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 | 12:56 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 15 | BKN | 13000 - 43000 | 40 | BKN@6000 OVC@7500 | KGRD 190456Z AUTO 22003KT 10SM BKN060 OVC075 24/21 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP144 T02440211 403440228 | |
| 0550Z | 1:56 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 27 | BKN | 13000 - 40000 | 41 | FEW@10000 | KGRD 190556Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW100 24/21 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP142 T02440206 10300 20239 50001 | |
| 0650Z | 2:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 18 | BKN | 13000 - 39000 | 27 | CLR | KGRD 190656Z AUTO 25003KT 10SM CLR 23/21 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP143 T02330211 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:56 AM | SCT | SCT | 14000 - 47000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 11 | CLR | KGRD 190756Z AUTO 24005KT 10SM CLR 23/21 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP137 T02330211 | |
| 0850Z | 4:56 AM | SCT | 44000 - 46000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 2 | CLR | KGRD 190856Z AUTO 21004KT 10SM CLR 23/21 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP136 T02280211 58007 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:56 AM | SCT | 15000 - 43000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 3 | CLR | KGRD 190956Z AUTO 24003KT 10SM CLR 23/22 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP134 T02280217 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:56 AM | SCT | 14000 - 47000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 7 | CLR | KGRD 191056Z AUTO 20003KT 10SM CLR 23/22 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP142 T02330222 | ||
| 1150Z | 7:56 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 4 | SCT | 14000 - 37000 | 4 | CLR | KGRD 191156Z AUTO 22007KT 10SM CLR 25/23 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP144 T02500233 10250 20228 53008 | |
| 1250Z | 8:56 AM | SCT | 18000 - 47000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 2 | CLR | KGRD 191256Z AUTO 27004KT 10SM CLR 27/23 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP153 T02670233 | ||