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 | ||
| 0750Z | 12:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 27000 | 17 | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 23 | BKN@4300 OVC@6000 | KMAN 250755Z AUTO 06007KT 10SM BKN043 OVC060 08/08 A2973 RMK A01 | ||
| 0850Z | 1:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 35000 | 32 | BKN | 13000 - 35000 | 45 | CLR | KMAN 250855Z AUTO 07009KT 10SM CLR 08/08 A2973 RMK A01 | ||
| 0950Z | 2:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 31000 | 36 | BKN | 13000 - 30000 | 41 | CLR | KMAN 250955Z AUTO 08007KT 10SM CLR 09/09 A2972 RMK A01 | ||
| 1050Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 32000 | 32 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 22 | FEW@6500 SCT@8500 BKN@12000 | KMAN 251055Z AUTO 11004KT 10SM FEW065 SCT085 BKN120 08/08 A2972 RMK A01 | ||
| 1150Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 26 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 15 | FEW@6000 FEW@8000 | KMAN 251155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW060 FEW080 07/07 A2974 RMK A01 | ||
| 1250Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 13 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 2 | SCT@10000 | KMAN 251255Z AUTO 11004KT 10SM SCT100 07/07 A2972 RMK A01 | ||
| 1350Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 9 | SCT | 28000 - 36000 | 0 | CLR | KMAN 251355Z AUTO 15004KT 10SM CLR 07/07 A2972 RMK A01 | ||
| 1450Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 16 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 4 | CLR | KMAN 251455Z AUTO 18004KT 10SM CLR 06/06 A2972 RMK A01 | ||