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 | 1:44 AM | BKN | 32000 - 52000 | 39 | OVC | 27000 - 44000 | 30 | SCT@1300 | KNGP 180644Z AUTO 10012KT 10SM TS SCT013 29/27 A3006 RMK AO2 TSB38 T02890267 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:44 AM | BKN | 33000 - 52000 | 53 | OVC | 30000 - 45000 | 45 | SCT@1300 | KNGP 180644Z AUTO 10012KT 10SM TS SCT013 29/27 A3006 RMK AO2 TSB38 T02890267 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:56 AM | BKN | 31000 - 50000 | 49 | OVC | 29000 - 42000 | 45 | SCT@2300 | KNGP 180756Z AUTO 11008KT 10SM SCT023 29/27 A3005 RMK AO2 TSB14E49 SLP174 T02890267 $ | ||
| 0850Z | 3:56 AM | BKN | 13000 - 51000 | 41 | BKN | 15000 - 39000 | 33 | FEW@1700 SCT@2700 BKN@4300 | KNGP 180856Z AUTO 13009KT 10SM TS FEW017 SCT027 BKN043 28/27 A3004 RMK AO2 RAB02E36 TSB39 SLP170 P0017 60017 T02830272 56009 $ | ||
| 0950Z | 4:54 AM | BKN | 13000 - 43000 | 48 | BKN | 13000 - 45000 | 35 | BKN@1500 BKN@2000 BKN@10000 | KNGP 180954Z AUTO 08010KT 10SM BKN015 BKN020 BKN100 28/27 A3003 RMK AO2 RAB33E48 TSE21 P0000 $ | ||
| 1050Z | 5:46 AM | OVC | 13000 - 44000 | 66 | BKN | 13000 - 46000 | 55 | BKN@1600 BKN@3400 OVC@11000 | KNGP 181046Z AUTO 11013G17KT 10SM TS BKN016 BKN034 OVC110 27/26 A3004 RMK AO2 PK WND 10026/1012 RAB07E41 TSB18B19 P0016 T02720256 $ | ||