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 | 12:59 AM | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 13 | OVC@6000 | KNGU 290459Z 13003KT 10SM OVC060 20/17 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP165 T02000167 402440172 $ | ||
| 0550Z | 1:59 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 7 | OVC@6500 | KNGU 290559Z 07003KT 10SM OVC065 20/17 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP164 T02000167 10206 20194 50002 $ | ||
| 0650Z | 2:59 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 5 | OVC@7500 | KNGU 290659Z 11003KT 10SM OVC075 19/17 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP163 T01940167 $ | ||
| 0750Z | 3:59 AM | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 17000 | 4 | BKN@7500 | KNGU 290759Z 00000KT 10SM BKN075 19/17 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP160 T01890167 $ | ||
| 0850Z | 4:59 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 13000 | 1 | FEW@2000 BKN@7000 | KNGU 290859Z 13003KT 10SM FEW020 BKN070 19/17 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP161 T01890167 55004 $ | ||
| 0950Z | 5:59 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 13000 | 0 | OVC@7000 | KNGU 290959Z 00000KT 10SM OVC070 19/17 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP164 T01890172 $ | ||
| 1050Z | 6:59 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 13000 | 0 | OVC@7000 | KNGU 291059Z 00000KT 10SM OVC070 19/17 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP167 T01940172 $ | ||
| 1150Z | 7:59 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@7000 | KNGU 291159Z 00000KT 10SM OVC070 20/17 A3005 RMK SLP175 T02000172 10200 20189 53014 | ||