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 | ||
| 0450Z | 12:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 14 | SCT | 13000 - 22000 | 15 | CLR | KCPF 260455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 08/08 A3018 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 35000 | 36 | SCT | 13000 - 22000 | 26 | CLR | KCPF 260555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 08/08 A3017 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 36000 | 42 | BKN | 13000 - 21000 | 37 | CLR | KCPF 260655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 08/08 A3015 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 32000 | 65 | SCT | 13000 - 21000 | 17 | CLR | KCPF 260755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 08/08 A3013 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 40000 | 43 | SCT | 13000 - 21000 | 19 | CLR | KCPF 260855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 08/08 A3011 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 32 | SCT | 13000 - 21000 | 17 | CLR | KCPF 260955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 08/08 A3011 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 49 | BKN | 13000 - 20000 | 30 | CLR | KCPF 261055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 07/07 A3013 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1150Z | 7:35 AM | BKN | 13000 - 35000 | 45 | BKN | 13000 - 27000 | 29 | SCT@200 | KCPF 261135Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT002 07/07 A3014 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1250Z | 9:35 AM | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 0 | CLR | KCPF 261335Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 10/10 A3016 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1350Z | 9:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KCPF 261355Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 11/10 A3016 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1450Z | 10:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KCPF 261455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 15/10 A3016 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1550Z | 11:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KCPF 261555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 18/10 A3016 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1650Z | 12:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KCPF 261655Z AUTO 04003KT 10SM CLR 21/08 A3015 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1750Z | 1:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KCPF 261755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 20/07 A3013 RMK AO2 | ||