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 | ||
| 0450Z | 12:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 43000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 4 | CLR | K35A 090455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/22 A3018 RMK A02 T02250215 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 6 | CLR | K35A 090555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/21 A3016 RMK A02 T02210214 10300 20218 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 51000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 8 | CLR | K35A 090655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 21/21 A3014 RMK A02 T02120209 | |
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 7 | CLR | K35A 090755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 21/21 A3015 RMK A02 T02100208 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 2 | SCT | 14000 - 32000 | 2 | CLR | K35A 090855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 21/20 A3016 RMK A02 T02060205 | |
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 35000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 2 | CLR | K35A 090955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 21/20 A3016 RMK A02 T02060204 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 1 | CLR | K35A 091055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 21/21 A3018 RMK A02 T02070205 | |
| 1150Z | 7:55 AM | - | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 2 | BKN@400 | K35A 091155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN004 22/21 A3019 RMK A02 T02190214 10222 20201 | ||||