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 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 4 | CLR | KRIF 150655Z AUTO 32002KT 10SM CLR 13/10 A3029 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 7 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 10 | CLR | KRIF 150755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 13/09 A3030 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 14 | CLR | KRIF 150855Z AUTO 19002KT 10SM CLR 11/09 A3030 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 17000 - 29000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 2 | CLR | KRIF 150955Z AUTO VRB03KT 10SM CLR 12/08 A3030 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 2 | CLR | KRIF 151055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 11/08 A3031 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1150Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 19000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 26000 | 4 | CLR | KRIF 151155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 10/08 A3032 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1250Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 1 | CLR | KRIF 151255Z AUTO 30003KT 10SM CLR 09/08 A3034 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1350Z | 7:54 AM | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 1 | CLR | KRIF 151354Z AUTO 03002KT 10SM CLR 12/09 A3037 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1450Z | 8:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KRIF 151455Z AUTO VRB02KT 10SM CLR 14/09 A3037 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1550Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 2 | SCT | 14000 - 27000 | 1 | CLR | KRIF 151555Z AUTO VRB03KT 10SM CLR 17/10 A3037 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1650Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 26000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 1 | CLR | KRIF 151655Z AUTO VRB06KT 10SM CLR 21/09 A3036 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1750Z | 11:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 27000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 26000 | 6 | CLR | KRIF 151755Z AUTO 21006KT 10SM CLR 24/09 A3034 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1850Z | 12:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 11 | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 9 | OVC@10000 | KRIF 151855Z AUTO 20007KT 10SM OVC100 27/07 A3032 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1950Z | 1:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 18 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 15 | OVC@11000 | KRIF 151955Z AUTO VRB06KT 10SM OVC110 26/04 A3031 RMK AO2 | ||
| 2050Z | 2:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 14 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 10 | BKN@10000 | KRIF 152055Z AUTO VRB06KT 10SM BKN100 28/04 A3030 RMK AO2 | ||
| 2150Z | 3:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 14 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 11 | OVC@11000 | KRIF 152155Z AUTO VRB01KT 10SM OVC110 28/05 A3028 RMK AO2 | ||