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 | 10:00 AM | BKN | 13000 - 41000 | 44 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 14 | CLR | KM91 181500Z AUTO 30008KT 10SM CLR 30/24 A3005 RMK A01 | ||
| 0650Z | 10:00 AM | BKN | 13000 - 36000 | 52 | SCT | 13000 - 27000 | 23 | CLR | KM91 181500Z AUTO 30008KT 10SM CLR 30/24 A3005 RMK A01 | ||
| 0750Z | 10:00 AM | SCT | 14000 - 47000 | 32 | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 15 | CLR | KM91 181500Z AUTO 30008KT 10SM CLR 30/24 A3005 RMK A01 | ||
| 0850Z | 10:00 AM | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 28 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 16 | CLR | KM91 181500Z AUTO 30008KT 10SM CLR 30/24 A3005 RMK A01 | ||
| 0950Z | 10:00 AM | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 19000 | 2 | CLR | KM91 181500Z AUTO 30008KT 10SM CLR 30/24 A3005 RMK A01 | ||
| 1050Z | 10:00 AM | SCT | 18000 - 41000 | 5 | SCT | 14000 - 38000 | 2 | CLR | KM91 181500Z AUTO 30008KT 10SM CLR 30/24 A3005 RMK A01 | ||
| 1150Z | 10:00 AM | SCT | 25000 - 45000 | 9 | SCT | 14000 - 41000 | 9 | CLR | KM91 181500Z AUTO 30008KT 10SM CLR 30/24 A3005 RMK A01 | ||
| 1250Z | 10:00 AM | SCT | 36000 - 44000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 2 | CLR | KM91 181500Z AUTO 30008KT 10SM CLR 30/24 A3005 RMK A01 | ||
| 1350Z | 10:00 AM | SCT | 16000 - 46000 | 4 | SCT | 14000 - 35000 | 2 | CLR | KM91 181500Z AUTO 30008KT 10SM CLR 30/24 A3005 RMK A01 | ||
| 1450Z | 10:00 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 15000 - 35000 | 0 | CLR | KM91 181500Z AUTO 30008KT 10SM CLR 30/24 A3005 RMK A01 | ||
| 1550Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | 29000 - 46000 | 0 | SCT | 18000 - 20000 | 0 | CLR | KM91 181555Z AUTO 28007KT 10SM CLR 31/24 A3005 RMK A01 | ||
| 1650Z | 11:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | FEW@2800 | KM91 181655Z AUTO VRB06G12KT 10SM FEW028 31/24 A3004 RMK A01 | ||
| 1750Z | 12:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 28000 | 1 | SCT | 16000 - 23000 | 1 | FEW@3400 SCT@4300 SCT@5000 | KM91 181755Z AUTO 30007KT 10SM FEW034 SCT043 SCT050 33/24 A3002 RMK A01 | ||