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 - 35000 | 0 | CLR | KIER 080555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 23/23 A2998 RMK AO2 60001 T02340234 10267 20232 403660232 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KIER 080655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 23/23 A2998 RMK AO2 T02300230 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KIER 080755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 23/23 A2999 RMK AO2 T02320232 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KIER 080855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 23/23 A3000 RMK AO2 T02310231 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 27000 - 42000 | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KIER 080955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 23/23 A3001 RMK AO2 T02270227 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 19000 - 50000 | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KIER 081055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 23/23 A3003 RMK AO2 T02270227 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KIER 081155Z AUTO 00000KT 5SM BR CLR 22/22 A3004 RMK AO2 70014 T02210221 10235 20221 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 31000 - 51000 | 7 | SCT | 22000 - 44000 | 0 | CLR | KIER 081255Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/24 A3006 RMK AO2 T02350235 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 14000 - 49000 | 3 | SCT | 14000 - 41000 | 2 | CLR | KIER 081355Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 25/24 A3008 RMK AO2 T02540235 | |
| 1450Z | 9:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 17000 - 40000 | 0 | CLR | KIER 081455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 27/24 A3009 RMK AO2 T02740237 | ||
| 1550Z | 10:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KIER 081555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 30/24 A3010 RMK AO2 T02950244 | ||
| 1650Z | 11:55 AM | SCT | 23000 - 38000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 0 | SCT@2200 | KIER 081655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT022 32/25 A3010 RMK AO2 T03160252 | ||
| 1750Z | 12:55 PM | SCT | 18000 - 36000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 0 | SCT@2700 | KIER 081755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT027 33/25 A3008 RMK AO2 T03280249 10330 20219 | ||
| 1850Z | 1:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 15000 - 28000 | 0 | SCT@3700 | KIER 081855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT037 35/25 A3006 RMK AO2 T03470245 | ||