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 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 4 | KSCX 060455Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM 21/21 A3015 RMK A01 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 5 | KSCX 060555Z AUTO 00000KT 3SM BR 20/20 A3015 RMK A01 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 4 | KSCX 060655Z AUTO 00000KT 1/2SM BR 20/20 A3014 RMK A01 | |||
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | KSCX 060755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM 19/19 A3013 RMK A01 | |||
| 0850Z | 4:35 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | KSCX 060835Z AUTO 00000KT 8SM 19/19 A3013 RMK A01 | |||
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | KSCX 060955Z AUTO 22004KT 10SM 20/20 A3015 RMK A01 | |||
| 1050Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 15000 - 19000 | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 15000 | 0 | KSCX 061055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM 19/19 A3017 RMK A01 | |||
| 1150Z | 7:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | KSCX 061155Z AUTO 21003KT 10SM 20/20 A3020 RMK A01 | |||
| 1250Z | 8:35 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | KSCX 061235Z AUTO 20005KT 10SM 22/21 A3021 RMK A01 | |||
| 1350Z | 9:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | KSCX 061355Z AUTO 20008KT 10SM 24/21 A3022 RMK A01 | |||
| 1450Z | 10:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | KSCX 061455Z AUTO 20007KT 180V240 10SM 26/21 A3022 RMK A01 | |||
| 1550Z | 11:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | KSCX 061555Z AUTO 22005KT 10SM 26/22 A3024 RMK A01 | |||
| 1650Z | 12:35 PM | SCT | 13000 - 21000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 21000 | 2 | KSCX 061635Z AUTO 21007KT 10SM 27/22 A3023 RMK A01 | |||
| 1750Z | 1:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 21000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 21000 | 2 | KSCX 061755Z AUTO VRB04KT 10SM 28/21 A3020 RMK A01 | |||
| 1840Z | 2:35 PM | - | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 7 | KSCX 061835Z AUTO 27005G12KT 10SM 26/22 A3019 RMK A01 | |||||
| 1950Z | 3:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 22 | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 16 | KSCX 061955Z AUTO 21004KT 10SM 30/20 A3017 RMK A01 | |||
| 2050Z | 4:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 33 | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 34 | KSCX 062055Z AUTO 21008KT 10SM 28/22 A3016 RMK A01 | |||
| 2150Z | 5:55 PM | BKN | 13000 - 47000 | 34 | BKN | 13000 - 44000 | 44 | KSCX 062155Z AUTO 23007G12KT 10SM 27/20 A3016 RMK A01 | |||