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 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT@2700 SCT@3200 | KCVC 160455Z AUTO 07004KT 10SM SCT027 SCT032 24/23 A3028 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT@2200 BKN@2900 OVC@3500 | KCVC 160555Z AUTO 07003KT 10SM SCT022 BKN029 OVC035 24/23 A3028 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@2600 | KCVC 160655Z AUTO 06003KT 10SM OVC026 24/23 A3027 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT@3000 OVC@3900 | KCVC 160755Z AUTO 06003KT 10SM SCT030 OVC039 24/23 A3028 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@3700 | KCVC 160855Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM OVC037 24/23 A3029 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | FEW@3700 | KCVC 160955Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM FEW037 23/22 A3030 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KCVC 161055Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 22/22 A3032 RMK AO2 P0001 | ||
| 1150Z | 7:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KCVC 161155Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 22/22 A3035 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1250Z | 8:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KCVC 161255Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM CLR 24/23 A3036 RMK AO2 | ||