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 | 12:35 AM | SCT | 15000 - 52000 | 12 | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 17 | CLR | KMNI 180435Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 26/23 A2993 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 29 | BKN | 13000 - 43000 | 30 | CLR | KMNI 180555Z AUTO 26003KT 10SM CLR 28/22 A2991 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | BKN | 19000 - 52000 | 28 | BKN | 13000 - 43000 | 35 | CLR | KMNI 180655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 27/22 A2990 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 52000 | 30 | BKN | 13000 - 43000 | 27 | CLR | KMNI 180755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 26/22 A2989 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 52000 | 15 | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 13 | CLR | KMNI 180855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/22 A2990 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 17000 - 52000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 6 | CLR | KMNI 180955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/22 A2989 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 20000 - 50000 | 1 | SCT | 15000 - 33000 | 1 | CLR | KMNI 181055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 25/22 A2993 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1150Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 19000 - 51000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 3 | CLR | KMNI 181155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 25/22 A2994 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1250Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 9 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 16 | CLR | KMNI 181255Z AUTO 30004KT 10SM CLR 28/22 A2995 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1350Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 12 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 18 | CLR | KMNI 181355Z AUTO 31006KT 10SM CLR 29/21 A2995 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1450Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | 15000 - 40000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 10 | CLR | KMNI 181455Z AUTO 34006KT 10SM CLR 31/21 A2995 RMK AO2 | ||