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 | ||
| 0550Z | 12:54 AM | BKN | 13000 - 40000 | 38 | BKN | 13000 - 34000 | 32 | FEW@5000 | KMFI 160554Z AUTO 26004KT 8SM FEW050 21/21 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP149 T02110206 10256 20211 402780178 58004 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:54 AM | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 30 | SCT | 13000 - 23000 | 12 | CLR | KMFI 160654Z AUTO 23004KT 10SM CLR 22/21 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP143 T02170206 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:54 AM | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 36 | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 5 | CLR | KMFI 160754Z AUTO 24003KT 8SM CLR 21/21 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP143 T02110206 | ||