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 West Sounder | ASOS METAR Report | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mid Clouds | High Clouds | Levels [ft] | ECA [%] | Levels ft | METAR | ||
| 0450Z | 12:55 AM | BKN | 15000 - 42000 | 26 | CLR | KW96 160455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A2997 RMK AO1 T02350227 403270187 | |
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | OVC | 17000 - 41000 | 30 | CLR | KW96 160555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/22 A2997 RMK AO1 T02350219 10286 20227 | |
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 16 | CLR | KW96 160655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/22 A2997 RMK AO1 T02230215 | |
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 15000 - 32000 | 2 | CLR | KW96 160755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/21 A2996 RMK AO1 T02170212 | |
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 21000 | 0 | CLR | KW96 160855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/21 A2996 RMK AO1 T02160211 | |
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KW96 160955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 21/21 A2996 RMK AO1 T02130207 | |
| 1050Z | 6:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KW96 161055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 21/21 A2996 RMK AO1 T02140209 | |
| 1150Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 21000 | 3 | CLR | KW96 161155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 23/22 A2997 RMK AO1 T02300216 10232 20212 | |
| 1250Z | 8:35 AM | SCT | 14000 - 33000 | 20 | CLR | KW96 161235Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/22 A2997 RMK AO1 T02440221 | |