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 | 12:54 AM | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 9 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 7 | CLR | KVTA 270454Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 09/08 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP178 T00940083 402220067 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:54 AM | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 13 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 10 | CLR | KVTA 270554Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 09/08 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP173 T00890083 10167 20083 58013 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:54 AM | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 9 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 9 | CLR | KVTA 270654Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 09/08 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP172 T00890078 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:54 AM | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 7 | CLR | KVTA 270754Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 09/08 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP167 T00890083 | ||