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 | 16000 - 41000 | 37 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 45 | SCT@700 OVC@8000 | K4F2 270555Z AUTO 09005KT 10SM SCT007 OVC080 24/23 A2997 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NE AND E P0008 T02410229 10375 20241 60008 | |
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | BKN | 17000 - 41000 | 66 | BKN | 13000 - 44000 | 56 | OVC@700 | K4F2 270655Z AUTO 06003KT 10SM OVC007 24/23 A2998 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NE AND E T02360226 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | OVC | 14000 - 39000 | 74 | BKN | 13000 - 41000 | 58 | SCT@700 | K4F2 270755Z AUTO 14005KT 10SM SCT007 23/22 A2996 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SE T02330221 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | BKN | 14000 - 41000 | 64 | BKN | 16000 - 43000 | 50 | SCT@4700 SCT@5500 SCT@12000 | K4F2 270855Z AUTO 15008KT 10SM SCT047 SCT055 SCT120 23/22 A2994 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT E THRU SW P0001 T02320218 60001 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 48000 | 54 | BKN | 13000 - 39000 | 46 | CLR | K4F2 270955Z AUTO 18005KT 10SM CLR 24/22 A2992 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SE T02360216 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 47000 | 33 | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 25 | CLR | K4F2 271055Z AUTO 21004KT 10SM CLR 24/22 A2994 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT S T02370215 | ||