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 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KRTS 030755Z AUTO 30006KT 10SM CLR 16/02 A3010 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 1:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KRTS 030855Z AUTO 32005KT 10SM CLR 15/03 A3010 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 2:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KRTS 030955Z AUTO 34006KT 10SM CLR 15/03 A3010 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 15000 - 17000 | 0 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 0 | CLR | KRTS 031055Z AUTO 32008KT 10SM CLR 13/03 A3012 RMK AO2 | |
| 1150Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 2 | SCT | 20000 - 31000 | 1 | CLR | KRTS 031155Z AUTO 34007KT 10SM CLR 12/02 A3012 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1250Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 30000 | 0 | SCT | 27000 - 29000 | 0 | CLR | KRTS 031255Z AUTO 34007KT 10SM CLR 11/02 A3013 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1350Z | 6:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KRTS 031355Z AUTO 31004KT 10SM CLR 15/04 A3015 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1450Z | 7:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KRTS 031455Z AUTO 24003KT 10SM CLR 19/04 A3015 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1550Z | 8:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KRTS 031555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 21/03 A3015 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1650Z | 9:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KRTS 031655Z AUTO 19003KT 10SM CLR 23/02 A3014 RMK AO2 | ||