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 | 14000 - 50000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 4 | CLR | KF00 250555Z AUTO 09012G15KT 10SM CLR 21/15 A3014 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NW | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 7 | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 12 | CLR | KF00 250655Z AUTO 10013KT 10SM CLR 22/14 A3014 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 13 | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 18 | CLR | KF00 250755Z AUTO 10014KT 10SM CLR 21/14 A3014 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 13 | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 9 | CLR | KF00 250855Z AUTO 09011G15KT 10SM CLR 20/14 A3013 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 4 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 2 | CLR | KF00 250955Z AUTO 09013KT 10SM CLR 19/14 A3013 RMK AO2 |
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 1 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 2 | CLR | KF00 251055Z AUTO 09012KT 10SM CLR 18/14 A3014 RMK AO2 | |
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 5 | CLR | KF00 251155Z AUTO 10008KT 10SM CLR 17/14 A3016 RMK AO2 | |
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 5 | CLR | KF00 251255Z AUTO 08006KT 10SM CLR 17/14 A3017 RMK AO2 | |
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 6 | SCT | 16000 - 39000 | 15 | CLR | KF00 251355Z AUTO 10013G17KT 10SM CLR 20/14 A3017 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1450Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 17000 - 47000 | 12 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 18 | CLR | KF00 251455Z AUTO 11011KT 10SM CLR 22/14 A3017 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1550Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | 22000 - 50000 | 10 | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 23 | CLR | KF00 251555Z AUTO 11004KT 10SM CLR 24/15 A3016 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1650Z | 11:55 AM | BKN | 31000 - 52000 | 35 | SCT | 17000 - 45000 | 21 | CLR | KF00 251655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 26/15 A3015 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1750Z | 12:55 PM | SCT | 18000 - 52000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 8 | CLR | KF00 251755Z AUTO 12005KT 10SM CLR 28/14 A3014 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1850Z | 1:55 PM | SCT | 24000 - 50000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 7 | CLR | KF00 251855Z AUTO 09005KT 10SM CLR 29/15 A3011 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1950Z | 2:55 PM | SCT | 16000 - 51000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 9 | CLR | KF00 251955Z AUTO 10004KT 10SM CLR 30/14 A3007 RMK AO2 | ||
| 2050Z | 3:55 PM | SCT | 18000 - 47000 | 13 | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 22 | CLR | KF00 252055Z AUTO 09005KT 10SM CLR 31/12 A3005 RMK AO2 | ||
| 2150Z | 4:55 PM | BKN | 17000 - 46000 | 44 | BKN | 13000 - 44000 | 27 | CLR | KF00 252155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 31/12 A3005 RMK AO2 | ||
| 2250Z | 5:55 PM | SCT | 32000 - 51000 | 2 | SCT | 17000 - 42000 | 2 | CLR | KF00 252255Z AUTO 08007KT 10SM CLR 31/12 A3003 RMK AO2 | ||