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 - 52000 | 16 | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 18 | BKN@26000 | KU96 250655Z AUTO 19008KT 10SM BKN260 32/11 A3006 RMK AO2 T03170110 403940265 | ||
| 0750Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 3 | CLR | KU96 250755Z AUTO 22009KT 10SM CLR 31/10 A3006 RMK AO2 T03150104 | ||
| 0850Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 4 | FEW@30000 | KU96 250855Z AUTO 14003KT 10SM FEW300 29/12 A3006 RMK AO2 T02870116 50003 | ||
| 0950Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 5 | BKN@24000 | KU96 250955Z AUTO 11009KT 10SM BKN240 30/11 A3006 RMK AO2 T02960107 | |
| 1050Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 51000 | 12 | SCT@25000 | KU96 251055Z AUTO 16008KT 10SM SCT250 28/12 A3007 RMK AO2 T02850117 | ||
| 1150Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 8 | SCT@12000 | KU96 251155Z AUTO 13006KT 10SM SCT120 29/11 A3008 RMK AO2 T02860109 10320 20281 53007 | ||
| 1250Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 29000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 4 | SCT@12000 | KU96 251255Z AUTO 19004KT 10SM SCT120 29/12 A3010 RMK AO2 T02860116 | ||