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 | OVC | 13000 - 36000 | 71 | BKN | 16000 - 40000 | 59 | SCT@6000 SCT@7500 OVC@12000 | K9MN 180555Z AUTO 25010G14KT 10SM SCT060 SCT075 OVC120 21/15 A2998 RMK AO1 T02060153 10257 20206 402720160 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | OVC | 17000 - 34000 | 68 | BKN | 22000 - 38000 | 59 | SCT@5500 SCT@7000 BKN@12000 | K9MN 180655Z AUTO 25011G18KT 10SM SCT055 SCT070 BKN120 20/16 A2999 RMK AO1 T02000162 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 42000 | 61 | BKN | 15000 - 38000 | 55 | SCT@2200 BKN@4200 OVC@12000 | K9MN 180755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT022 BKN042 OVC120 20/17 A3001 RMK AO1 T02020165 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | OVC | 28000 - 46000 | 46 | BKN | 23000 - 38000 | 47 | BKN@4300 OVC@5000 | K9MN 180855Z AUTO 16008KT 10SM BKN043 OVC050 19/19 A2998 RMK AO1 P0001 60001 T01900190 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | OVC | 30000 - 44000 | 31 | BKN | 16000 - 41000 | 47 | CLR | K9MN 180955Z AUTO 15007KT 10SM CLR 19/19 A2996 RMK AO1 T01870188 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | OVC | 29000 - 41000 | 62 | BKN | 13000 - 40000 | 46 | CLR | K9MN 181055Z AUTO 16007KT 10SM CLR 19/19 A2994 RMK AO1 T01850186 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 43000 | 27 | BKN | 13000 - 34000 | 33 | CLR | K9MN 181155Z AUTO 17007KT 10SM CLR 19/19 A2994 RMK AO1 60001 70001 T01850186 10208 20185 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | BKN | 21000 - 43000 | 37 | BKN | 13000 - 35000 | 36 | SCT@11000 | K9MN 181255Z AUTO 21006KT 10SM SCT110 20/18 A2994 RMK AO1 T01980183 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 43 | SCT | 13000 - 27000 | 35 | SCT@8000 | K9MN 181355Z AUTO 26005KT 10SM SCT080 20/19 A2994 RMK AO1 T02030192 | ||
| 1450Z | 9:55 AM | BKN | 19000 - 35000 | 67 | BKN | 17000 - 30000 | 48 | SCT@1400 | K9MN 181455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT014 21/20 A2995 RMK AO1 T02130196 | ||