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 | BKN | 14000 - 36000 | 53 | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 54 | CLR | KACQ 130555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 19/18 A2993 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SW AND W | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | OVC | 24000 - 35000 | 75 | OVC | 26000 - 38000 | 75 | CLR | KACQ 130655Z AUTO 10003KT 10SM CLR 20/18 A2992 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | OVC | 25000 - 38000 | 64 | BKN | 27000 - 38000 | 64 | CLR | KACQ 130755Z AUTO 10003KT 10SM CLR 20/18 A2989 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | OVC | 32000 - 37000 | 81 | OVC | 33000 - 43000 | 80 | CLR | KACQ 130855Z AUTO 14004KT 10SM CLR 21/17 A2988 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | BKN | 36000 - 40000 | 65 | BKN | 36000 - 46000 | 78 | CLR | KACQ 130955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 20/17 A2991 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | BKN | 38000 - 43000 | 78 | BKN | 38000 - 46000 | 69 | SCT@9500 SCT@12000 | KACQ 131055Z AUTO 36004KT 10SM -RA SCT095 SCT120 19/17 A2991 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT S | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | BKN | 42000 - 46000 | 59 | SCT | 43000 - 46000 | 27 | SCT@5000 OVC@11000 | KACQ 131155Z AUTO 30003KT 10SM -RA SCT050 OVC110 19/18 A2994 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SW | ||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 43000 - 44000 | 16 | SCT | 44000 - 44000 | 0 | BKN@4700 BKN@5000 BKN@7500 | KACQ 131255Z AUTO 06004KT 10SM -RA BKN047 BKN050 BKN075 20/17 A2994 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT S P0002 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | BKN | 42000 - 44000 | 59 | BKN | 43000 - 45000 | 47 | SCT@3900 BKN@4600 OVC@5500 | KACQ 131355Z AUTO 11004KT 7SM -RA SCT039 BKN046 OVC055 19/18 A2995 RMK AO2 P0002 | ||
| 1450Z | 9:55 AM | OVC | 40000 - 44000 | 94 | OVC | 39000 - 44000 | 81 | OVC@10000 | KACQ 131455Z AUTO 11004KT 10SM -RA OVC100 20/18 A2995 RMK AO2 P0001 | ||
| 1550Z | 10:55 AM | OVC | 32000 - 38000 | 78 | OVC | 28000 - 41000 | 62 | SCT@9000 | KACQ 131555Z AUTO 10011KT 10SM SCT090 21/18 A2992 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1650Z | 11:55 AM | OVC | 23000 - 46000 | 47 | OVC | 25000 - 39000 | 46 | CLR | KACQ 131655Z AUTO 13009KT 10SM CLR 23/19 A2996 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1750Z | 12:55 PM | OVC | 23000 - 46000 | 67 | OVC | 21000 - 39000 | 58 | CLR | KACQ 131755Z AUTO 11006KT 10SM CLR 25/19 A2995 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1850Z | 1:55 PM | OVC | 26000 - 38000 | 71 | BKN | 23000 - 33000 | 63 | CLR | KACQ 131855Z AUTO 08006KT 10SM CLR 24/18 A2994 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1950Z | 2:55 PM | OVC | 20000 - 35000 | 71 | BKN | 21000 - 35000 | 62 | CLR | KACQ 131955Z AUTO 06006KT 10SM CLR 23/18 A2996 RMK AO2 | ||
| 2050Z | 3:55 PM | BKN | 13000 - 36000 | 61 | BKN | 13000 - 32000 | 50 | CLR | KACQ 132055Z AUTO 04004KT 10SM CLR 25/18 A2996 RMK AO2 | ||
| 2150Z | 4:55 PM | BKN | 13000 - 35000 | 51 | BKN | 13000 - 32000 | 37 | CLR | KACQ 132155Z AUTO 06008KT 10SM CLR 25/18 A2996 RMK AO2 | ||