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 | ||
| 0750Z | 12:56 AM | SCT | 16000 - 27000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 0 | VV @100 | KSMP 110756Z AUTO VRB04KT 1/4SM FG VV001 08/08 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP146 T00830083 $ | ||
| 0850Z | 1:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 13000 | 0 | VV @100 | KSMP 110856Z AUTO VRB04KT 1/4SM FG VV001 08/08 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP144 T00830083 56003 $ | ||
| 0950Z | 2:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 15000 - 28000 | 0 | VV @100 | KSMP 110956Z AUTO VRB03KT 1/4SM FG VV001 08/08 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP144 T00780078 $ | ||
| 1050Z | 3:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 6 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 15 | BKN@100 OVC@2100 | KSMP 111056Z AUTO 00000KT 1/4SM FG BKN001 OVC021 07/07 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP152 T00720072 $ | |
| 1150Z | 4:49 AM | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 23 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 16 | VV @200 | KSMP 111149Z AUTO 00000KT 1/4SM FG VV002 07/07 A3000 RMK AO2 T00720072 $ | ||
| 1250Z | 5:47 AM | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 17 | SCT | 13000 - 28000 | 11 | VV @200 | KSMP 111247Z AUTO VRB03KT 1/4SM FG VV002 07/07 A3000 RMK AO2 T00670067 $ | ||