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 | 12:50 AM | SCT | 13000 - 19000 | 17 | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 19 | CLR | KM04 230550Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 21/21 A3003 RMK A01 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:50 AM | BKN | 13000 - 16000 | 70 | BKN | 13000 - 15000 | 40 | SCT@3100 BKN@4100 | KM04 230650Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT031 BKN041 21/21 A3003 RMK A01 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:50 AM | SCT | 13000 - 19000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 4 | OVC@4000 | KM04 230750Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC040 21/21 A3003 RMK A01 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:50 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@4500 | KM04 230850Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC045 21/21 A3002 RMK A01 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:00 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | BKN@5000 BKN@5500 | KM04 231000Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN050 BKN055 20/20 A3002 RMK A01 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:50 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | BKN@5000 | KM04 231050Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN050 20/20 A3004 RMK A01 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:50 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KM04 231150Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 20/20 A3005 RMK A01 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:50 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KM04 231250Z AUTO 07004KT 10SM CLR 22/22 A3006 RMK A01 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:50 AM | SCT | 14000 - 35000 | 0 | SCT | 16000 - 23000 | 0 | CLR | KM04 231350Z AUTO 12005KT 10SM CLR 25/20 A3006 RMK A01 | ||
| 1450Z | 9:50 AM | SCT | 33000 - 45000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 6 | CLR | KM04 231450Z AUTO 08004KT 10SM CLR 28/19 A3006 RMK A01 | ||
| 1550Z | 10:50 AM | SCT | 31000 - 44000 | 7 | SCT | 14000 - 35000 | 9 | CLR | KM04 231550Z AUTO 04008G13KT 10SM CLR 29/17 A3007 RMK A01 | ||
| 1650Z | 11:50 AM | SCT | 27000 - 45000 | 3 | SCT | 14000 - 36000 | 4 | CLR | KM04 231650Z AUTO 03008KT 10SM CLR 30/17 A3007 RMK A01 | ||
| 1750Z | 12:35 PM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 2 | CLR | KM04 231735Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 31/17 A3006 RMK A01 | ||
| 1850Z | 1:50 PM | SCT | 18000 - 46000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 19 | CLR | KM04 231850Z AUTO VRB04G11KT 10SM CLR 31/17 A3003 RMK A01 | ||
| 1950Z | 2:50 PM | SCT | 23000 - 45000 | 20 | BKN | 13000 - 40000 | 26 | CLR | KM04 231950Z AUTO 35007G13KT 10SM CLR 31/16 A3002 RMK A01 | ||
| 2050Z | 3:35 PM | SCT | 23000 - 45000 | 24 | BKN | 13000 - 41000 | 35 | CLR | KM04 232035Z AUTO 01009KT 10SM CLR 31/16 A3001 RMK A01 | ||
| 2150Z | 4:50 PM | OVC | 33000 - 47000 | 43 | BKN | 14000 - 43000 | 53 | CLR | KM04 232150Z AUTO 02009KT 10SM CLR 30/17 A2999 RMK A01 | ||
| 2250Z | 6:00 PM | OVC | 30000 - 38000 | 76 | BKN | 13000 - 39000 | 59 | CLR | KM04 232300Z AUTO 35005KT 10SM CLR 29/17 A3000 RMK A01 | ||