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 | 12:54 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KETH 200554Z AUTO 18007KT 10SM CLR 17/16 A2994 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:53 AM | SCT | 31000 - 45000 | 0 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 1 | CLR | KETH 200653Z AUTO 18008KT 10SM CLR 18/16 A2993 RMK AO2 | |
| 0750Z | 2:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 21000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 24000 | 4 | CLR | KETH 200753Z AUTO 18009KT 10SM CLR 17/15 A2992 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 20 | SCT | 13000 - 29000 | 12 | CLR | KETH 200853Z AUTO 18009KT 10SM CLR 17/15 A2991 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT N | ||
| 0950Z | 4:53 AM | BKN | 13000 - 34000 | 41 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 33 | SCT@9000 | KETH 200953Z AUTO 22003KT 10SM SCT090 120 18/16 A2993 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT N | ||
| 1050Z | 5:53 AM | BKN | 13000 - 35000 | 49 | SCT | 13000 - 27000 | 21 | SCT@4700 SCT@6000 BKN@9000 | KETH 201053Z AUTO 18012KT 10SM -RA SCT047 SCT060 BKN090 18/16 A2992 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT N S AND SW | ||
| 1150Z | 6:53 AM | BKN | 13000 - 22000 | 52 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 19 | BKN@11000 | KETH 201153Z AUTO 20007KT 10SM BKN110 19/17 A2992 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:54 AM | SCT | 13000 - 25000 | 32 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 22 | BKN@10000 | KETH 201254Z AUTO 15007KT 10SM BKN100 19/17 A2994 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:53 AM | BKN | 13000 - 37000 | 53 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 32 | SCT@10000 | KETH 201353Z AUTO 15010KT 10SM -RA SCT100 19/17 A2991 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1450Z | 9:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 31 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 24 | CLR | KETH 201453Z AUTO 17006KT 10SM CLR 20/18 A2992 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1550Z | 10:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 14 | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 13 | CLR | KETH 201553Z AUTO 18008KT 10SM CLR 22/19 A2993 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NE | ||
| 1650Z | 11:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 17000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 18000 | 4 | CLR | KETH 201653Z AUTO 21006KT 10SM CLR 26/20 A2993 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1750Z | 12:53 PM | - | SCT | 13000 - 27000 | 2 | CLR | KETH 201753Z AUTO 22003KT 10SM CLR 27/20 A2993 RMK AO2 | ||||