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 | OVC | 23000 - 44000 | 38 | BKN | 19000 - 35000 | 48 | CLR | KOCW 300455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/21 A3021 RMK AO2 T02160207 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 44000 | 27 | BKN | 13000 - 36000 | 30 | CLR | KOCW 300555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 21/21 A3020 RMK AO2 T02140205 10240 20213 402570213 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 14 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 18 | CLR | KOCW 300655Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 21/20 A3019 RMK AO2 T02110203 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 11 | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 32 | CLR | KOCW 300755Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 21/20 A3019 RMK AO2 T02070201 | |
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 42000 | 34 | BKN | 13000 - 35000 | 44 | CLR | KOCW 300855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 21/20 A3019 RMK AO2 T02090201 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | OVC | 13000 - 43000 | 41 | BKN | 16000 - 32000 | 43 | CLR | KOCW 300955Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 21/20 A3019 RMK AO2 T02090202 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 15 | BKN | 13000 - 32000 | 26 | SCT@300 SCT@2100 | KOCW 301055Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM SCT003 SCT021 21/20 A3021 RMK AO2 T02100203 | |
| 1150Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 4 | SCT | 14000 - 37000 | 3 | SCT@300 OVC@2300 | KOCW 301155Z AUTO 03003KT 10SM SCT003 OVC023 22/22 A3021 RMK AO2 70011 T02230216 10223 20205 | |
| 1250Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 11 | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 14 | CLR | KOCW 301255Z AUTO 01004KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A3021 RMK AO2 T02440229 | ||
| 1350Z | 9:55 AM | OVC | 28000 - 46000 | 22 | BKN | 15000 - 41000 | 27 | CLR | KOCW 301355Z AUTO 08003KT 10SM CLR 27/23 A3021 RMK AO2 T02660226 | ||