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 | 13000 - 37000 | 19 | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 30 | CLR | KGCM 210555Z AUTO 07009KT 10SM CLR 28/19 A2999 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SW-NW | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 32 | BKN | 13000 - 41000 | 38 | SCT@12000 | KGCM 210655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT120 25/19 A3000 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT S-NW | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 43000 | 75 | OVC | 16000 - 44000 | 82 | FEW@700 SCT@5000 BKN@7000 | KGCM 210755Z AUTO 04005G11KT 10SM TS FEW007 SCT050 BKN070 25/21 A3003 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT ALQDS P0007 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | OVC | 30000 - 45000 | 79 | OVC | 31000 - 45000 | 59 | FEW@4000 SCT@6500 BKN@7500 | KGCM 210855Z AUTO 19005G12KT 10SM VCTS FEW040 SCT065 BKN075 25/20 A2997 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT ALQDS P0001 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | BKN | 32000 - 45000 | 73 | OVC | 33000 - 46000 | 74 | FEW@600 SCT@3000 BKN@6500 | KGCM 210955Z AUTO 20008G16KT 2 1/2SM -TSRA HZ FEW006 SCT030 BKN065 25/19 A3000 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT ALQDS P0013 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | BKN | 42000 - 46000 | 48 | BKN | 42000 - 45000 | 61 | FEW@400 SCT@5500 BKN@7000 | KGCM 211055Z AUTO 16007KT 10SM VCTS FEW004 SCT055 BKN070 23/21 A3000 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT ALQDS P0010 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | BKN | 41000 - 46000 | 75 | BKN | 39000 - 46000 | 80 | SCT@300 SCT@5000 BKN@7500 | KGCM 211155Z AUTO 19009G16KT 7SM -TSRA SCT003 SCT050 BKN075 22/21 A3005 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT ALQDS P0046 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:35 AM | OVC | 37000 - 45000 | 94 | OVC | 35000 - 44000 | 85 | FEW@5000 FEW@7500 SCT@9000 | KGCM 211235Z AUTO 19006KT 10SM FEW050 FEW075 SCT090 22/21 A3005 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SE-SW | ||
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | OVC | 33000 - 44000 | 82 | OVC | 34000 - 43000 | 79 | CLR | KGCM 211355Z AUTO 16005KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A3007 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT S AND SW | ||
| 1450Z | 9:55 AM | OVC | 29000 - 45000 | 69 | OVC | 31000 - 40000 | 66 | CLR | KGCM 211455Z AUTO 19006KT 10SM CLR 25/22 A3008 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1550Z | 10:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 43000 | 46 | BKN | 13000 - 41000 | 39 | CLR | KGCM 211555Z AUTO 19010KT 10SM CLR 28/21 A3007 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1650Z | 11:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 15 | SCT | 15000 - 40000 | 21 | CLR | KGCM 211655Z AUTO 21008G13KT 10SM CLR 31/21 A3006 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1750Z | 12:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 6 | SCT | 14000 - 41000 | 14 | CLR | KGCM 211755Z AUTO 25006KT 10SM CLR 33/21 A3004 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1850Z | 1:55 PM | SCT | 16000 - 41000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 7 | CLR | KGCM 211855Z AUTO 25005G11KT 10SM CLR 35/21 A3001 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1950Z | 2:55 PM | SCT | 17000 - 44000 | 13 | SCT | 14000 - 42000 | 10 | CLR | KGCM 211955Z AUTO 24006KT 10SM CLR 36/21 A3001 RMK AO2 | ||
| 2050Z | 3:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 2 | CLR | KGCM 212055Z AUTO 34003KT 10SM CLR 36/20 A2998 RMK AO2 | ||
| 2150Z | 4:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KGCM 212155Z AUTO VRB03KT 10SM CLR 36/21 A2996 RMK AO2 | ||
| 2250Z | 5:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 37000 | 1 | CLR | KGCM 212255Z AUTO 13004KT 10SM CLR 37/21 A2995 RMK AO2 | ||