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 | 19000 - 33000 | 0 | SCT | 15000 - 35000 | 0 | CLR | KLOT 120555Z AUTO 15005KT 10SM CLR 22/22 A2986 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:50 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 0 | BKN@3400 BKN@4200 BKN@5000 | KLOT 120650Z AUTO 16004KT 10SM BKN034 BKN042 BKN050 21/21 A2984 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 9 | FEW@2800 | KLOT 120755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW028 21/21 A2983 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:35 AM | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 3 | BKN@6000 | KLOT 120835Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN060 21/21 A2982 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 18 | CLR | KLOT 120955Z AUTO 09004KT 10SM CLR 21/21 A2983 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 20 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 10 | BKN@1000 OVC@3100 | KLOT 121055Z 00000KT 9SM BKN010 OVC031 21/21 A2983 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:45 AM | SCT | 16000 - 36000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 14 | SCT@900 | KLOT 121145Z VRB04KT 3SM BR SCT009 21/21 A2980 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:50 AM | BKN | 17000 - 46000 | 53 | BKN | 13000 - 43000 | 64 | OVC@1200 | KLOT 121250Z VRB03KT 5SM BR OVC012 23/23 A2982 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:45 AM | BKN | 38000 - 42000 | 48 | BKN | 38000 - 47000 | 63 | OVC@800 | KLOT 121345Z 00000KT 6SM BR OVC008 23/23 A2983 | ||
| 1450Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 41000 - 47000 | 31 | SCT | 42000 - 47000 | 22 | BKN@700 BKN@2300 OVC@5000 | KLOT 121455Z 26023G38KT 1SM RA BKN007 BKN023 OVC050 21/21 A2991 | ||