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 | ||
| 0650Z | 12:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 25 | BKN | 13000 - 37000 | 34 | BKN@7500 | KSPF 250655Z AUTO 19005KT 10SM BKN075 10/09 A3014 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 1:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 39000 | 63 | OVC | 32000 - 37000 | 71 | FEW@5500 | KSPF 250755Z AUTO VRB03KT 10SM FEW055 10/09 A3013 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 2:55 AM | OVC | 33000 - 39000 | 81 | OVC | 34000 - 38000 | 85 | CLR | KSPF 250855Z AUTO 13006KT 10SM CLR 10/10 A3013 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 3:55 AM | OVC | 34000 - 38000 | 84 | OVC | 33000 - 38000 | 84 | FEW@6500 FEW@8000 | KSPF 250955Z AUTO 10007KT 10SM FEW065 FEW080 11/11 A3011 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 4:55 AM | OVC | 30000 - 38000 | 83 | OVC | 30000 - 38000 | 83 | OVC@5500 | KSPF 251055Z AUTO 11007KT 10SM OVC055 11/11 A3011 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1150Z | 5:55 AM | OVC | 30000 - 38000 | 80 | OVC | 29000 - 38000 | 79 | OVC@5500 | KSPF 251155Z AUTO 10008KT 10SM OVC055 13/11 A3010 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1250Z | 6:55 AM | OVC | 29000 - 38000 | 83 | OVC | 29000 - 38000 | 82 | BKN@4900 BKN@7000 | KSPF 251255Z AUTO 10008KT 10SM BKN049 BKN070 14/11 A3009 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1350Z | 7:55 AM | OVC | 31000 - 38000 | 88 | OVC | 31000 - 38000 | 84 | BKN@5000 BKN@6000 BKN@7000 | KSPF 251355Z AUTO 10009KT 10SM BKN050 BKN060 BKN070 15/10 A3009 RMK AO2 | ||