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 | 12:53 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 50000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 3 | CLR | KRAC 120553Z AUTO 21006KT 10SM CLR 16/13 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP121 T01610128 10178 20144 402170100 58008 $ | |
| 0650Z | 1:53 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 13 | CLR | KRAC 120653Z AUTO 22010KT 10SM CLR 18/13 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP117 T01780133 $ | |
| 0750Z | 2:53 AM | BKN | 13000 - 50000 | 33 | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 30 | CLR | KRAC 120753Z AUTO 23007KT 10SM CLR 18/13 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP117 T01780133 $ | ||