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 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 0 | SCT@2900 | KATP 060555Z AUTO 13009KT 10SM SCT029 30/24 A3009 RMK A01 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | FEW@2900 FEW@3700 | KATP 060655Z AUTO 13008KT 10SM FEW029 FEW037 29/23 A3007 RMK A01 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | FEW@2800 FEW@3400 | KATP 060755Z AUTO 16009KT 10SM FEW028 FEW034 29/24 A3007 RMK A01 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 16000 - 21000 | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KATP 060855Z AUTO 14006KT 10SM CLR 29/24 A3007 RMK A01 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 13000 | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KATP 060955Z AUTO VRB05KT 10SM CLR 29/24 A3007 RMK A01 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 16000 | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KATP 061055Z AUTO 16007KT 10SM CLR 29/24 A3007 RMK A01 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KATP 061155Z AUTO VRB03KT 7SM CLR 29/24 A3009 RMK A01 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | FEW@3300 | KATP 061255Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM FEW033 30/23 A3010 RMK A01 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KATP 061355Z AUTO 00000KT 6SM HZ CLR 30/24 A3012 RMK A01 | ||
| 1450Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 30000 | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KATP 061455Z AUTO 07003KT 9SM CLR 30/24 A3013 RMK A01 | ||