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 | 12:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 27000 | 5 | CLR | KGKJ 300453Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 13/13 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP185 T01330128 402220117 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 20000 | 1 | CLR | KGKJ 300553Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM CLR 13/13 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP184 T01330128 10161 20128 55002 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 9 | CLR | KGKJ 300653Z AUTO VRB03KT 10SM CLR 14/13 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP183 T01390128 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:53 AM | SCT | 14000 - 33000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 28000 | 3 | CLR | KGKJ 300753Z AUTO 19003KT 8SM CLR 13/13 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP179 T01330128 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 1 | CLR | KGKJ 300853Z AUTO 19003KT 9SM CLR 13/13 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP181 T01330128 55003 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 8 | CLR | KGKJ 300953Z AUTO 19005KT 7SM CLR 13/13 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP187 T01330128 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:53 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 17 | CLR | KGKJ 301053Z AUTO VRB04KT 7SM CLR 13/13 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP191 T01330128 | |
| 1150Z | 7:53 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 2 | BKN | 13000 - 36000 | 26 | CLR | KGKJ 301153Z AUTO 19004KT 5SM BR CLR 14/13 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP194 T01390128 10139 20133 51010 | |
| 1250Z | 8:53 AM | BKN | 13000 - 41000 | 32 | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 41 | CLR | KGKJ 301253Z AUTO VRB04KT 10SM CLR 15/14 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP194 T01500139 | ||
| 1350Z | 9:53 AM | OVC | 31000 - 41000 | 68 | BKN | 27000 - 41000 | 57 | CLR | KGKJ 301353Z AUTO 19004KT 10SM CLR 17/14 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP192 T01670144 | ||
| 1450Z | 10:53 AM | BKN | 28000 - 41000 | 45 | BKN | 26000 - 41000 | 55 | CLR | KGKJ 301453Z AUTO 20007KT 10SM CLR 18/15 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP194 T01830150 53000 | ||