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 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 15 | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 22 | BKN@5000 | KLJF 240555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN050 14/12 A3003 RMK AO2 | |
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 40000 | 13 | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 19 | BKN@5000 BKN@5500 | KLJF 240655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN050 BKN055 17/12 A3004 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 14 | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 25 | SCT@4000 SCT@5000 SCT@6500 | KLJF 240755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT040 SCT050 SCT065 14/13 A3002 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 12 | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 25 | OVC@3800 | KLJF 240855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC038 16/12 A3001 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:56 AM | BKN | 13000 - 42000 | 32 | BKN | 15000 - 40000 | 39 | OVC@3300 | KLJF 240956Z AUTO 15003KT 10SM OVC033 16/12 A3001 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | OVC | 13000 - 35000 | 72 | BKN | 13000 - 34000 | 43 | SCT@2900 BKN@3500 | KLJF 241055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT029 BKN035 16/12 A3002 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 22 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 16 | BKN@3300 OVC@4600 | KLJF 241155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN033 OVC046 16/13 A3003 RMK AO2 | ||