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 | ||
| 0450Z | 12:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | K6L4 050455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/22 A3004 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 17000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 0 | SCT@5000 SCT@5500 SCT@9500 | K6L4 050555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT050 SCT055 SCT095 22/22 A3003 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 1 | BKN@100 OVC@4800 | K6L4 050655Z AUTO 00000KT M1/4SM FG BKN001 OVC048 22/22 A3001 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 1 | OVC@100 | K6L4 050755Z AUTO 00000KT M1/4SM FG OVC001 21/21 A2999 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@100 | K6L4 050855Z AUTO 00000KT M1/4SM FG OVC001 21/21 A2998 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@100 | K6L4 050955Z AUTO 00000KT M1/4SM FG OVC001 21/21 A2998 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 36000 | 1 | - | OVC@100 | K6L4 051055Z AUTO 18003KT M1/4SM FG OVC001 21/21 A2998 RMK AO2 | ||||
| 1150Z | 7:35 AM | SCT | 14000 - 51000 | 17 | - | OVC@100 | K6L4 051135Z AUTO 16003KT M1/4SM FG OVC001 21/21 A2998 RMK AO2 | ||||
| 1250Z | 9:15 AM | BKN | 13000 - 44000 | 49 | - | OVC@200 | K6L4 051315Z AUTO 34008KT M1/4SM FG OVC002 21/21 A3004 RMK AO2 | ||||
| 1350Z | 9:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 42000 | 57 | - | SCT@3100 OVC@3800 | K6L4 051355Z AUTO 02004KT 10SM SCT031 OVC038 21/21 A3005 RMK AO2 | ||||