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 | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 1 | CLR | KW43 270655Z AUTO 10SM CLR 13/02 A3011 RMK AO2 | |
| 0750Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 27000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 24000 | 2 | CLR | KW43 270755Z AUTO 10SM CLR 12/02 A3013 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 7 | SCT | 13000 - 24000 | 3 | CLR | KW43 270855Z AUTO 10SM CLR 12/02 A3014 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 0 | CLR | KW43 270955Z AUTO 10SM CLR 12/01 A3015 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NE | ||
| 1050Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 7 | CLR | KW43 271055Z AUTO 10SM CLR 13/00 A3016 RMK AO2 | |
| 1150Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 14 | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 18 | CLR | KW43 271155Z AUTO 10SM CLR 12/01 A3017 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1250Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 25 | BKN | 17000 - 43000 | 26 | CLR | KW43 271255Z AUTO 10SM CLR 11/01 A3019 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1350Z | 7:55 AM | OVC | 16000 - 40000 | 29 | BKN | 13000 - 36000 | 26 | CLR | KW43 271355Z AUTO 10SM CLR 11/02 A3019 RMK AO2 | ||