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 | 12:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 9 | SCT | 13000 - 27000 | 20 | KARB 260453Z AUTO A3026 RMK AO2 SLPNO PWINO | |||
| 0550Z | 1:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 51000 | 13 | BKN | 13000 - 29000 | 26 | KARB 260553Z AUTO A3024 RMK AO2 SLPNO 58010 PWINO | |||
| 0650Z | 2:53 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 51000 | 20 | BKN | 13000 - 33000 | 26 | KARB 260653Z AUTO A3023 RMK AO2 SLPNO PWINO | ||
| 0750Z | 3:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 50000 | 12 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 19 | KARB 260753Z AUTO A3022 RMK AO2 SLPNO PWINO | |||
| 0850Z | 4:53 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 27000 | 1 | KARB 260853Z AUTO A3021 RMK AO2 SLPNO 57010 PWINO | ||
| 0950Z | 5:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | KARB 260953Z AUTO A3021 RMK AO2 SLPNO PWINO | |||
| 1050Z | 6:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | KARB 261053Z AUTO A3022 RMK AO2 SLPNO PWINO | |||
| 1150Z | 7:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 17000 | 0 | KARB 261153Z AUTO A3023 RMK AO2 SLPNO 53007 PWINO | |||
| 1250Z | 8:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | KARB 261253Z AUTO A3024 RMK AO2 SLPNO PWINO | |||