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 | 12:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 21000 | 7 | CLR | KMCZ 080455Z AUTO 20003KT 10SM CLR 25/24 A3016 RMK AO2 T02460244 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 19000 | 2 | CLR | KMCZ 080555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/24 A3016 RMK AO2 T02380237 10276 20238 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 15000 - 36000 | 1 | SCT | 14000 - 18000 | 0 | CLR | KMCZ 080655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 23/23 A3014 RMK AO2 T02330231 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KMCZ 080755Z AUTO 21003KT 10SM CLR 23/23 A3013 RMK AO2 T02340234 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KMCZ 080855Z AUTO 19003KT 10SM CLR 23/23 A3014 RMK AO2 T02350234 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:35 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 27000 | 0 | CLR | KMCZ 080935Z AUTO 20005KT 10SM CLR 23/23 A3014 RMK AO2 T0235//// | ||
| 1050Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 15000 - 37000 | 1 | SCT | 15000 - 26000 | 0 | CLR | KMCZ 081055Z AUTO 20004KT 7SM CLR 24/ A3017 RMK AO2 T0236//// | ||
| 1150Z | 7:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT@700 | KMCZ 081155Z AUTO 21010KT 10SM SCT007 25/25 A3018 RMK AO2 T02520247 10253 20231 | ||
| 1250Z | 8:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | BKN@1300 | KMCZ 081255Z AUTO 24010KT 10SM BKN013 27/25 A3019 RMK AO2 T02720248 | ||
| 1350Z | 9:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | BKN@1500 | KMCZ 081355Z AUTO 25010KT 10SM BKN015 28/25 A3018 RMK AO2 T02830248 | ||
| 1450Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 4 | BKN@1900 | KMCZ 081455Z AUTO 23008KT 10SM BKN019 30/25 A3017 RMK AO2 T02970247 | |
| 1550Z | 11:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 14000 - 48000 | 1 | SCT | 14000 - 33000 | 4 | BKN@2500 BKN@3300 | KMCZ 081555Z AUTO 23008KT 10SM BKN025 BKN033 31/25 A3016 RMK AO2 T03110248 | |
| 1650Z | 12:55 PM | SCT | 14000 - 47000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 25000 | 0 | SCT@3100 SCT@3800 BKN@4300 | KMCZ 081655Z AUTO 22008KT 10SM SCT031 SCT038 BKN043 32/25 A3014 RMK AO2 T03210245 | ||
| 1750Z | 1:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | BKN@3600 BKN@4600 | KMCZ 081755Z AUTO 22009G14KT 10SM BKN036 BKN046 32/24 A3012 RMK AO2 T03240240 10328 20253 | ||
| 1850Z | 2:55 PM | SCT | 17000 - 19000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 6 | BKN@4000 BKN@5000 | KMCZ 081855Z AUTO 23007KT 10SM BKN040 BKN050 33/24 A3011 RMK AO2 T03270240 | ||
| 1950Z | 3:55 PM | BKN | 13000 - 46000 | 26 | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 23 | SCT@4600 | KMCZ 081955Z AUTO 25007KT 10SM SCT046 33/23 A3009 RMK AO2 T03340232 | ||
| 2050Z | 4:55 PM | OVC | 29000 - 47000 | 47 | BKN | 17000 - 42000 | 40 | CLR | KMCZ 082055Z AUTO 20008KT 10SM CLR 33/24 A3008 RMK AO2 T03280236 | ||