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 | OVC | 22000 - 34000 | 77 | OVC | 23000 - 42000 | 75 | CLR | KULM 130555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/21 A2992 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SW | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | OVC | 27000 - 36000 | 79 | OVC | 28000 - 39000 | 72 | CLR | KULM 130655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/21 A2991 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | OVC | 31000 - 37000 | 76 | OVC | 34000 - 43000 | 79 | CLR | KULM 130755Z AUTO 08003KT 10SM CLR 23/21 A2988 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | BKN | 35000 - 40000 | 83 | OVC | 36000 - 45000 | 82 | CLR | KULM 130855Z AUTO 16004KT 10SM CLR 22/21 A2989 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT S | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | BKN | 38000 - 43000 | 67 | BKN | 38000 - 46000 | 68 | SCT@9000 | KULM 130955Z AUTO 21003KT 10SM -DZ SCT090 22/21 A2992 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | BKN | 38000 - 44000 | 82 | BKN | 38000 - 45000 | 60 | SCT@9000 | KULM 131055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM -RA SCT090 120 22/21 A2991 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT S | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | BKN | 41000 - 44000 | 73 | BKN | 42000 - 45000 | 49 | SCT@10000 | KULM 131155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM -RA SCT100 22/21 A2992 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT S | ||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | BKN | 41000 - 44000 | 62 | BKN | 42000 - 44000 | 64 | BKN@9000 | KULM 131255Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM -RA BKN090 22/21 A2992 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT S | ||
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | OVC | 39000 - 44000 | 93 | OVC | 42000 - 44000 | 81 | OVC@8000 | KULM 131355Z AUTO 09004KT 10SM OVC080 22/21 A2994 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1450Z | 9:55 AM | OVC | 35000 - 42000 | 90 | OVC | 30000 - 43000 | 74 | SCT@12000 | KULM 131455Z AUTO 08006KT 10SM SCT120 23/21 A2993 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1550Z | 10:55 AM | OVC | 23000 - 38000 | 68 | OVC | 28000 - 38000 | 57 | SCT@10000 | KULM 131555Z AUTO 07004KT 10SM SCT100 24/21 A2994 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1650Z | 11:55 AM | OVC | 24000 - 40000 | 62 | OVC | 26000 - 38000 | 60 | SCT@2100 | KULM 131655Z AUTO 01003KT 10SM SCT021 24/21 A2996 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1750Z | 12:55 PM | OVC | 26000 - 38000 | 77 | OVC | 23000 - 37000 | 63 | SCT@2300 BKN@2900 | KULM 131755Z AUTO 01003KT 10SM SCT023 BKN029 24/22 A2996 RMK AO2 | ||