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 | BKN | 17000 - 50000 | 29 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 20 | CLR | KBCT 130455Z AUTO 22001KT 10SM CLR 25/23 A3006 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 48000 | 47 | BKN | 13000 - 42000 | 28 | CLR | KBCT 130555Z AUTO 28004KT 10SM CLR 25/23 A3005 RMK AO2 10265 20239 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 50000 | 19 | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 15 | CLR | KBCT 130655Z AUTO 23003KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A3002 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 51000 | 30 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 18 | CLR | KBCT 130755Z AUTO 29001KT 10SM CLR 25/23 A3001 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 15000 - 52000 | 11 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 8 | CLR | KBCT 130855Z AUTO 30002KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A3001 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 52000 | 7 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 5 | SCT@1200 | KBCT 130955Z AUTO 29002KT 10SM SCT012 25/24 A3002 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:53 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 1 | FEW@2000 | KBCT 131053Z 32003KT 10SM FEW020 25/24 A3004 | |
| 1150Z | 7:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | FEW@2000 | KBCT 131153Z 30003KT 10SM FEW020 26/25 A3006 RMK LTG DSNT NE | ||
| 1250Z | 8:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 19000 - 22000 | 0 | FEW@2500 | KBCT 131253Z 27003KT 10SM FEW025 28/25 A3008 | ||
| 1350Z | 9:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 23000 | 0 | FEW@3000 | KBCT 131353Z 22004KT 10SM FEW030 29/25 A3008 RMK LTG DSNT SW | ||
| 1450Z | 10:53 AM | SCT | 25000 - 26000 | 0 | SCT | 16000 - 23000 | 0 | SCT@2700 | KBCT 131453Z VRB03KT 10SM SCT027 31/24 A3009 RMK LTG DSNT SW | ||
| 1550Z | 11:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 40000 | 0 | SCT@3400 | KBCT 131553Z 26003KT 10SM SCT034 32/25 A3008 RMK LTG DSNT SW | ||
| 1650Z | 12:53 PM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 3 | SCT@3700 BKN@4600 | KBCT 131653Z 13005KT 10SM SCT037 BKN046 31/25 A3006 RMK LTG DSNT SW | ||
| 1750Z | 1:53 PM | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 4 | SCT@3000 SCT@7000 | KBCT 131753Z 11006KT 10SM SCT030 SCT070 33/25 A3005 RMK LTG DSNT SW-W | ||
| 1850Z | 2:53 PM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 50000 | 5 | SCT@2400 SCT@7000 | KBCT 131853Z 12007KT 10SM SCT024 SCT070 32/25 A3002 RMK LTG DSNT S-W | |