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 | ||
| 0550Z | 12:55 AM | OVC | 38000 - 44000 | 84 | OVC | 36000 - 43000 | 70 | CLR | KAGZ 180555Z AUTO 02005KT 10SM CLR 20/20 A2998 RMK AO2 PK WND 17032/59 PRESRR P0013 10285 20202 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 46000 | 23 | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 6 | CLR | KAGZ 180655Z AUTO 14003KT 10SM CLR 19/19 A2997 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 12 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 20 | SCT@11000 | KAGZ 180755Z AUTO 35011KT 10SM SCT110 19/19 A3001 RMK AO2 PRESRR | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 36 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 34 | SCT@5000 SCT@8500 | KAGZ 180855Z AUTO 35012KT 10SM SCT050 SCT085 20/20 A3004 RMK AO2 PRESRR | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 21 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 20 | FEW@6000 SCT@8000 | KAGZ 180955Z AUTO 01005KT 10SM FEW060 SCT080 19/19 A3001 RMK AO2 PRESFR | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 10 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 8 | FEW@12000 | KAGZ 181055Z AUTO 23001KT 8SM FEW120 18/18 A2999 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 11 | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 6 | CLR | KAGZ 181155Z AUTO 18007KT 10SM CLR 17/17 A2997 RMK AO2 10208 20163 70023 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 18000 | 6 | CLR | KAGZ 181255Z AUTO 18009KT 10SM CLR 19/19 A2997 RMK AO2 | ||