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 | ||
| 0650Z | 12:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 24 | BKN | 13000 - 51000 | 33 | CLR | K6S0 260655Z AUTO 25007KT 10SM CLR 18/15 A3001 RMK A01 | ||
| 0750Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 16 | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 6 | CLR | K6S0 260755Z AUTO 26009KT 10SM CLR 18/15 A3001 RMK A01 | ||
| 0850Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 14 | SCT | 14000 - 16000 | 0 | CLR | K6S0 260855Z AUTO 27010KT 10SM CLR 18/14 A3000 RMK A01 | ||
| 0950Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 10 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | K6S0 260955Z AUTO 25015KT 10SM CLR 19/13 A3000 RMK A01 | ||
| 1050Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 50000 | 3 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 1 | CLR | K6S0 261055Z AUTO 29013KT 10SM CLR 16/13 A3003 RMK A01 |
| 1150Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 3 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | K6S0 261155Z AUTO 24010KT 10SM CLR 18/13 A3005 RMK A01 | |
| 1250Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 2 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | K6S0 261255Z AUTO 25010KT 10SM CLR 18/13 A3007 RMK A01 | |
| 1350Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 28000 | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | K6S0 261355Z AUTO 27009KT 10SM CLR 21/13 A3008 RMK A01 | ||
| 1450Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 17000 - 37000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 1 | CLR | K6S0 261455Z AUTO 28007KT 10SM CLR 20/14 A3010 RMK A01 | ||
| 1550Z | 9:55 AM | - | SCT | 13000 - 50000 | 3 | CLR | K6S0 261555Z AUTO 30005KT 10SM CLR 25/15 A3011 RMK A01 | ||||