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 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 1 | CLR | KBGF 260555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 14/14 A3008 RMK A01 | |
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 27000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 4 | CLR | KBGF 260655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 13/13 A3007 RMK A01 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 7 | CLR | KBGF 260755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 12/12 A3006 RMK A01 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 4 | CLR | KBGF 260855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 12/12 A3005 RMK A01 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KBGF 260955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 11/10 A3005 RMK A01 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | VV @500 | KBGF 261055Z AUTO 00000KT 1/2SM BR VV005 10/10 A3006 RMK A01 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KBGF 261155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 10/10 A3008 RMK A01 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 5 | CLR | KBGF 261255Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 13/13 A3009 RMK A01 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 15000 - 36000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 0 | CLR | KBGF 261355Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 17/14 A3009 RMK A01 | ||
| 1450Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 26 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 18 | CLR | KBGF 261455Z AUTO 35006KT 10SM CLR 20/12 A3010 RMK A01 | ||
| 1550Z | 10:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 35000 | 55 | BKN | 13000 - 37000 | 43 | CLR | KBGF 261555Z AUTO 04004KT 10SM CLR 22/12 A3010 RMK A01 | ||