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 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 1 | OVC@3800 | KSMS 290455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC038 15/15 A3026 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 23000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 23000 | 1 | SCT@3500 BKN@4900 OVC@5500 | KSMS 290555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT035 BKN049 OVC055 15/15 A3026 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@5500 | KSMS 290655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC055 15/15 A3025 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 34000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 1 | FEW@3900 OVC@6000 | KSMS 290755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW039 OVC060 15/15 A3023 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 3 | SCT@2700 BKN@3100 OVC@6000 | KSMS 290855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT027 BKN031 OVC060 14/14 A3023 RMK AO2 | |
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 3 | FEW@2400 FEW@2900 OVC@6000 | KSMS 290955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW024 FEW029 OVC060 14/14 A3023 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 50000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 3 | BKN@3400 BKN@4200 OVC@5500 | KSMS 291055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN034 BKN042 OVC055 14/14 A3024 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1150Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 43000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 5 | CLR | KSMS 291155Z AUTO 00000KT 6SM BR CLR 13/13 A3024 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1250Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 25000 - 52000 | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 30000 | 4 | CLR | KSMS 291255Z AUTO 02007KT 10SM CLR 16/16 A3026 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1350Z | 9:35 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 17000 - 18000 | 0 | CLR | KSMS 291335Z AUTO 03006KT 10SM CLR 18/16 A3026 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1450Z | 10:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KSMS 291455Z AUTO VRB04G10KT 10SM CLR 21/16 A3026 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1550Z | 11:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KSMS 291555Z AUTO 02009KT 10SM CLR 24/16 A3025 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1650Z | 12:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KSMS 291655Z AUTO 01008KT 10SM CLR 25/16 A3023 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1750Z | 1:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | BKN@4300 BKN@5500 | KSMS 291755Z AUTO 01011KT 10SM BKN043 BKN055 26/16 A3020 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1850Z | 2:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | FEW@4500 SCT@6000 | KSMS 291855Z AUTO 34006G11KT 10SM FEW045 SCT060 25/16 A3018 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1950Z | 3:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT@5500 | KSMS 291955Z AUTO 03008KT 10SM SCT055 26/15 A3016 RMK AO2 | ||
| 2050Z | 4:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | FEW@6000 | KSMS 292055Z AUTO VRB04KT 10SM FEW060 25/16 A3016 RMK AO2 | ||
| 2150Z | 5:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 15000 - 26000 | 0 | CLR | KSMS 292155Z AUTO 02006KT 10SM CLR 24/15 A3016 RMK AO2 | ||