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 | BKN | 23000 - 53000 | 49 | OVC | 28000 - 41000 | 53 | K0A9 280455Z AUTO 00000KT A2992 RMK AO2 | |||
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | OVC | 27000 - 38000 | 79 | OVC | 26000 - 41000 | 64 | K0A9 280555Z AUTO A2991 RMK AO2 | |||
| 0650Z | 2:50 AM | OVC | 15000 - 35000 | 68 | BKN | 19000 - 38000 | 51 | K0A9 280650Z AUTO A2989 RMK AO2 | |||
| 0750Z | 3:50 AM | OVC | 13000 - 34000 | 69 | BKN | 15000 - 39000 | 41 | K0A9 280750Z AUTO RMK AO2 | |||
| 0850Z | 4:50 AM | OVC | 19000 - 28000 | 76 | SCT | 14000 - 36000 | 29 | K0A9 280850Z AUTO RMK AO2 | |||
| 0950Z | 5:50 AM | BKN | 13000 - 37000 | 74 | BKN | 13000 - 33000 | 35 | K0A9 280950Z AUTO 00000KT A2984 RMK AO2 | |||
| 1050Z | 6:50 AM | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 32 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 22 | K0A9 281050Z AUTO RMK AO2 | |||
| 1150Z | 7:50 AM | BKN | 13000 - 52000 | 26 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 22 | K0A9 281150Z AUTO A2986 RMK AO2 | |||
| 1250Z | 8:55 AM | OVC | 28000 - 40000 | 83 | BKN | 13000 - 42000 | 63 | K0A9 281255Z AUTO RMK AO2 | |||
| 1350Z | 9:50 AM | BKN | 13000 - 36000 | 64 | BKN | 13000 - 42000 | 45 | K0A9 281350Z AUTO RMK AO2 | |||
| 1450Z | 10:50 AM | SCT | 13000 - 23000 | 25 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 20 | K0A9 281450Z AUTO RMK AO2 PNO PWINO | |||
| 1550Z | 11:35 AM | SCT | 13000 - 13000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 6 | K0A9 281535Z AUTO RMK AO2 | |||
| 1650Z | 11:35 AM | SCT | 13000 - 19000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 18000 | 1 | K0A9 281535Z AUTO RMK AO2 | |||