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 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 4 | CLR | KY51 140555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 11/09 A3022 RMK AO1 T01130085 10171 20097 402000097 | |
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KY51 140655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 10/08 A3023 RMK AO1 T00970080 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KY51 140755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 09/08 A3023 RMK AO1 T00880081 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 1 | CLR | KY51 140855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 10/08 A3025 RMK AO1 T01020083 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 4 | SCT | 14000 - 32000 | 5 | CLR | KY51 140955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 09/08 A3024 RMK AO1 T00900080 | |
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 24000 | 1 | CLR | KY51 141055Z AUTO 13004KT 10SM CLR 09/08 A3023 RMK AO1 T00900078 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 3 | CLR | KY51 141155Z AUTO 13005KT 10SM CLR 09/08 A3022 RMK AO1 T00870075 10111 20081 | |
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | OVC | 36000 - 47000 | 25 | OVC | 31000 - 46000 | 37 | CLR | KY51 141255Z AUTO 11006KT 10SM CLR 11/09 A3024 RMK AO1 T01100085 | ||