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 | ||
| 0450Z | 12:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 12 | CLR | KVGC 120455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 13/13 A2992 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 21000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 13 | CLR | KVGC 120555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 12/12 A2991 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 1 | CLR | KVGC 120655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 12/ A2990 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 13000 | 0 | CLR | KVGC 120755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 12/ A2989 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 13000 | 0 | CLR | KVGC 120855Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 12/ A2989 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 0 | CLR | KVGC 120955Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 11/ A2990 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KVGC 121055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 12/ A2991 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1150Z | 7:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KVGC 121155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 13/ A2992 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1250Z | 8:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KVGC 121255Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 17/14 A2992 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1350Z | 9:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 13000 | 0 | CLR | KVGC 121355Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 21/14 A2991 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1450Z | 10:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 23000 | 0 | CLR | KVGC 121455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 23/12 A2991 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1550Z | 11:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 14 | CLR | KVGC 121555Z AUTO 28006KT 10SM CLR 24/13 A2991 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1650Z | 12:55 PM | BKN | 25000 - 38000 | 38 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 21 | CLR | KVGC 121655Z AUTO 31003KT 10SM CLR 25/12 A2989 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1750Z | 1:55 PM | SCT | 14000 - 38000 | 14 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 22 | CLR | KVGC 121755Z AUTO 29005KT 10SM CLR 25/14 A2988 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1850Z | 2:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 7 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 21 | SCT@4300 SCT@4900 | KVGC 121855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT043 SCT049 25/14 A2986 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1950Z | 3:55 PM | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 41 | BKN | 13000 - 33000 | 29 | SCT@4800 SCT@5000 | KVGC 121955Z AUTO 29004KT 10SM SCT048 SCT050 25/13 A2986 RMK AO2 | ||