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 | SCT | 47000 - 47000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 24000 | 1 | CLR | KGAF 290555Z AUTO 15003KT 9SM CLR 20/20 A2988 RMK AO2 PWINO | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 28000 | 2 | CLR | KGAF 290655Z AUTO 14005KT 9SM CLR 20/20 A2987 RMK AO2 PWINO | |
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 47000 | 2 | SCT | 14000 - 32000 | 3 | CLR | KGAF 290755Z AUTO 16005KT 9SM CLR 20/20 A2986 RMK AO2 PWINO | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 15000 - 23000 | 0 | CLR | KGAF 290855Z AUTO 14004KT 10SM CLR 20/20 A2986 RMK AO2 PWINO | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KGAF 290955Z AUTO 15005KT 9SM CLR 19/19 A2986 RMK AO2 PWINO | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KGAF 291055Z AUTO 15006KT 7SM CLR 19/19 A2986 RMK AO2 PWINO | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KGAF 291155Z AUTO 17005KT 5SM BR CLR 20/20 A2985 RMK AO2 PWINO | ||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 18000 - 21000 | 0 | CLR | KGAF 291255Z AUTO 17005KT 7SM CLR 21/21 A2986 RMK AO2 PWINO | ||
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KGAF 291355Z AUTO 19008KT 8SM CLR 24/22 A2986 RMK AO2 PWINO | ||
| 1450Z | 9:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KGAF 291455Z AUTO 19008KT 8SM CLR 26/22 A2987 RMK AO2 PWINO | ||
| 1550Z | 10:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KGAF 291555Z AUTO 18006KT 8SM CLR 28/23 A2986 RMK AO2 PWINO | ||
| 1650Z | 11:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KGAF 291655Z AUTO 19008KT 8SM CLR 30/24 A2985 RMK AO2 PWINO | ||
| 1750Z | 12:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KGAF 291755Z AUTO 20007KT 160V220 9SM CLR 32/23 A2984 RMK AO2 PWINO | ||
| 1850Z | 1:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KGAF 291855Z AUTO 21008KT 8SM CLR 33/23 A2984 RMK AO2 PWINO | ||
| 1950Z | 2:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KGAF 291955Z AUTO 19006G11KT 9SM CLR 34/23 A2982 RMK AO2 PWINO | ||
| 2050Z | 3:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 1 | CLR | KGAF 292055Z AUTO 18008KT 8SM CLR 35/23 A2980 RMK AO2 PWINO | ||
| 2150Z | 4:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 19000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 2 | CLR | KGAF 292155Z AUTO 20008KT 9SM CLR 36/22 A2980 RMK AO2 PWINO | ||