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 | ||
| 0750Z | 12:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 20 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 16 | BKN@4900 | KS12 010755Z AUTO 18006KT 10SM BKN049 15/12 A2985 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 21 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 22 | FEW@1800 SCT@2400 | KS12 010855Z AUTO VRB06KT 10SM FEW018 SCT024 15/12 A2986 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 13 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 8 | OVC@2300 | KS12 010955Z AUTO 18006KT 10SM OVC023 15/12 A2986 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 23000 | 4 | OVC@2500 | KS12 011055Z AUTO VRB05KT 10SM OVC025 16/12 A2986 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1150Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 28000 | 17 | SCT@2400 OVC@2900 | KS12 011155Z AUTO 17004KT 10SM SCT024 OVC029 16/12 A2987 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1250Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 26000 | 18 | BKN | 13000 - 28000 | 41 | BKN@2400 OVC@3300 | KS12 011255Z AUTO 19003KT 9SM BKN024 OVC033 16/12 A2987 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1350Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 20 | BKN | 13000 - 36000 | 43 | OVC@2400 | KS12 011355Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC024 16/12 A2988 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1450Z | 7:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 28000 | 27 | BKN | 13000 - 28000 | 44 | OVC@2300 | KS12 011455Z AUTO VRB05KT 10SM OVC023 16/12 A2989 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1550Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 17000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 17000 | 5 | FEW@1800 FEW@2300 BKN@3700 | KS12 011555Z AUTO 22007KT 10SM FEW018 FEW023 BKN037 17/12 A2989 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1650Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 7 | SCT | 13000 - 17000 | 10 | FEW@2200 FEW@3000 BKN@3800 | KS12 011655Z AUTO 22007KT 10SM FEW022 FEW030 BKN038 17/12 A2989 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1750Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 19000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 18000 | 5 | FEW@2000 BKN@3900 | KS12 011755Z AUTO 20008KT 10SM FEW020 BKN039 19/12 A2989 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1850Z | 11:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 26000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 7 | SCT@2700 BKN@3400 OVC@4100 | KS12 011855Z AUTO 19007KT 10SM SCT027 BKN034 OVC041 19/11 A2988 RMK AO2 | ||