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 | 12:50 AM | OVC | 15000 - 43000 | 66 | BKN | 13000 - 39000 | 35 | CLR | KCKF 120450Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 23/23 A3009 RMK AO2 T02320228 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 1 | CLR | KCKF 120555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 23/23 A3006 RMK AO2 P0001 6//// T02300226 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KCKF 120655Z AUTO 27003KT 10SM CLR 23/22 A3006 RMK AO2 T02270224 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 0 | CLR | KCKF 120755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 23/22 A3005 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NE T02260222 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 17000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 13000 | 0 | CLR | KCKF 120855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 23/22 A3005 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT N T02270223 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 25 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 8 | BKN@12000 | KCKF 120955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN120 23/23 A3005 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT W T02300225 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | SCT | 14000 - 36000 | 1 | SCT@700 SCT@1000 BKN@2400 | KCKF 121055Z AUTO 01005KT 10SM SCT007 SCT010 BKN024 23/23 A3006 RMK AO2 T02300225 | |
| 1150Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 13 | SCT | 13000 - 27000 | 12 | BKN@2300 | KCKF 121155Z AUTO 23004KT 10SM BKN023 23/23 A3004 RMK AO2 7//// T02310227 10231 20225 | ||
| 1250Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 15 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 19 | CLR | KCKF 121255Z AUTO 24004KT 10SM CLR 25/24 A3004 RMK AO2 T02480239 | ||
| 1350Z | 9:15 AM | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 7 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 11 | CLR | KCKF 121315Z AUTO 25006KT 10SM CLR 26/24 A3004 RMK AO2 T02560239 | ||
| 1450Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 16 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 13 | BKN@1700 | KCKF 121455Z AUTO 29009KT 10SM BKN017 29/24 A3006 RMK AO2 6//// T02880243 | ||