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 | SCT | SCT | 15000 - 44000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 1 | CLR | KLMS 120555Z AUTO 20004KT 10SM CLR 24/24 A2993 RMK AO2 | |
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 23000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 2 | SCT@500 | KLMS 120655Z AUTO 21004KT 10SM SCT005 23/23 A2994 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 0 | CLR | KLMS 120755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 23/23 A2994 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 17000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 13000 | 1 | FEW@300 | KLMS 120855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW003 22/22 A2994 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 1 | FEW@300 | KLMS 120955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW003 22/22 A2995 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 18000 - 25000 | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KLMS 121055Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM CLR 22/22 A2998 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KLMS 121155Z AUTO 19004KT 7SM CLR 22/22 A2999 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | BKN@6000 | KLMS 121255Z AUTO VRB05KT 10SM BKN060 24/23 A3001 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SE | ||
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KLMS 121355Z AUTO VRB05KT 10SM CLR 25/24 A3001 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1450Z | 9:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KLMS 121455Z AUTO VRB05KT 10SM CLR 28/24 A3003 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SE | ||
| 1550Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | 31000 - 34000 | 0 | SCT | 27000 - 33000 | 0 | CLR | KLMS 121555Z AUTO 25005G12KT 10SM CLR 31/24 A3003 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1650Z | 11:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 43000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 4 | BKN@3500 BKN@4100 | KLMS 121655Z AUTO 24008KT 230V290 10SM BKN035 BKN041 33/24 A3003 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1750Z | 12:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 13 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 12 | FEW@3900 FEW@4800 FEW@6500 | KLMS 121755Z AUTO 32007G15KT 10SM FEW039 FEW048 FEW065 33/24 A3000 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NW | ||
| 1850Z | 1:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 28 | BKN | 13000 - 44000 | 39 | SCT@4700 BKN@6500 BKN@7500 | KLMS 121855Z AUTO 33005KT 10SM VCTS SCT047 BKN065 BKN075 33/23 A2997 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT E AND W AND NW | ||
| 1950Z | 2:55 PM | BKN | 13000 - 49000 | 59 | BKN | 13000 - 51000 | 71 | FEW@4600 FEW@6000 BKN@12000 | KLMS 121955Z AUTO 32006KT 10SM VCTS FEW046 FEW060 BKN120 30/22 A2997 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT ALQDS | ||