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 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KPRG 150555Z AUTO 13004KT 10SM CLR 18/13 A3010 RMK AO2 T01800126 10220 20178 402650121 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 0 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 0 | CLR | KPRG 150655Z AUTO 15007KT 10SM CLR 17/13 A3008 RMK AO2 T01690130 |
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 12 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 10 | CLR | KPRG 150755Z AUTO 14005KT 10SM CLR 17/13 A3008 RMK AO2 T01700133 | |
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 53000 | 16 | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 17 | CLR | KPRG 150855Z AUTO 14005KT 10SM CLR 17/14 A3007 RMK AO2 T01660135 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 51000 | 7 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 4 | CLR | KPRG 150955Z AUTO 14006KT 10SM CLR 17/14 A3007 RMK AO2 T01700139 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 53000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 5 | CLR | KPRG 151055Z AUTO 16005KT 10SM CLR 17/14 A3008 RMK AO2 T01710142 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 8 | SCT | 14000 - 39000 | 10 | CLR | KPRG 151155Z AUTO 17006KT 10SM CLR 19/15 A3010 RMK AO2 T01850148 10185 20165 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 12 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 9 | CLR | KPRG 151255Z AUTO 17007KT 10SM CLR 21/16 A3011 RMK AO2 T02070155 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 21000 - 52000 | 7 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 5 | CLR | KPRG 151355Z AUTO 19009G14KT 10SM CLR 25/17 A3012 RMK AO2 T02450167 | ||