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 | ||
| 0650Z | 12:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 27000 | 16 | SCT | 13000 - 28000 | 22 | SCT@12000 | KAFO 060655Z AUTO 16003KT 10SM SCT120 07/02 A3014 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 16 | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 20 | BKN@12000 | KAFO 060755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN120 07/03 A3014 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 16 | SCT | 13000 - 24000 | 17 | BKN@12000 | KAFO 060855Z AUTO 21003KT 10SM BKN120 08/01 A3014 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 19000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 23000 | 7 | OVC@11000 | KAFO 060955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC110 07/02 A3014 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 4:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KAFO 061055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 05/01 A3015 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1150Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KAFO 061155Z AUTO 21004KT 10SM CLR 05/00 A3015 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1250Z | 6:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KAFO 061255Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 03/00 A3017 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1350Z | 7:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KAFO 061355Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 03/00 A3017 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1450Z | 8:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KAFO 061455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 10/02 A3017 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1550Z | 9:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KAFO 061555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 15/02 A3017 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1650Z | 10:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KAFO 061655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 18/05 A3015 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1750Z | 11:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KAFO 061755Z AUTO 20009KT 10SM CLR 23/02 A3012 RMK AO2 | ||