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 | 12:55 AM | OVC | 33000 - 38000 | 85 | OVC | 32000 - 37000 | 79 | FEW@600 BKN@2800 | KGAF 290555Z AUTO 17005KT 8SM FEW006 BKN028 15/15 A2977 RMK AO2 PWINO | ||
| 0650Z | 12:55 AM | OVC | 32000 - 38000 | 85 | BKN | 25000 - 37000 | 75 | FEW@600 BKN@2800 | KGAF 290555Z AUTO 17005KT 8SM FEW006 BKN028 15/15 A2977 RMK AO2 PWINO | ||
| 0750Z | 12:55 AM | OVC | 27000 - 38000 | 83 | OVC | 26000 - 38000 | 74 | FEW@600 BKN@2800 | KGAF 290555Z AUTO 17005KT 8SM FEW006 BKN028 15/15 A2977 RMK AO2 PWINO | ||
| 0850Z | 5:15 AM | OVC | 29000 - 37000 | 84 | BKN | 30000 - 37000 | 70 | OVC@100 | KGAF 291015Z AUTO 34007KT 3SM BR OVC001 15/15 A2970 RMK AO2 PWINO | ||
| 0950Z | 5:15 AM | OVC | 31000 - 37000 | 86 | OVC | 32000 - 36000 | 79 | OVC@100 | KGAF 291015Z AUTO 34007KT 3SM BR OVC001 15/15 A2970 RMK AO2 PWINO | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | OVC | 30000 - 33000 | 87 | BKN | 29000 - 34000 | 57 | OVC@100 | KGAF 291055Z AUTO 02006KT 1/4SM FG OVC001 15/15 A2966 RMK AO2 PWINO | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | OVC | 18000 - 33000 | 73 | BKN | 22000 - 32000 | 62 | OVC@100 | KGAF 291155Z AUTO 30006KT M1/4SM FG OVC001 15/15 A2966 RMK AO2 PWINO | ||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | BKN | 26000 - 33000 | 65 | BKN | 13000 - 32000 | 57 | OVC@100 | KGAF 291255Z AUTO 31004KT M1/4SM FG OVC001 14/14 A2966 RMK AO2 PWINO | ||
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | BKN | 15000 - 36000 | 51 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 27 | OVC@100 | KGAF 291355Z AUTO 24004KT M1/4SM FG OVC001 14/14 A2967 RMK AO2 PWINO | ||
| 1450Z | 10:15 AM | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 9 | SCT | 13000 - 29000 | 5 | OVC@100 | KGAF 291515Z AUTO 29004KT 1 1/2SM BR OVC001 15/15 A2967 RMK AO2 PWINO | ||
| 1550Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 33000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 29000 | 2 | BKN@400 | KGAF 291555Z AUTO 29004KT 10SM BKN004 16/16 A2966 RMK AO2 PWINO | ||
| 1650Z | 11:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | BKN@1000 BKN@1300 | KGAF 291655Z AUTO 24005KT 9SM BKN010 BKN013 19/19 A2965 RMK AO2 PWINO | ||
| 1750Z | 12:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | FEW@1600 BKN@2300 BKN@2700 | KGAF 291755Z AUTO 23007KT 10SM FEW016 BKN023 BKN027 20/18 A2964 RMK AO2 PWINO | ||
| 1850Z | 1:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT@1500 BKN@2600 | KGAF 291855Z AUTO 25009KT 9SM SCT015 BKN026 20/18 A2963 RMK AO2 PWINO | ||
| 1950Z | 2:35 PM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT@1700 | KGAF 291935Z AUTO 24009KT 10SM SCT017 21/17 A2962 RMK AO2 PWINO | ||
| 2050Z | 3:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KGAF 292055Z AUTO 25008KT 10SM CLR 22/18 A2961 RMK AO2 PWINO | ||
| 2150Z | 4:55 PM | SCT | 24000 - 38000 | 10 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 18 | CLR | KGAF 292155Z AUTO 23008KT 10SM CLR 22/17 A2959 RMK AO2 PWINO | ||
| 2250Z | 5:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 20 | BKN | 13000 - 32000 | 25 | CLR | KGAF 292255Z AUTO 24006KT 10SM CLR 22/17 A2958 RMK AO2 PWINO | ||
| 2350Z | 6:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 16 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 22 | CLR | KGAF 292355Z AUTO 16006KT 10SM CLR 20/18 A2958 RMK AO2 PWINO | ||