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 | 12:54 AM | SCT | 14000 - 46000 | 4 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 12 | CLR | KWAL 100454Z AUTO 27004KT 7SM CLR 24/23 A2985 RMK AO2 SLP106 T02390228 402890217 | |
| 0550Z | 1:54 AM | SCT | 14000 - 37000 | 2 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 3 | CLR | KWAL 100554Z AUTO 27003KT 6SM BR CLR 23/23 A2984 RMK AO2 SLP101 60088 T02330228 10267 20233 56006 | |
| 0650Z | 2:54 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 1 | CLR | KWAL 100654Z AUTO 27003KT 6SM BR CLR 23/23 A2983 RMK AO2 SLP100 T02330228 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:54 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KWAL 100754Z AUTO 27004KT 7SM CLR 24/23 A2983 RMK AO2 SLP098 T02390233 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:54 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KWAL 100854Z AUTO 27005KT 6SM BR CLR 24/23 A2985 RMK AO2 SLP105 T02390233 53004 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:54 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 0 | CLR | KWAL 100954Z AUTO 26004KT 4SM BR CLR 24/23 A2987 RMK AO2 SLP111 T02390233 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:54 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 1 | CLR | KWAL 101054Z AUTO 26005KT 5SM BR CLR 25/23 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP115 T02500233 | ||
| 1150Z | 7:54 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 7 | CLR | KWAL 101154Z AUTO 30005KT 6SM HZ CLR 26/23 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP119 70088 T02610233 10261 20233 51014 | ||
| 1250Z | 8:54 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 51000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 12 | CLR | KWAL 101254Z AUTO 28006KT 6SM HZ CLR 28/23 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP121 T02780233 | |
| 1350Z | 9:54 AM | SCT | 22000 - 48000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 9 | CLR | KWAL 101354Z AUTO 29008KT 6SM HZ CLR 28/23 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP123 T02830228 | ||