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 | 14000 - 46000 | 12 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 13 | CLR | K5C1 270555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 23/15 A3001 RMK AO1 | |
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 49000 | 30 | BKN | 13000 - 43000 | 33 | CLR | K5C1 270655Z AUTO 17003KT 10SM CLR 22/16 A3001 RMK AO1 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 11 | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 9 | CLR | K5C1 270755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 23/17 A3001 RMK AO1 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 9 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 19 | CLR | K5C1 270855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 21/17 A3000 RMK AO1 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 13 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 15 | CLR | K5C1 270955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 20/17 A2999 RMK AO1 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 3 | CLR | K5C1 271055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 20/16 A2999 RMK AO1 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | K5C1 271155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 19/16 A3000 RMK AO1 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | K5C1 271255Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 19/17 A3001 RMK AO1 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | K5C1 271355Z AUTO 16005KT 10SM CLR 23/19 A3001 RMK AO1 | ||