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 | 13000 - 43000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 7 | BKN@4900 OVC@5500 | KGWR 030555Z AUTO 08007KT 10SM BKN049 OVC055 19/16 A2983 RMK A01 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 12 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 21 | OVC@4700 | KGWR 030655Z AUTO 07004KT 10SM OVC047 18/18 A2982 RMK A01 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 12 | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 22 | OVC@4600 | KGWR 030755Z AUTO 07005KT 10SM OVC046 18/18 A2981 RMK A01 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 13 | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 18 | BKN@4000 BKN@4500 | KGWR 030855Z AUTO 08008KT 10SM BKN040 BKN045 18/18 A2978 RMK A01 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 19000 - 40000 | 25 | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 31 | BKN@3400 BKN@4100 | KGWR 030955Z AUTO 07007KT 10SM BKN034 BKN041 18/18 A2978 RMK A01 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 15 | BKN | 13000 - 39000 | 27 | FEW@3400 SCT@4100 | KGWR 031055Z AUTO 10008KT 10SM FEW034 SCT041 18/18 A2976 RMK A01 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 19 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 23 | FEW@4100 FEW@4900 SCT@7000 | KGWR 031155Z AUTO VRB05G15KT 10SM FEW041 FEW049 SCT070 18/18 A2975 RMK A01 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | - | BKN | 14000 - 40000 | 48 | CLR | KGWR 031255Z AUTO 10008KT 10SM CLR 19/19 A2975 RMK A01 | ||||