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 | BKN | 13000 - 51000 | 27 | BKN | 13000 - 32000 | 31 | BKN@4900 BKN@5500 | KSMS 250455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN049 BKN055 24/24 A3010 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 42000 | 42 | BKN | 13000 - 36000 | 30 | SCT@4900 BKN@5500 OVC@7000 | KSMS 250555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT049 BKN055 OVC070 24/24 A3008 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 44000 | 32 | BKN | 13000 - 34000 | 31 | SCT@4600 OVC@5000 | KSMS 250655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT046 OVC050 24/24 A3007 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 37000 | 40 | BKN | 13000 - 34000 | 31 | FEW@4100 BKN@4900 OVC@5500 | KSMS 250755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW041 BKN049 OVC055 24/24 A3006 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 40000 | 42 | BKN | 13000 - 35000 | 33 | OVC@4800 | KSMS 250855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC048 24/24 A3006 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 42000 | 45 | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 42 | FEW@4000 SCT@6000 OVC@8500 | KSMS 250955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW040 SCT060 OVC085 24/24 A3006 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 42000 | 42 | BKN | 14000 - 35000 | 34 | BKN@5000 OVC@6000 | KSMS 251055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN050 OVC060 24/24 A3006 RMK AO2 | ||