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 | 12:50 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 5 | CLR | KSMS 150450Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 25/22 A3012 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:50 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 3 | CLR | KSMS 150550Z AUTO 08005KT 10SM CLR 25/23 A3013 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:50 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 2 | CLR | KSMS 150650Z AUTO VRB03KT 10SM CLR 25/24 A3013 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:50 AM | SCT | 13000 - 26000 | 3 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 2 | BKN@1500 BKN@2400 | KSMS 150750Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN015 BKN024 25/24 A3015 RMK AO2 | |
| 0850Z | 4:50 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 5 | BKN@1800 BKN@2400 OVC@2900 | KSMS 150850Z AUTO VRB04KT 10SM BKN018 BKN024 OVC029 25/24 A3016 RMK AO2 | ||