SM OVC038 19/12 A3013 RMK AO2 | ||
| 2150Z | 4:55 PM | OVC | 26000 - 33000 | 73 | OVC | 24000 - 33000 | 68 | SCT@2200 BKN@3700 | KTKC 202155Z AUTO 05015G21KT 10SM SCT022 BKN037 17/13 A3014 RMK AO2 | ||