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 | 12:50 AM | BKN | 36000 - 51000 | 35 | OVC | 35000 - 50000 | 31 | CLR | KLMS 190550Z AUTO 20005KT 10SM CLR 26/23 A3003 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:50 AM | SCT | 19000 - 51000 | 18 | SCT | 13000 - 50000 | 19 | CLR | KLMS 190650Z AUTO 20005KT 10SM CLR 26/23 A3000 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 15000 - 50000 | 9 | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 10 | CLR | KLMS 190755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 25/22 A2999 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 20000 - 51000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 9 | CLR | KLMS 190855Z AUTO 22005KT 10SM CLR 25/23 A3000 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:50 AM | SCT | 15000 - 47000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 6 | SCT@7500 | KLMS 190950Z AUTO 22004KT 10SM SCT075 25/23 A3001 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:15 AM | SCT | 26000 - 48000 | 1 | SCT | 14000 - 51000 | 2 | CLR | KLMS 191115Z AUTO 22004KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A3002 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:45 AM | SCT | 38000 - 50000 | 0 | SCT | 17000 - 37000 | 0 | CLR | KLMS 191145Z AUTO 22003KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A3002 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:45 AM | SCT | 39000 - 48000 | 1 | SCT | 17000 - 41000 | 4 | CLR | KLMS 191245Z AUTO 21007KT 10SM CLR 26/23 A3002 RMK AO2 | ||