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 | ||
| 0550Z | 12:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 51000 | 19 | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 14 | CLR | KCIR 070555Z AUTO 06005KT 10SM CLR 24/21 A2999 RMK AO2 T02400211 10305 20235 403420235 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 50000 | 13 | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 17 | CLR | KCIR 070655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/21 A2999 RMK AO2 T02390205 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 19000 - 52000 | 11 | SCT | 14000 - 48000 | 15 | CLR | KCIR 070755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 23/20 A2998 RMK AO2 T02270200 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 50000 | 7 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 5 | CLR | KCIR 070855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 23/20 A3000 RMK AO2 T02250195 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 6 | CLR | KCIR 070955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/19 A3002 RMK AO2 T02150189 | |
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 50000 | 12 | CLR | KCIR 071055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 21/18 A3004 RMK AO2 T02050182 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 15000 - 52000 | 22 | BKN | 16000 - 43000 | 27 | CLR | KCIR 071155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 20/18 A3004 RMK AO2 T02030175 10245 20197 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 51000 | 13 | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 15 | CLR | KCIR 071255Z AUTO 04003KT 10SM CLR 21/17 A3006 RMK AO2 T02100173 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 50000 | 12 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 13 | CLR | KCIR 071355Z AUTO 06006KT 10SM CLR 23/17 A3007 RMK AO2 T02340174 | ||
| 1450Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 48000 | 11 | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 10 | CLR | KCIR 071455Z AUTO 07007KT 10SM CLR 26/18 A3007 RMK AO2 T02570178 | ||
| 1550Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | 16000 - 50000 | 6 | SCT | 14000 - 37000 | 7 | CLR | KCIR 071555Z AUTO 03006KT 10SM CLR 27/18 A3008 RMK AO2 T02720182 | ||
| 1650Z | 11:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 5 | CLR | KCIR 071655Z AUTO 07009KT 10SM CLR 28/16 A3008 RMK AO2 T02800164 | ||
| 1750Z | 12:55 PM | SCT | 16000 - 44000 | 3 | SCT | 15000 - 33000 | 1 | CLR | KCIR 071755Z AUTO 07004KT 10SM CLR 30/15 A3006 RMK AO2 T02970152 10297 20203 | ||
| 1850Z | 1:55 PM | SCT | 18000 - 42000 | 1 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KCIR 071855Z AUTO 03006KT 10SM CLR 30/17 A3004 RMK AO2 T02990166 | ||