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 | 12:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 6 | CLR | KLUA 090455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 17/16 A3025 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 9 | CLR | KLUA 090555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 16/16 A3025 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 13 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 12 | CLR | KLUA 090655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 16/15 A3025 RMK AO2 | |
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 2 | BKN@200 | KLUA 090755Z AUTO 00000KT 2SM BR BKN002 16/15 A3025 RMK AO2 | |
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT@200 | KLUA 090855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT002 15/15 A3025 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KLUA 090955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 15/15 A3025 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KLUA 091055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 15/14 A3025 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1150Z | 7:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 17000 | 0 | CLR | KLUA 091155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 16/15 A3026 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1250Z | 8:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 17000 | 0 | CLR | KLUA 091255Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 21/16 A3026 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1350Z | 9:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 22000 | 0 | CLR | KLUA 091355Z AUTO 22008KT 10SM CLR 25/16 A3025 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1450Z | 10:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 25000 | 0 | CLR | KLUA 091455Z AUTO 22005KT 10SM CLR 27/16 A3024 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1550Z | 11:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 2 | CLR | KLUA 091555Z AUTO 21006KT 10SM CLR 29/17 A3023 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1650Z | 12:55 PM | SCT | SCT | 15000 - 50000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 9 | CLR | KLUA 091655Z AUTO 22005KT 10SM CLR 31/16 A3019 RMK AO2 | |
| 1750Z | 1:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 11 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 19 | CLR | KLUA 091755Z AUTO 20005KT 10SM CLR 31/16 A3017 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1850Z | 2:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 18 | CLR | KLUA 091855Z AUTO 22006G14KT 10SM CLR 33/15 A3014 RMK AO2 | ||