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 - 46000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 9 | CLR | KCPT 290555Z AUTO 16006KT 10SM CLR 20/19 A3008 RMK AO2 T01980193 $ | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 9 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 11 | CLR | KCPT 290655Z AUTO 15007KT 10SM CLR 20/20 A3006 RMK AO2 T01960196 $ | |
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 53000 | 13 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 15 | CLR | KCPT 290755Z AUTO 16007KT 10SM CLR 19/19 A3006 RMK AO2 T01950195 $ |
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 9 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 14 | FEW@1300 | KCPT 290855Z AUTO 16005KT 10SM FEW013 19/19 A3006 RMK AO2 T01920192 $ | |
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | OVC | 17000 - 51000 | 34 | BKN | 14000 - 37000 | 38 | FEW@1400 | KCPT 290955Z AUTO 16005KT 10SM FEW014 19/19 A3006 RMK AO2 T01920192 $ | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | OVC | 30000 - 45000 | 37 | OVC | 29000 - 37000 | 41 | BKN@1400 | KCPT 291055Z AUTO 16007KT 10SM BKN014 19/19 A3007 RMK AO2 CIG 011V017 T01920192 $ | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 16000 - 50000 | 25 | OVC | 27000 - 35000 | 33 | FEW@1300 | KCPT 291155Z AUTO 15005KT 10SM FEW013 19/19 A3008 RMK AO2 T01900190 $ | ||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | OVC | 28000 - 37000 | 41 | OVC | 25000 - 32000 | 43 | SCT@23000 | KCPT 291255Z AUTO 16006KT 8SM SCT230 19/19 A3010 RMK AO2 T01900190 $ | ||
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | OVC | 27000 - 36000 | 57 | OVC | 25000 - 32000 | 54 | SCT@8000 | KCPT 291355Z AUTO 16005KT 9SM SCT080 20/20 A3012 RMK AO2 T01960196 $ | ||
| 1450Z | 9:55 AM | OVC | 24000 - 34000 | 71 | OVC | 27000 - 33000 | 70 | BKN@8500 | KCPT 291455Z AUTO 17007KT 10SM BKN085 21/21 A3013 RMK AO2 T02060206 $ | ||
| 1550Z | 10:55 AM | OVC | 28000 - 33000 | 89 | OVC | 28000 - 34000 | 84 | FEW@6000 BKN@9000 | KCPT 291555Z AUTO 16008KT 10SM FEW060 BKN090 21/21 A3013 RMK AO2 T02150207 $ | ||
| 1650Z | 11:55 AM | OVC | 28000 - 34000 | 88 | OVC | 28000 - 34000 | 84 | SCT@9000 | KCPT 291655Z AUTO 16006KT 10SM SCT090 22/21 A3013 RMK AO2 P0001 T02220209 $ | ||
| 1750Z | 12:55 PM | OVC | 27000 - 36000 | 90 | OVC | 28000 - 37000 | 83 | BKN@5500 | KCPT 291755Z AUTO 17007KT 10SM BKN055 23/20 A3011 RMK AO2 T02320204 $ | ||
| 1850Z | 1:55 PM | OVC | 30000 - 34000 | 92 | OVC | 31000 - 35000 | 86 | OVC@3800 | KCPT 291855Z AUTO 16008KT 10SM OVC038 24/18 A3009 RMK AO2 T02370184 $ | ||