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 | OVC | 32000 - 37000 | 79 | OVC | 33000 - 39000 | 80 | SCT@2300 | KTKC 120555Z AUTO 33004KT 5SM BR SCT023 21/21 A2990 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SW | ||
| 0650Z | 1:40 AM | OVC | 32000 - 38000 | 88 | OVC | 32000 - 41000 | 84 | BKN@2400 BKN@2900 BKN@5500 | KTKC 120640Z AUTO 25004KT 6SM BR BKN024 BKN029 BKN055 21/21 A2991 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | OVC | 36000 - 42000 | 90 | OVC | 35000 - 44000 | 79 | CLR | KTKC 120755Z AUTO 21003KT 7SM CLR 21/21 A2988 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT S AND SW | ||
| 0850Z | 3:45 AM | OVC | 34000 - 43000 | 85 | OVC | 35000 - 43000 | 75 | CLR | KTKC 120845Z AUTO 05003KT 9SM CLR 21/21 A2986 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SE-SW | ||
| 0950Z | 4:45 AM | OVC | 34000 - 43000 | 73 | OVC | 30000 - 44000 | 75 | CLR | KTKC 120945Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM CLR 21/21 A2984 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:00 AM | BKN | 13000 - 46000 | 57 | BKN | 13000 - 45000 | 51 | OVC@2700 | KTKC 121100Z AUTO 34004KT 8SM OVC027 20/20 A2988 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT S | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 24 | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 19 | FEW@3000 SCT@3900 | KTKC 121155Z AUTO 31003KT 6SM BR FEW030 SCT039 20/20 A2988 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:45 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 2 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KTKC 121245Z AUTO 31003KT 7SM CLR 20/20 A2987 RMK AO2 | |
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KTKC 121355Z AUTO 01003KT 10SM CLR 22/22 A2988 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1450Z | 9:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KTKC 121455Z AUTO VRB03KT 10SM CLR 23/22 A2988 RMK AO2 | ||