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 | 22000 - 44000 | 57 | BKN | 32000 - 45000 | 67 | SCT@11000 | KSTP 080553Z AUTO 15009KT 10SM -RA SCT110 20/18 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP130 P0005 60006 T02000178 10261 20200 403000200 58031 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:53 AM | BKN | 40000 - 46000 | 74 | BKN | 43000 - 46000 | 56 | FEW@11000 | KSTP 080653Z AUTO 16010KT 10SM VCTS FEW110 21/17 A2994 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT W-N RAE02B26E44 PRESRR SLP132 P0001 T02110167 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:53 AM | BKN | 41000 - 46000 | 72 | BKN | 41000 - 49000 | 60 | FEW@4900 SCT@7000 OVC@9000 | KSTP 080753Z AUTO 00000KT 5SM VCTS +RA FEW049 SCT070 OVC090 21/17 A2999 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SW AND W RAB05 SLP150 P0006 T02060172 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:53 AM | BKN | 30000 - 46000 | 63 | BKN | 29000 - 46000 | 63 | SCT@4100 BKN@5500 OVC@11000 | KSTP 080853Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM VCTS -RA SCT041 BKN055 OVC110 19/17 A2997 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT N-SE PRESRR SLP142 P0032 60039 T01890172 50012 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:53 AM | OVC | 27000 - 40000 | 75 | OVC | 25000 - 44000 | 67 | FEW@3400 BKN@7000 OVC@10000 | KSTP 080953Z AUTO 10007KT 10SM -TSRA FEW034 BKN070 OVC100 19/17 A2996 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT N RAE01B52 TSB30 SLP139 P0000 T01940172 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:53 AM | OVC | 27000 - 39000 | 83 | OVC | 27000 - 42000 | 70 | OVC@2200 | KSTP 081053Z 11010KT 10SM OVC022 19/17 A2996 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT E RAE13 TSE0955 SLP141 P0001 T01940172 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:53 AM | BKN | 32000 - 43000 | 79 | BKN | 33000 - 44000 | 63 | OVC@1800 | KSTP 081153Z 13008KT 10SM OVC018 19/17 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP143 60040 70046 T01940172 10217 20189 55000 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:53 AM | OVC | 33000 - 40000 | 86 | BKN | 27000 - 40000 | 72 | SCT@1900 | KSTP 081253Z 13008KT 10SM SCT019 19/18 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP135 T01940178 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:53 AM | OVC | 23000 - 44000 | 72 | BKN | 16000 - 37000 | 57 | FEW@11000 | KSTP 081353Z 15010KT 10SM FEW110 20/19 A2993 RMK AO2 RAB16E48 SLP131 P0000 T02000189 | ||
| 1450Z | 9:53 AM | BKN | 13000 - 48000 | 60 | BKN | 13000 - 37000 | 46 | SCT@1100 SCT@1700 BKN@2400 | KSTP 081453Z 13006KT 10SM SCT011 SCT017 BKN024 21/19 A2994 RMK AO2 RAB1354E06 SLP135 P0000 60000 T02110194 55008 | ||
| 1550Z | 10:53 AM | BKN | 13000 - 41000 | 47 | BKN | 13000 - 36000 | 48 | BKN@1200 OVC@2100 | KSTP 081553Z 15007KT 10SM BKN012 OVC021 22/19 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP136 T02170194 | ||
| 1650Z | 11:53 AM | BKN | 13000 - 32000 | 44 | BKN | 13000 - 34000 | 45 | OVC@2100 | KSTP 081653Z 16009KT 10SM OVC021 22/19 A2994 RMK AO2 SLP135 T02220194 | ||
| 1750Z | 12:53 PM | BKN | 13000 - 51000 | 32 | BKN | 13000 - 35000 | 28 | BKN@1900 OVC@2500 | KSTP 081753Z 19009G20KT 10SM BKN019 OVC025 25/19 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP128 60000 T02500194 10250 20194 58007 | ||
| 1850Z | 1:53 PM | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 12 | SCT@2700 | KSTP 081853Z 18012G19KT 10SM SCT027 27/19 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP121 T02720194 | ||
| 1950Z | 2:53 PM | BKN | 13000 - 44000 | 30 | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 40 | CLR | KSTP 081953Z 18008G16KT 10SM CLR 28/19 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP119 T02780189 | ||
| 2050Z | 3:53 PM | BKN | 15000 - 40000 | 37 | BKN | 13000 - 35000 | 45 | OVC@3300 | KSTP 082053Z 22005KT 10SM OVC033 28/19 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP116 T02780194 56011 | ||
| 2150Z | 4:53 PM | BKN | 30000 - 35000 | 74 | BKN | 29000 - 37000 | 58 | BKN@4000 | KSTP 082153Z 18007KT 10SM BKN040 28/20 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP113 T02780200 | ||