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 - 47000 | 36 | BKN | 13000 - 42000 | 33 | CLR | KCVC 070455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 21/19 A3004 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 9 | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 13 | CLR | KCVC 070555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 20/19 A3003 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 15000 - 47000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 7 | CLR | KCVC 070655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 20/19 A3002 RMK AO2 | |
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 20 | CLR | KCVC 070755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 19/19 A3001 RMK AO2 | |
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 15 | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 35 | CLR | KCVC 070855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 19/18 A3001 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | OVC | 33000 - 48000 | 58 | OVC | 30000 - 41000 | 54 | CLR | KCVC 070955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 18/18 A3001 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:55 AM | OVC | 34000 - 42000 | 64 | OVC | 30000 - 42000 | 58 | CLR | KCVC 071055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 19/19 A3004 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1150Z | 7:55 AM | OVC | 19000 - 47000 | 53 | BKN | 17000 - 40000 | 49 | CLR | KCVC 071155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 20/20 A3005 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1250Z | 8:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 47000 | 33 | BKN | 16000 - 41000 | 43 | BKN@6000 BKN@7000 | KCVC 071255Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN060 BKN070 23/20 A3006 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1350Z | 9:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 46000 | 47 | BKN | 16000 - 40000 | 48 | CLR | KCVC 071355Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 26/21 A3006 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1450Z | 10:55 AM | OVC | 31000 - 46000 | 85 | BKN | 20000 - 39000 | 61 | FEW@5500 FEW@7000 | KCVC 071455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW055 FEW070 28/22 A3006 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1550Z | 11:55 AM | OVC | 29000 - 37000 | 87 | OVC | 30000 - 40000 | 62 | OVC@6500 | KCVC 071555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC065 28/21 A3005 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1650Z | 12:35 PM | OVC | 27000 - 43000 | 80 | BKN | 25000 - 38000 | 58 | OVC@6500 | KCVC 071635Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC065 28/21 A3005 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1750Z | 1:55 PM | OVC | 18000 - 44000 | 77 | OVC | 20000 - 39000 | 59 | FEW@3000 FEW@10000 | KCVC 071755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW030 FEW100 28/22 A3004 RMK AO2 | ||