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 | OVC | 31000 - 45000 | 76 | OVC | 24000 - 40000 | 62 | SCT@1700 BKN@8500 | KNBC 110456Z AUTO 19003KT 10SM SCT017 BKN085 27/26 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP163 T02720261 403330233 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:56 AM | OVC | 27000 - 42000 | 46 | OVC | 26000 - 38000 | 53 | CLR | KNBC 110556Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 27/25 A2999 RMK AO2 RAB05E19 SLP154 P0000 60005 T02670250 10278 20267 58016 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:56 AM | OVC | 26000 - 46000 | 54 | OVC | 24000 - 35000 | 53 | CLR | KNBC 110656Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 26/25 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP151 T02560250 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:56 AM | BKN | 24000 - 44000 | 54 | BKN | 19000 - 35000 | 47 | CLR | KNBC 110756Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 26/25 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP151 T02560250 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:56 AM | BKN | 24000 - 38000 | 56 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 26 | FEW@1800 FEW@2600 | KNBC 110856Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW018 FEW026 26/24 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP152 T02560244 55002 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:56 AM | BKN | 16000 - 47000 | 30 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 22 | CLR | KNBC 110956Z AUTO 24004KT 10SM CLR 26/25 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP153 T02560250 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:56 AM | BKN | 20000 - 45000 | 53 | BKN | 13000 - 34000 | 33 | FEW@8000 SCT@20000 | KNBC 111056Z 22007KT 7SM FEW080 SCT200 26/24 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP157 FIRST T02560244 | ||
| 1150Z | 7:56 AM | BKN | 18000 - 46000 | 35 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 24 | FEW@2000 SCT@15000 BKN@20000 | KNBC 111156Z 25003KT 7SM FEW020 SCT150 BKN200 26/24 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP168 70070 T02560244 10267 20250 53017 | ||
| 1250Z | 8:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 12 | FEW@3200 SCT@15000 SCT@20000 | KNBC 111256Z 24005KT 7SM FEW032 SCT150 SCT200 27/24 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP168 T02670244 | ||
| 1350Z | 9:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 18000 | 2 | SCT@3600 BKN@20000 | KNBC 111356Z 25008KT 7SM SCT036 BKN200 29/25 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP169 T02940250 | ||
| 1450Z | 10:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 2 | SCT@4500 SCT@25000 | KNBC 111456Z VRB03KT 7SM SCT045 SCT250 31/24 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP169 T03060244 53001 | ||