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 | 13000 - 47000 | 7 | SCT | 14000 - 38000 | 5 | CLR | KAIK 130455Z AUTO 20006KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A3003 RMK AO2 T02380234 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 15000 - 43000 | 0 | SCT | 16000 - 33000 | 0 | SCT@800 | KAIK 130555Z AUTO 19005KT 10SM SCT008 24/23 A3002 RMK AO2 T02370234 10247 20237 60001 | |
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 1 | SCT | 15000 - 32000 | 0 | OVC@400 | KAIK 130655Z AUTO 23007KT 7SM BR OVC004 24/24 A3001 RMK AO2 T02410237 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@400 | KAIK 130755Z AUTO 23005KT 4SM BR OVC004 24/24 A3000 RMK AO2 T02410238 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 2 | OVC@400 | KAIK 130855Z AUTO 24005KT 5SM BR OVC004 24/24 A3000 RMK AO2 T02410238 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 24000 - 36000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 5 | OVC@400 | KAIK 130955Z AUTO 26005KT 5SM BR OVC004 24/24 A3001 RMK AO2 T02400237 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 26000 - 44000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 3 | OVC@400 | KAIK 131055Z AUTO 25007KT 7SM BR OVC004 24/23 A3002 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SE T02390235 | ||
| 1150Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 16000 - 39000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 5 | OVC@400 | KAIK 131155Z AUTO 24006KT 7SM BR OVC004 24/24 A3004 RMK AO2 T02410236 10242 20237 70005 | ||
| 1250Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 12 | SCT | 13000 - 22000 | 1 | OVC@400 | KAIK 131255Z AUTO 24007KT 10SM OVC004 25/24 A3005 RMK AO2 T02480238 | ||
| 1350Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 24000 | 12 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 13 | OVC@800 | KAIK 131355Z AUTO 27007KT 10SM OVC008 27/24 A3006 RMK AO2 T02660238 | ||
| 1450Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | 15000 - 49000 | 6 | SCT | 14000 - 38000 | 15 | SCT@1200 | KAIK 131455Z AUTO 26006KT 10SM SCT012 28/24 A3007 RMK AO2 T02840240 | ||
| 1550Z | 11:55 AM | SCT | 29000 - 45000 | 7 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 12 | SCT@2400 | KAIK 131555Z AUTO 28006KT 10SM SCT024 31/23 A3005 RMK AO2 T03060234 | ||
| 1650Z | 12:55 PM | SCT | 14000 - 49000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 13 | CLR | KAIK 131655Z AUTO 28008KT 10SM CLR 32/22 A3004 RMK AO2 T03220224 | ||
| 1750Z | 1:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 11 | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 13 | CLR | KAIK 131755Z AUTO 26007KT 240V300 10SM CLR 33/21 A3001 RMK AO2 T03310206 10334 20241 | ||
| 1850Z | 2:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 21 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 16 | CLR | KAIK 131855Z AUTO 31005KT 10SM CLR 34/19 A2999 RMK AO2 T03360191 | ||
| 1950Z | 3:55 PM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 21 | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 18 | SCT@6500 | KAIK 131955Z AUTO 03003KT 10SM SCT065 33/20 A2997 RMK AO2 T03280200 | |