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 | 12:45 AM | BKN | 30000 - 40000 | 71 | OVC | 27000 - 40000 | 81 | FEW@5000 SCT@6500 BKN@7500 | KTKC 130545Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW050 SCT065 BKN075 21/21 A2991 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SW AND W | ||
| 0650Z | 2:00 AM | OVC | 32000 - 40000 | 88 | OVC | 35000 - 43000 | 84 | FEW@6500 SCT@7500 SCT@8500 | KTKC 130700Z AUTO 05008KT 10SM FEW065 SCT075 SCT085 21/21 A2988 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | BKN | 37000 - 41000 | 81 | OVC | 36000 - 44000 | 84 | OVC@12000 | KTKC 130755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC120 21/20 A2989 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:40 AM | BKN | 36000 - 43000 | 76 | BKN | 38000 - 46000 | 71 | FEW@7500 OVC@11000 | KTKC 130840Z AUTO 18005KT 10SM FEW075 OVC110 22/20 A2990 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:45 AM | BKN | 39000 - 46000 | 77 | BKN | 41000 - 46000 | 52 | FEW@5500 SCT@8000 OVC@10000 | KTKC 130945Z AUTO 17004KT 10SM -RA FEW055 SCT080 OVC100 21/21 A2992 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT S | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | BKN | 41000 - 46000 | 64 | SCT | 41000 - 46000 | 42 | BKN@11000 | KTKC 131055Z AUTO 13006KT 9SM BKN110 20/20 A2990 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SE AND S | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | BKN | 42000 - 45000 | 72 | BKN | 42000 - 46000 | 61 | FEW@11000 | KTKC 131155Z AUTO 12003KT 7SM -RA FEW110 20/20 A2991 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SE | ||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | OVC | 40000 - 44000 | 92 | OVC | 42000 - 44000 | 82 | CLR | KTKC 131255Z AUTO 11004KT 9SM CLR 20/20 A2991 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SE | ||
| 1350Z | 8:35 AM | OVC | 37000 - 43000 | 88 | OVC | 34000 - 44000 | 79 | CLR | KTKC 131335Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 21/21 A2992 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SE | ||
| 1450Z | 9:40 AM | OVC | 30000 - 40000 | 69 | OVC | 31000 - 39000 | 64 | FEW@8000 | KTKC 131440Z AUTO 07006KT 10SM FEW080 22/21 A2993 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1550Z | 10:40 AM | OVC | 28000 - 37000 | 71 | OVC | 28000 - 39000 | 62 | CLR | KTKC 131540Z AUTO 10006KT 10SM CLR 24/20 A2994 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1650Z | 11:40 AM | OVC | 26000 - 37000 | 69 | OVC | 26000 - 37000 | 55 | CLR | KTKC 131640Z AUTO 07007KT 10SM CLR 23/19 A2995 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1750Z | 12:55 PM | OVC | 19000 - 37000 | 69 | BKN | 20000 - 29000 | 66 | CLR | KTKC 131755Z AUTO 11006KT 9SM CLR 24/20 A2996 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1850Z | 1:55 PM | BKN | 13000 - 36000 | 60 | BKN | 13000 - 32000 | 47 | FEW@2200 | KTKC 131855Z AUTO 07006KT 10SM FEW022 24/20 A2996 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1950Z | 2:55 PM | BKN | 13000 - 35000 | 61 | BKN | 13000 - 36000 | 47 | SCT@2500 SCT@3000 BKN@8500 | KTKC 131955Z AUTO 05008KT 10SM SCT025 SCT030 BKN085 25/20 A2997 RMK AO2 | ||
| 2050Z | 3:55 PM | BKN | 13000 - 35000 | 56 | BKN | 13000 - 33000 | 52 | SCT@2700 | KTKC 132055Z AUTO 05008G15KT 10SM SCT027 25/20 A2997 RMK AO2 | ||
| 2150Z | 4:55 PM | BKN | 13000 - 35000 | 44 | BKN | 13000 - 34000 | 45 | CLR | KTKC 132155Z AUTO 06008G14KT 10SM CLR 24/20 A2997 RMK AO2 | ||