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 | 12:53 AM | BKN | 13000 - 45000 | 31 | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 30 | OVC@3900 | KSTP 250553Z AUTO 18010G17KT 10SM OVC039 23/17 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP121 T02280172 10256 20228 402830189 58009 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 0 | OVC@3800 | KSTP 250653Z AUTO 19009KT 10SM OVC038 22/18 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP121 T02220178 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@1900 | KSTP 250753Z AUTO 19008KT 10SM OVC019 22/18 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP117 T02220183 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | BKN@1700 OVC@3100 | KSTP 250853Z AUTO 19006KT 10SM BKN017 OVC031 22/19 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP114 T02170189 58007 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@1600 | KSTP 250953Z AUTO 18006KT 10SM OVC016 22/19 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP115 T02170189 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 17000 | 1 | FEW@1600 OVC@2800 | KSTP 251053Z AUTO 17007KT 10SM FEW016 OVC028 22/19 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP114 T02170194 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 13000 | 0 | OVC@2200 | KSTP 251153Z 17006KT 10SM OVC022 22/19 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP112 T02170194 10228 20217 58002 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@1600 | KSTP 251253Z 18005KT 10SM OVC016 22/19 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP113 T02220194 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@1500 | KSTP 251353Z 21005KT 10SM OVC015 23/20 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP113 T02330200 | ||
| 1450Z | 9:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@1500 | KSTP 251453Z 25007KT 10SM OVC015 24/21 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP112 T02390206 58001 | ||
| 1550Z | 10:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@1600 | KSTP 251553Z 23008KT 10SM OVC016 24/21 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP113 T02440206 | ||
| 1650Z | 11:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@1700 | KSTP 251653Z 27008KT 10SM OVC017 25/21 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP116 T02500206 | ||
| 1750Z | 12:53 PM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@2000 | KSTP 251753Z 26007KT 10SM OVC020 26/21 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP117 T02610211 10261 20217 53006 | ||
| 1850Z | 1:53 PM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@2200 | KSTP 251853Z 26006KT 10SM OVC022 27/21 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP117 T02670211 | ||