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 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 2 | CLR | KSYN 140555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 06/05 A3020 RMK AO2 T00550053 10187 20054 402160054 | |
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 7 | CLR | KSYN 140655Z AUTO 10SM CLR 06/06 A3021 RMK AO2 T00580057 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 13 | CLR | KSYN 140755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 06/06 A3021 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT W T00610061 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 18 | SCT | 15000 - 37000 | 20 | CLR | KSYN 140855Z AUTO 10SM CLR 06/06 A3020 RMK AO2 T00610061 | |
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 12 | BKN | 13000 - 36000 | 25 | CLR | KSYN 140955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 05/05 A3018 RMK AO2 T00540054 | |
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 8 | SCT | 19000 - 38000 | 3 | CLR | KSYN 141055Z AUTO 10004KT 10SM CLR 06/06 A3013 RMK AO2 T00640064 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 46000 | 34 | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 51 | CLR | KSYN 141155Z AUTO 14009KT 10SM CLR 13/08 A3017 RMK AO2 T01250077 10125 20051 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | OVC | 31000 - 36000 | 78 | OVC | 32000 - 41000 | 74 | SCT@8500 | KSYN 141255Z AUTO 13009G15KT 10SM SCT085 13/08 A3014 RMK AO2 T01300078 | ||