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 | ||
| 0650Z | 12:55 AM | BKN | 28000 - 38000 | 62 | OVC | 26000 - 36000 | 57 | BKN@5500 BKN@7000 OVC@12000 | KXNI 150655Z AUTO 33003KT 10SM BKN055 BKN070 OVC120 15/14 A3021 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 1:55 AM | OVC | 18000 - 38000 | 70 | OVC | 23000 - 36000 | 68 | FEW@4700 BKN@6000 OVC@7000 | KXNI 150755Z AUTO 03003KT 10SM FEW047 BKN060 OVC070 15/14 A3023 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT S | ||
| 0850Z | 2:55 AM | BKN | 25000 - 38000 | 62 | BKN | 23000 - 36000 | 55 | OVC@6000 | KXNI 150855Z AUTO 20003KT 10SM OVC060 15/15 A3024 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 3:55 AM | BKN | 14000 - 43000 | 42 | BKN | 13000 - 37000 | 30 | FEW@4500 | KXNI 150955Z AUTO 09003KT 10SM FEW045 15/14 A3024 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 4:55 AM | BKN | 19000 - 44000 | 45 | BKN | 13000 - 41000 | 42 | OVC@6000 | KXNI 151055Z AUTO 08004KT 10SM OVC060 15/14 A3025 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1150Z | 5:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 45000 | 31 | BKN | 13000 - 42000 | 37 | FEW@4000 | KXNI 151155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW040 14/14 A3025 RMK AO2 10152 20141 70008 | ||
| 1250Z | 6:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 48000 | 31 | BKN | 13000 - 39000 | 39 | BKN@3000 | KXNI 151255Z AUTO 28001KT 10SM BKN030 14/13 A3026 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1350Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 22 | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 29 | OVC@2600 | KXNI 151355Z AUTO 05002KT 10SM OVC026 15/14 A3029 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1450Z | 8:55 AM | BKN | 18000 - 48000 | 28 | BKN | 18000 - 41000 | 37 | SCT@2400 | KXNI 151455Z AUTO 06002KT 10SM SCT024 17/15 A3030 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1550Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 51000 | 7 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 12 | CLR | KXNI 151555Z AUTO VRB02KT 10SM CLR 20/14 A3031 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1650Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 7 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 14 | SCT@2300 | KXNI 151655Z AUTO VRB03KT 10SM SCT023 21/15 A3031 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1750Z | 11:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 52000 | 30 | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 36 | FEW@2700 FEW@3400 FEW@4200 | KXNI 151755Z AUTO VRB04KT 10SM FEW027 FEW034 FEW042 22/15 A3030 RMK AO2 10232 20135 | ||
| 1850Z | 12:55 PM | OVC | 14000 - 41000 | 49 | BKN | 13000 - 39000 | 48 | BKN@3800 | KXNI 151855Z AUTO VRB03KT 10SM BKN038 24/14 A3027 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1950Z | 1:55 PM | OVC | 14000 - 42000 | 47 | BKN | 14000 - 39000 | 42 | FEW@4300 FEW@5500 FEW@11000 | KXNI 151955Z AUTO VRB05KT 10SM FEW043 FEW055 FEW110 25/15 A3025 RMK AO2 | ||
| 2050Z | 2:55 PM | BKN | 13000 - 43000 | 50 | BKN | 14000 - 37000 | 55 | CLR | KXNI 152055Z AUTO 22008KT 10SM CLR 26/13 A3023 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT E | ||
| 2150Z | 3:55 PM | OVC | 22000 - 44000 | 65 | BKN | 28000 - 42000 | 69 | FEW@11000 | KXNI 152155Z AUTO 25007KT 10SM VCTS FEW110 25/14 A3022 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NE-SE | ||