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 | BKN | 13000 - 33000 | 61 | BKN | 13000 - 36000 | 29 | OVC@11000 | KMKS 140455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC110 26/25 A3001 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 45000 | 43 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 22 | OVC@11000 | KMKS 140555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC110 26/25 A3001 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 9 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 8 | SCT@12000 | KMKS 140655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT120 25/24 A3000 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 2 | CLR | KMKS 140755Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 24/23 A2999 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 15000 | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT@7000 | KMKS 140855Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM SCT070 24/23 A2999 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 1 | CLR | KMKS 140955Z AUTO 00000KT 4SM BR CLR 23/23 A3000 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KMKS 141055Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 23/22 A3001 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1150Z | 7:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KMKS 141155Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 23/23 A3003 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1250Z | 8:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 0 | CLR | KMKS 141255Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 26/23 A3005 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1350Z | 9:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KMKS 141355Z AUTO 36004KT 10SM CLR 28/23 A3006 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1450Z | 10:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 29000 | 0 | CLR | KMKS 141455Z AUTO 05005KT 10SM CLR 30/23 A3006 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1550Z | 11:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 27000 - 31000 | 0 | CLR | KMKS 141555Z AUTO 34003KT 10SM CLR 31/22 A3006 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1650Z | 12:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KMKS 141655Z AUTO 35005KT 10SM CLR 32/22 A3004 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1750Z | 1:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KMKS 141755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 33/22 A3003 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1850Z | 2:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KMKS 141855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 33/21 A3002 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1950Z | 3:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KMKS 141955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 33/21 A3000 RMK AO2 | ||
| 2050Z | 4:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KMKS 142055Z AUTO 02004KT 10SM CLR 33/21 A2999 RMK AO2 | ||
| 2150Z | 5:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 1 | CLR | KMKS 142155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 33/22 A3001 RMK AO2 | ||
| 2250Z | 6:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 50000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 7 | CLR | KMKS 142255Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 30/23 A3001 RMK AO2 | ||