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 | 13000 - 24000 | 2 | CLR | KSMS 230455Z AUTO 18006KT 10SM CLR 28/25 A3003 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 26000 | 11 | OVC@9000 | KSMS 230555Z AUTO 19008KT 10SM OVC090 28/25 A3003 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 20000 | 2 | BKN | 13000 - 37000 | 27 | FEW@3100 BKN@9000 OVC@11000 | KSMS 230655Z AUTO 19009KT 10SM FEW031 BKN090 OVC110 27/25 A3002 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 25 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 29 | SCT@8000 OVC@11000 | KSMS 230755Z AUTO 20008KT 10SM SCT080 OVC110 27/25 A3002 RMK AO2 | |
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 12 | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 20 | OVC@10000 | KSMS 230855Z AUTO 21006G12KT 10SM OVC100 27/25 A3002 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NE AND NW | ||
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 21 | BKN@10000 | KSMS 230955Z AUTO 21005KT 10SM BKN100 26/25 A3004 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 17 | BKN | 13000 - 36000 | 28 | CLR | KSMS 231055Z AUTO 19005KT 10SM CLR 26/25 A3005 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1150Z | 7:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 43000 | 31 | BKN | 13000 - 37000 | 31 | FEW@11000 | KSMS 231155Z AUTO VRB05KT 10SM FEW110 27/25 A3007 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1250Z | 8:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 42000 | 54 | BKN | 13000 - 39000 | 44 | BKN@9000 | KSMS 231255Z AUTO 22006KT 10SM BKN090 28/25 A3008 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1350Z | 9:55 AM | OVC | 13000 - 49000 | 67 | BKN | 13000 - 40000 | 53 | BKN@8500 | KSMS 231355Z AUTO 20005KT 10SM BKN085 28/25 A3009 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1450Z | 10:55 AM | OVC | 13000 - 37000 | 73 | BKN | 17000 - 40000 | 54 | FEW@6000 BKN@8500 | KSMS 231455Z AUTO 20004KT 10SM FEW060 BKN085 28/25 A3010 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NE | ||
| 1550Z | 11:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 39000 | 64 | OVC | 18000 - 41000 | 55 | CLR | KSMS 231555Z AUTO 21006KT 10SM CLR 30/25 A3009 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT N AND NE | ||
| 1650Z | 12:55 PM | BKN | 13000 - 42000 | 49 | BKN | 13000 - 41000 | 47 | FEW@3500 SCT@4400 | KSMS 231655Z AUTO 26006G11KT 10SM FEW035 SCT044 31/25 A3008 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1750Z | 1:55 PM | BKN | 15000 - 48000 | 45 | BKN | 14000 - 42000 | 43 | FEW@4300 SCT@5000 | KSMS 231755Z AUTO 21007G14KT 10SM FEW043 SCT050 33/23 A3006 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1850Z | 2:55 PM | BKN | 13000 - 44000 | 42 | BKN | 13000 - 41000 | 35 | CLR | KSMS 231855Z AUTO 22006G12KT 10SM CLR 34/22 A3005 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1950Z | 3:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 19 | BKN | 13000 - 40000 | 31 | FEW@6000 | KSMS 231955Z AUTO 24007G13KT 10SM FEW060 34/20 A3003 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT N | ||
| 2050Z | 4:55 PM | BKN | 13000 - 47000 | 46 | BKN | 17000 - 42000 | 49 | BKN@5500 BKN@6000 | KSMS 232055Z AUTO 22010KT 10SM BKN055 BKN060 34/22 A3003 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT N | ||