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 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@1300 | KY49 050555Z AUTO 13004KT 10SM OVC013 19/19 A3005 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:35 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@1300 | KY49 050635Z AUTO 14004KT 10SM OVC013 19/18 A3004 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@1100 | KY49 050755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC011 19/18 A3003 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:35 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 20000 | 1 | OVC@900 | KY49 050835Z AUTO 14004KT 10SM OVC009 19/18 A3004 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@900 | KY49 050955Z AUTO 09006KT 10SM OVC009 18/17 A3002 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:35 AM | CLR | - | 0 | - | OVC@900 | KY49 051035Z AUTO 12004KT 10SM OVC009 18/18 A3003 RMK AO2 | ||||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 21000 | 2 | - | OVC@900 | KY49 051155Z AUTO 14004KT 10SM OVC009 17/17 A3006 RMK AO2 | ||||
| 1250Z | 7:35 AM | SCT | 13000 - 24000 | 5 | - | OVC@700 | KY49 051235Z AUTO 11004KT 10SM OVC007 17/17 A3006 RMK AO2 | ||||