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 | CLR | - | 0 | KALX 120555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM 23/22 A3007 RMK AO2 10289 20223 | |||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 2 | KALX 120655Z AUTO 35003KT 10SM 23/22 A3006 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT N AND NE | |||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 11 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 11 | KALX 120755Z AUTO 04001KT 10SM VCTS 23/22 A3006 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NE AND NW | |||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 13 | KALX 120855Z AUTO VRB04KT 10SM 22/22 A3006 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NE | |||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 16 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 13 | KALX 120955Z AUTO 11003KT 10SM 22/22 A3004 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SE | |||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 19 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 13 | KALX 121055Z AUTO 04003KT 10SM 22/22 A3006 RMK AO2 PRESFR | |||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 4 | KALX 121155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM 23/22 A3006 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT N 10230 20217 70000 | |||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 35000 | 1 | KALX 121255Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM 24/23 A3006 RMK AO2 | |||