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 | ||
| 0450Z | 12:35 AM | BKN | 30000 - 52000 | 29 | OVC | 32000 - 51000 | 41 | CLR | KCPC 180435Z AUTO 20003KT 10SM CLR 28/26 A2993 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:56 AM | BKN | 40000 - 53000 | 27 | BKN | 15000 - 43000 | 33 | CLR | KCPC 180556Z AUTO 20004KT 10SM CLR 27/26 A2992 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 37000 - 51000 | 17 | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 13 | CLR | KCPC 180655Z AUTO 22004KT 10SM CLR 27/26 A2991 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 26000 - 52000 | 5 | SCT | 14000 - 42000 | 4 | CLR | KCPC 180755Z AUTO 29003KT 10SM CLR 27/25 A2991 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 36000 - 51000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 2 | CLR | KCPC 180855Z AUTO 20003KT 9SM CLR 26/25 A2990 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:56 AM | SCT | 28000 - 50000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 3 | CLR | KCPC 180956Z AUTO 25003KT 9SM CLR 26/25 A2991 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 16000 - 20000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 1 | CLR | KCPC 181055Z AUTO 26002KT 5SM BR CLR 25/24 A2992 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1150Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 16000 - 36000 | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 29000 | 2 | CLR | KCPC 181155Z AUTO 28005KT 10SM CLR 26/25 A2993 RMK AO2 10274 20246 70000 | ||
| 1250Z | 8:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 5 | CLR | KCPC 181255Z AUTO VRB04KT 10SM CLR 28/24 A2994 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1350Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 44000 - 47000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 6 | CLR | KCPC 181355Z AUTO 31005KT 10SM CLR 30/24 A2994 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1450Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | 39000 - 46000 | 1 | SCT | 14000 - 40000 | 4 | CLR | KCPC 181455Z AUTO 28007KT 10SM CLR 31/24 A2994 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1550Z | 11:55 AM | SCT | 31000 - 50000 | 3 | SCT | 16000 - 38000 | 3 | CLR | KCPC 181555Z AUTO 24006KT 10SM CLR 32/24 A2994 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1650Z | 12:55 PM | SCT | 17000 - 44000 | 7 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 5 | CLR | KCPC 181655Z AUTO 26006KT 10SM CLR 33/24 A2993 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1750Z | 1:55 PM | SCT | 14000 - 39000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 26000 | 3 | CLR | KCPC 181755Z AUTO VRB06KT 10SM CLR 34/24 A2992 RMK AO2 10339 20262 | ||
| 1850Z | 2:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 18000 | 0 | CLR | KCPC 181855Z AUTO 27008KT 10SM CLR 35/24 A2991 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1950Z | 3:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 15000 - 15000 | 0 | CLR | KCPC 181955Z AUTO 26011KT 10SM CLR 35/22 A2989 RMK AO2 | ||
| 2050Z | 4:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KCPC 182055Z AUTO 28007KT 10SM CLR 35/23 A2988 RMK AO2 | ||
| 2150Z | 5:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 0 | CLR | KCPC 182155Z AUTO 25008KT 10SM CLR 35/22 A2989 RMK AO2 | ||
| 2250Z | 6:35 PM | SCT | 14000 - 15000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 1 | CLR | KCPC 182235Z AUTO 25007KT 10SM CLR 34/23 A2989 RMK AO2 | ||