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 | ASOS METAR Report | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mid Clouds | High Clouds | Levels [ft] | ECA [%] | Levels ft | METAR | ||
| 0550Z | 12:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | FEW@5000 FEW@8000 FEW@12000 FEW@18000 | KMWN 050553Z 25016KT 90SM FEW050 FEW080 FEW120 FEW180 11/06 RMK PTCHY VLY FG W-E 10108 20079 | |
| 0650Z | 1:54 AM | CLR | - | 0 | FEW@5000 FEW@8000 FEW@12000 FEW@16000 | KMWN 050654Z 24019KT 90SM FEW050 FEW080 FEW120 FEW160 SCT180 10/05 RMK PTCHY VLY FG W-SE | |
| 0750Z | 2:54 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 1 | FEW@5000 FEW@8000 FEW@12000 FEW@16000 | KMWN 050754Z 23019KT 90SM FEW050 FEW080 FEW120 FEW160 SCT180 10/03 RMK PTCHY VLY FG W-SE |
| 0850Z | 3:56 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 3 | FEW@5000 FEW@8000 FEW@12000 SCT@15000 | KMWN 050856Z 22026KT 90SM FEW050 FEW080 FEW120 SCT150 SCT180 09/02 RMK PTCHY VLY FG SW-SE |
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 16000 - 43000 | 0 | FEW@4000 FEW@7000 FEW@12000 SCT@15000 | KMWN 050955Z 22032G37KT 90SM FEW040 FEW070 FEW120 SCT150 SCT180 09/02 RMK PTCHY VLY FG SW-SE | |
| 1050Z | 5:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 1 | FEW@5000 SCT@10000 SCT@12000 SCT@15000 | KMWN 051053Z 24035G40KT 85SM FEW050 SCT100 SCT120 SCT150 SCT180 08/03 RMK PTCHY VLY FG W-SE | |