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 | 13000 - 50000 | 34 | BKN | 13000 - 39000 | 26 | CLR | KCGC 140455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 26/25 A3009 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 50000 | 27 | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 30 | CLR | KCGC 140555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 26/25 A3008 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 51000 | 15 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 22 | CLR | KCGC 140655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 26/25 A3008 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 6 | SCT@2300 | KCGC 140755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT023 25/25 A3009 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 27000 | 0 | CLR | KCGC 140855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 25/24 A3009 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KCGC 140955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 25/24 A3009 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KCGC 141055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 25/24 A3011 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1150Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 26000 | 0 | SCT | 16000 - 21000 | 0 | CLR | KCGC 141155Z AUTO 14003KT 10SM CLR 25/25 A3012 RMK AO2 | ||