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 | 12:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 1 | BKN@8500 | KRPD 110555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN085 17/12 A2998 RMK AO2 T01660120 10220 20147 402610092 | |
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 13000 | 1 | CLR | KRPD 110655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 16/12 A2997 RMK AO2 T01580119 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 13000 | 1 | SCT@8500 | KRPD 110755Z AUTO 15004KT 10SM SCT085 16/12 A2996 RMK AO2 T01570120 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 3 | BKN@8500 | KRPD 110855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN085 16/12 A2996 RMK AO2 T01570120 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 13000 | 1 | SCT@8500 | KRPD 110955Z AUTO 14003KT 10SM SCT085 15/12 A2995 RMK AO2 T01540122 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 29000 | 3 | CLR | KRPD 111055Z AUTO 14004KT 10SM CLR 15/12 A2994 RMK AO2 T01510124 | |
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 18000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 2 | SCT@7500 | KRPD 111155Z AUTO 14003KT 10SM SCT075 16/13 A2993 RMK AO2 T01550128 10167 20151 | ||