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 | BKN | 13000 - 45000 | 28 | BKN | 13000 - 33000 | 32 | OVC@1000 | KI40 220455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC010 13/13 A3011 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | OVC | 16000 - 51000 | 29 | BKN | 13000 - 36000 | 28 | OVC@800 | KI40 220555Z AUTO 36003KT 10SM OVC008 13/13 A3010 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 50000 | 25 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 20 | OVC@600 | KI40 220655Z AUTO 00000KT 1 3/4SM -DZ OVC006 13/13 A3010 RMK AO2 | |
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 44000 | 26 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 14 | OVC@500 | KI40 220755Z AUTO 00000KT 1 1/2SM BR OVC005 13/13 A3011 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 21 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 9 | OVC@700 | KI40 220855Z AUTO 00000KT 3SM BR OVC007 14/13 A3011 RMK AO2 P0001 | |
| 0940Z | 5:35 AM | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 12 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 4 | OVC@700 | KI40 220935Z AUTO 36003KT 3SM BR OVC007 14/14 A3012 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1350Z | 9:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 0 | OVC@900 | KI40 221355Z AUTO 01003KT 7SM OVC009 15/14 A3017 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1450Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 18000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 28000 | 4 | OVC@900 | KI40 221455Z AUTO 00000KT 5SM BR OVC009 15/14 A3018 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1550Z | 11:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 7 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 16 | OVC@900 | KI40 221555Z AUTO 02004KT 2 1/2SM -DZ OVC009 15/15 A3019 RMK AO2 | ||