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 | ||
| 0650Z | 12:55 AM | BKN | 25000 - 41000 | 59 | BKN | 24000 - 37000 | 59 | FEW@20000 | KBKS 120655Z AUTO 32005KT 10SM FEW200 18/18 A3003 RMK AO2 T01850176 $ | ||
| 0750Z | 1:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 53000 | 43 | BKN | 13000 - 41000 | 34 | FEW@20000 BKN@23000 | KBKS 120755Z AUTO 32005KT 10SM FEW200 BKN230 18/17 A3003 RMK AO2 T01810173 $ | ||
| 0850Z | 2:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 51000 | 31 | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 35 | CLR | KBKS 120855Z AUTO 30004KT 10SM CLR 18/17 A3003 RMK AO2 T01750168 $ | ||
| 0950Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 25 | BKN | 13000 - 42000 | 36 | FEW@22000 | KBKS 120955Z AUTO 32006KT 10SM FEW220 17/17 A3003 RMK AO2 T01720165 $ | ||
| 1050Z | 4:55 AM | OVC | 27000 - 46000 | 56 | OVC | 25000 - 40000 | 58 | CLR | KBKS 121055Z AUTO 33006KT 10SM CLR 17/17 A3003 RMK AO2 T01740169 $ | ||
| 1150Z | 5:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 47000 | 54 | BKN | 13000 - 42000 | 55 | BKN@20000 OVC@24000 | KBKS 121155Z AUTO 30003KT 10SM BKN200 OVC240 17/17 A3005 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT S T01710166 $ | ||
| 1250Z | 6:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 46000 | 63 | BKN | 13000 - 37000 | 54 | CLR | KBKS 121255Z AUTO 28003KT 9SM CLR 17/16 A3007 RMK AO2 T01670162 $ | ||
| 1350Z | 7:55 AM | OVC | 31000 - 49000 | 54 | OVC | 30000 - 39000 | 56 | CLR | KBKS 121355Z AUTO 28003KT 7SM CLR 17/16 A3008 RMK AO2 T01660161 $ | ||
| 1450Z | 8:55 AM | BKN | 30000 - 53000 | 46 | BKN | 27000 - 44000 | 41 | CLR | KBKS 121455Z AUTO 29005KT 9SM CLR 18/18 A3009 RMK AO2 T01810177 $ | ||
| 1550Z | 9:55 AM | BKN | 23000 - 53000 | 36 | BKN | 23000 - 46000 | 40 | CLR | KBKS 121555Z AUTO 33006KT 10SM CLR 21/19 A3011 RMK AO2 T02070190 $ | ||
| 1650Z | 10:55 AM | BKN | 26000 - 51000 | 30 | SCT | 17000 - 43000 | 23 | CLR | KBKS 121655Z AUTO 36007KT 10SM CLR 23/18 A3009 RMK AO2 T02330182 $ | ||
| 1750Z | 11:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 51000 | 41 | BKN | 13000 - 42000 | 38 | CLR | KBKS 121755Z AUTO 36006KT 10SM CLR 25/17 A3006 RMK AO2 T02490173 $ | ||
| 1850Z | 12:55 PM | BKN | 13000 - 46000 | 54 | BKN | 13000 - 42000 | 50 | FEW@5500 | KBKS 121855Z AUTO VRB03KT 10SM FEW055 26/17 A3004 RMK AO2 T02650174 $ | ||
| 1950Z | 1:55 PM | BKN | 13000 - 50000 | 32 | BKN | 13000 - 42000 | 28 | CLR | KBKS 121955Z AUTO 35004KT 10SM CLR 27/16 A3001 RMK AO2 T02710164 $ | ||
| 2050Z | 2:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 19 | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 18 | CLR | KBKS 122055Z AUTO VRB03KT 10SM CLR 27/16 A2999 RMK AO2 T02720161 $ | ||