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 | SCT | 33000 - 46000 | 0 | SCT | 22000 - 35000 | 0 | CLR | KAPY 140555Z AUTO 13006KT 10SM CLR 29/21 A2998 RMK AO2 T02900213 10372 20290 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@2500 | KAPY 140655Z AUTO 13007KT 10SM OVC025 29/23 A2999 RMK AO2 T02890226 404040277 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@2300 | KAPY 140755Z AUTO 13008KT 10SM OVC023 29/24 A2998 RMK AO2 T02880235 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | BKN@2300 | KAPY 140855Z AUTO 14005KT 10SM BKN023 29/24 A2997 RMK AO2 T02850240 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT@2100 | KAPY 140955Z AUTO 14007KT 10SM SCT021 28/24 A2997 RMK AO2 T02810240 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KAPY 141055Z AUTO 14005KT 10SM CLR 28/24 A2998 RMK AO2 T02800242 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KAPY 141155Z AUTO 14007KT 10SM CLR 28/24 A2999 RMK AO2 T02780242 10290 20278 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KAPY 141255Z AUTO 14007KT 10SM CLR 28/24 A3000 RMK AO2 T02800242 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KAPY 141355Z AUTO 14010G15KT 10SM CLR 30/24 A3000 RMK AO2 T02990240 | ||