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 | 16000 - 47000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 8 | CLR | KMAO 190455Z AUTO 19007KT 10SM CLR 26/23 A2995 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 46000 | 11 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 7 | CLR | KMAO 190555Z AUTO 20005KT 10SM CLR 26/23 A2996 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 17000 - 47000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 5 | CLR | KMAO 190655Z AUTO 20007KT 10SM CLR 25/23 A2994 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 16000 - 46000 | 1 | SCT | 14000 - 36000 | 2 | CLR | KMAO 190755Z AUTO 21006KT 10SM CLR 25/23 A2994 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 2 | CLR | KMAO 190855Z AUTO 20006KT 10SM CLR 25/23 A2993 RMK AO2 | |
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 1 | CLR | KMAO 190955Z AUTO 21006KT 10SM CLR 25/23 A2993 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 1 | CLR | KMAO 191055Z AUTO 20006KT 10SM CLR 25/23 A2993 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1150Z | 7:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 15000 - 18000 | 0 | CLR | KMAO 191155Z AUTO 22006KT 10SM CLR 26/25 A2995 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1250Z | 8:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 20000 | 0 | CLR | KMAO 191255Z AUTO 25008KT 10SM CLR 28/24 A2996 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1350Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 33000 | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 24000 | 0 | CLR | KMAO 191355Z AUTO 24007KT 10SM CLR 30/23 A2996 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1450Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | 36000 - 40000 | 0 | SCT | 20000 - 22000 | 0 | SCT@2600 BKN@3600 BKN@5500 | KMAO 191455Z AUTO 25006G16KT 10SM SCT026 BKN036 BKN055 31/21 A2997 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1550Z | 11:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 17000 | 0 | SCT@3400 | KMAO 191555Z AUTO 23011KT 10SM SCT034 32/20 A2996 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1650Z | 12:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 0 | SCT@4200 SCT@4700 | KMAO 191655Z AUTO 25007G15KT 10SM SCT042 SCT047 33/17 A2995 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1750Z | 1:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KMAO 191755Z AUTO 25011G19KT 10SM CLR 34/15 A2992 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1850Z | 2:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 40000 | 2 | SCT@6000 | KMAO 191855Z AUTO 22013G21KT 10SM SCT060 35/14 A2991 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1950Z | 3:55 PM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 5 | CLR | KMAO 191955Z AUTO 23008G17KT 10SM CLR 35/13 A2988 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT N AND NE | |