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 | ||
| 0550Z | 12:55 AM | OVC | 26000 - 42000 | 70 | OVC | 26000 - 36000 | 69 | CLR | K0F2 260555Z AUTO 18003KT 10SM CLR 30/13 A2997 RMK AO2 T02980130 10378 20297 404070261 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | BKN | 16000 - 44000 | 56 | BKN | 13000 - 40000 | 51 | CLR | K0F2 260655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 29/14 A2997 RMK AO2 T02850138 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 52000 | 33 | BKN | 13000 - 43000 | 50 | CLR | K0F2 260755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 27/14 A2997 RMK AO2 T02740142 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | BKN | 14000 - 51000 | 47 | BKN | 14000 - 40000 | 54 | CLR | K0F2 260855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 27/15 A2997 RMK AO2 T02650145 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 50000 | 18 | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 20 | CLR | K0F2 260955Z AUTO 28003KT 10SM CLR 27/15 A2997 RMK AO2 T02650151 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 20 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 27 | CLR | K0F2 261055Z AUTO 32003KT 10SM CLR 25/17 A2996 RMK AO2 T02540174 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 24 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 17 | CLR | K0F2 261155Z AUTO 31004KT 10SM CLR 27/19 A2998 RMK AO2 T02660192 10298 20253 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 25 | SCT | 13000 - 28000 | 29 | CLR | K0F2 261255Z AUTO 31003KT 10SM CLR 26/19 A3000 RMK AO2 T02630191 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 35000 | 53 | BKN | 13000 - 32000 | 54 | CLR | K0F2 261355Z AUTO 30006KT 10SM CLR 29/20 A3001 RMK AO2 T02920197 | ||
| 1450Z | 9:55 AM | BKN | 15000 - 30000 | 53 | BKN | 13000 - 25000 | 46 | CLR | K0F2 261455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM -RA CLR 29/21 A3001 RMK AO2 T02920208 | ||
| 1550Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 26000 | 43 | SCT | 13000 - 23000 | 29 | CLR | K0F2 261555Z AUTO 29008KT 10SM CLR 28/21 A3003 RMK AO2 T02800206 | ||
| 1650Z | 11:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 28000 | 47 | SCT | 13000 - 27000 | 38 | CLR | K0F2 261655Z AUTO 30009KT 10SM CLR 28/21 A3004 RMK AO2 T02820205 | ||
| 1750Z | 12:55 PM | BKN | 13000 - 30000 | 46 | SCT | 13000 - 25000 | 36 | CLR | K0F2 261755Z AUTO 31010KT 10SM CLR 33/21 A3003 RMK AO2 T03280211 10328 20261 | ||
| 1850Z | 1:55 PM | - | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 0 | CLR | K0F2 261855Z AUTO 34010G18KT 10SM CLR 36/21 A3001 RMK AO2 T03560208 | ||||