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 | 13000 - 53000 | 13 | SCT | 13000 - 50000 | 13 | CLR | KBKS 240555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 26/24 A3000 RMK AO2 T02620236 $ | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 51000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 9 | CLR | KBKS 240655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 26/24 A3000 RMK AO2 T02610238 $ | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 9 | CLR | KBKS 240755Z AUTO 01003KT 10SM CLR 26/24 A2999 RMK AO2 T02560238 $ | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 51000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 6 | CLR | KBKS 240855Z AUTO 03003KT 10SM CLR 25/24 A2997 RMK AO2 T02550241 $ | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 5 | CLR | KBKS 240955Z AUTO 05003KT 10SM CLR 25/24 A2996 RMK AO2 T02500236 $ | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 51000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 10 | CLR | KBKS 241055Z AUTO 02003KT 10SM CLR 25/23 A2998 RMK AO2 T02460232 $ | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 12 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 14 | CLR | KBKS 241155Z AUTO 04004KT 10SM CLR 25/24 A2998 RMK AO2 T02480237 $ | ||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 5 | SCT | 15000 - 35000 | 4 | CLR | KBKS 241255Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 25/24 A3000 RMK AO2 T02520243 $ | ||
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 10 | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 16 | CLR | KBKS 241355Z AUTO 36003KT 10SM CLR 27/26 A3002 RMK AO2 T02740261 $ | |
| 1450Z | 9:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 39000 | 31 | BKN | 13000 - 37000 | 29 | FEW@2000 | KBKS 241455Z AUTO 05005KT 10SM FEW020 31/26 A3003 RMK AO2 T03100255 $ | ||
| 1550Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 15 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 6 | CLR | KBKS 241555Z AUTO 05005KT 10SM CLR 32/25 A3003 RMK AO2 T03180247 $ | ||
| 1650Z | 11:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 10 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 10 | FEW@5500 | KBKS 241655Z AUTO 03006KT 10SM FEW055 33/23 A3001 RMK AO2 T03300225 $ | ||
| 1750Z | 12:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 10 | FEW@2900 | KBKS 241755Z AUTO 08013KT 10SM FEW029 31/24 A3000 RMK AO2 T03140244 $ | ||
| 1850Z | 1:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 28000 | 7 | SCT | 13000 - 26000 | 7 | CLR | KBKS 241855Z AUTO 11010G16KT 10SM CLR 35/23 A2998 RMK AO2 T03490229 $ | ||
| 1950Z | 2:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 29000 | 10 | CLR | KBKS 241955Z AUTO 11012KT 10SM CLR 36/22 A2995 RMK AO2 T03570218 $ | ||
| 2050Z | 3:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 13 | FEW@4700 | KBKS 242055Z AUTO 08013KT 10SM FEW047 36/22 A2993 RMK AO2 T03620223 $ | ||
| 2150Z | 4:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 13 | CLR | KBKS 242155Z AUTO 09011G19KT 10SM CLR 35 | ||
| 2250Z | 5:55 PM | SCT | 16000 - 45000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 6 | CLR | KBKS 242255Z AUTO 08014G21KT 10SM CLR 34/22 A2994 RMK AO2 T03370225 $ | ||
| 2350Z | 6:55 PM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 2 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 3 | CLR | KBKS 242355Z AUTO 09012G19KT 9SM CLR 31/23 A2994 RMK AO2 T03120233 $ |