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 | ||
| 0750Z | 12:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KRCA 080755Z 26007KT 10SM CLR 04/M02 A3016 RMK AO2A SLP214 T00411017 | ||
| 0850Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 28000 | 0 | SCT | 17000 - 26000 | 0 | CLR | KRCA 080855Z 27006KT 10SM CLR 04/M02 A3015 RMK AO2A SLP213 T00391019 58009 | ||
| 0950Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 26000 | 3 | CLR | KRCA 080955Z 25007KT 10SM CLR 03/M03 A3013 RMK AO2A SLP209 T00341032 | ||
| 1050Z | 3:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KRCA 081055Z 25010KT 10SM CLR 06/M03 A3011 RMK AO2A SLP199 T00571034 | ||