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 | 14000 - 28000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 0 | OVC@6500 | KRIF 080655Z AUTO VRB02KT 8SM OVC065 20/05 A3023 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 1:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | FEW@3700 OVC@6500 | KRIF 080755Z AUTO VRB02KT 6SM HZ FEW037 OVC065 18/06 A3023 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 2:54 AM | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 3 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 3 | OVC@5000 | KRIF 080854Z AUTO VRB02KT 6SM HZ OVC050 16/09 A3023 RMK AO2 | |
| 0950Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 50000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 12 | OVC@2900 | KRIF 080955Z AUTO 01004KT 7SM OVC029 17/07 A3023 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 4:54 AM | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 14 | SCT | 13000 - 50000 | 20 | OVC@4300 | KRIF 081054Z AUTO 29003KT 7SM OVC043 16/07 A3023 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1150Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 50000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 17 | OVC@9000 | KRIF 081155Z AUTO 03003KT 7SM OVC090 15/08 A3024 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1250Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 14 | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 14 | CLR | KRIF 081255Z AUTO VRB01KT 5SM HZ CLR 16/06 A3025 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1350Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 21 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 14 | SCT@3900 | KRIF 081355Z AUTO 00000KT 6SM HZ SCT039 15/07 A3027 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1450Z | 8:54 AM | BKN | 13000 - 44000 | 43 | BKN | 13000 - 39000 | 43 | CLR | KRIF 081454Z AUTO 19002KT 3SM HZ CLR 19/10 A3027 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1550Z | 9:55 AM | BKN | 16000 - 48000 | 37 | BKN | 14000 - 42000 | 30 | CLR | KRIF 081555Z AUTO VRB01KT 3SM HZ CLR 22/08 A3027 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1650Z | 10:54 AM | SCT | 14000 - 51000 | 21 | SCT | 14000 - 47000 | 20 | CLR | KRIF 081654Z AUTO VRB01KT 4SM HZ CLR 26/07 A3026 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1750Z | 11:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 45000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 5 | CLR | KRIF 081755Z AUTO 33003KT 5SM HZ CLR 29/07 A3025 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1850Z | 12:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 17 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 18 | CLR | KRIF 081855Z AUTO VRB02KT 8SM CLR 33/07 A3021 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1950Z | 1:55 PM | BKN | 13000 - 52000 | 42 | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 40 | CLR | KRIF 081955Z AUTO 28015G27KT 3SM -RA HZ CLR 32/03 A3019 RMK AO2 | ||
| 2050Z | 2:55 PM | BKN | 13000 - 42000 | 53 | BKN | 13000 - 36000 | 58 | FEW@1800 SCT@5000 OVC@6500 | KRIF 082055Z AUTO 32014G29KT 280V120 10SM -RA FEW018 SCT050 OVC065 32/03 A3019 RMK AO2 | ||