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 | ||
| 0850Z | 12:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 30000 | 32 | BKN | 13000 - 33000 | 35 | SCT@11000 | KGIC 250855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT110 03/03 A2965 RMK AO1 | ||
| 0950Z | 1:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 29000 | 41 | BKN | 13000 - 29000 | 45 | OVC@400 | KGIC 250955Z AUTO 29003KT 1SM OVC004 02/02 A2968 RMK AO1 | ||
| 1050Z | 2:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 30000 | 35 | BKN | 13000 - 28000 | 47 | OVC@200 | KGIC 251055Z AUTO 00000KT 1/4SM OVC002 03/03 A2968 RMK AO1 | ||
| 1150Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 9 | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 15 | OVC@200 | KGIC 251155Z AUTO 08004KT 1/4SM OVC002 03/03 A2967 RMK AO1 | ||
| 1250Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 29000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 5 | OVC@200 | KGIC 251255Z AUTO 00000KT 1/4SM OVC002 03/03 A2965 RMK AO1 | ||
| 1350Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 15 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 13 | SCT@200 | KGIC 251355Z AUTO 12004KT 3SM SCT002 02/02 A2966 RMK AO1 | ||
| 1450Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 10 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 14 | CLR | KGIC 251455Z AUTO 06004KT 10SM CLR 02/02 A2966 RMK AO1 | ||