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 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KM08 120555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 25/23 A2998 RMK A01 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KM08 120655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 25/23 A2997 RMK A01 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KM08 120755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 25/23 A2997 RMK A01 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KM08 120855Z AUTO 15003KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A2997 RMK A01 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KM08 120955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A2997 RMK A01 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KM08 121055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A2997 RMK A01 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KM08 121155Z AUTO 19003KT 10SM CLR 25/23 A2999 RMK A01 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 28000 - 37000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 24000 | 0 | CLR | KM08 121255Z AUTO VRB03KT 10SM CLR 27/23 A2999 RMK A01 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KM08 121355Z AUTO 22010KT 10SM CLR 29/23 A2999 RMK A01 | ||