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 - 43000 | 20 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 15 | BKN@6500 | KSPA 150455Z AUTO 03003KT 10SM BKN065 23/20 A3017 RMK AO2 | |
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 8 | CLR | KSPA 150555Z AUTO 02005KT 10SM CLR 23/19 A3017 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 11 | CLR | KSPA 150655Z AUTO 03007KT 10SM CLR 23/17 A3017 RMK AO2 | |
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 17 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 8 | OVC@6500 | KSPA 150755Z AUTO 02006KT 10SM OVC065 22/16 A3019 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 24 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 12 | BKN@8000 | KSPA 150855Z AUTO 03008KT 10SM BKN080 22/17 A3020 RMK AO2 | |
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 21 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 22 | OVC@1700 | KSPA 150955Z AUTO 04008KT 10SM OVC017 22/17 A3022 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 15 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 8 | OVC@1700 | KSPA 151055Z AUTO 05005KT 10SM OVC017 22/18 A3025 RMK AO2 | ||