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 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 27 | BKN | 13000 - 37000 | 35 | CLR | KSPA 070455Z AUTO 24003KT 10SM CLR 20/16 A3002 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 45000 | 28 | BKN | 13000 - 36000 | 37 | CLR | KSPA 070555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 19/16 A3002 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 45000 | 31 | BKN | 13000 - 37000 | 36 | CLR | KSPA 070655Z AUTO 24003KT 10SM CLR 20/16 A3001 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | BKN | 14000 - 45000 | 64 | BKN | 13000 - 34000 | 52 | CLR | KSPA 070755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 18/16 A3001 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 43000 | 33 | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 32 | CLR | KSPA 070855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 18/16 A3002 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 44000 | 38 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 19 | CLR | KSPA 070955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 18/16 A3002 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 16 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 18 | CLR | KSPA 071055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 18/16 A3004 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1150Z | 7:55 AM | BKN | 14000 - 46000 | 45 | BKN | 13000 - 42000 | 38 | CLR | KSPA 071155Z AUTO 22004KT 10SM CLR 21/17 A3004 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1250Z | 8:55 AM | OVC | 25000 - 45000 | 70 | BKN | 16000 - 42000 | 50 | CLR | KSPA 071255Z AUTO 23005KT 10SM CLR 21/17 A3007 RMK AO2 | ||