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 | ||
| 0750Z | 12:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 41000 | 35 | BKN | 13000 - 39000 | 34 | BKN@200 | K10U 270755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN002 16/M08 A3013 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 1:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 43000 | 33 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 24 | OVC@300 | K10U 270855Z AUTO 16004KT 10SM OVC003 14/M04 A3013 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 51000 | 27 | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 8 | OVC@200 | K10U 270955Z AUTO 18004KT 10SM OVC002 12/M05 A3013 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 51000 | 11 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 3 | CLR | K10U 271055Z AUTO 22006KT 10SM CLR 13/M07 A3015 RMK AO2 | |
| 1150Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 6 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 2 | BKN@3300 BKN@7500 | K10U 271155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN033 BKN075 11/M07 A3016 RMK AO2 | |
| 1250Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 1 | CLR | K10U 271255Z AUTO 15009KT 10SM CLR 12/M06 A3017 RMK AO2 | |
| 1350Z | 6:35 AM | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 4 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | K10U 271335Z AUTO 19005KT 10SM CLR 15/M07 A3017 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1450Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 20000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 26000 | 0 | CLR | K10U 271455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 21/M05 A3018 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1550Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 52000 | 3 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | K10U 271555Z AUTO VRB04KT 5SM HZ CLR 24/M04 A3017 RMK AO2 | ||