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 | ||
| 0450Z | 12:56 AM | OVC | 17000 - 47000 | 57 | BKN | 13000 - 42000 | 38 | FEW@5500 BKN@9000 | KHEF 050456Z 17005KT 8SM VCTS FEW055 BKN090 23/22 A2996 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT E TSB54RAB16E56 SLP147 P0000 T02330222 $ | ||
| 0550Z | 1:56 AM | OVC | 13000 - 37000 | 73 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 20 | FEW@11000 | KHEF 050556Z 00000KT 5SM BR FEW110 23/22 A2995 RMK AO2 TSE09 SLP144 60005 T02280222 10267 20228 50005 $ | ||