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 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 34000 | 0 | CLR | KMKS 200455Z AUTO 20005KT 10SM CLR 27/23 A2997 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | SCT | 14000 - 35000 | 0 | CLR | KMKS 200555Z AUTO 21003KT 10SM CLR 26/23 A2997 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT N | |
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 1 | CLR | KMKS 200655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 25/23 A2995 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 18000 - 18000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 4 | CLR | KMKS 200755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 25/23 A2995 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT N | ||
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KMKS 200855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 25/23 A2996 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 18000 - 50000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 3 | CLR | KMKS 200955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A2997 RMK AO2 | ||