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 | 13000 - 41000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 8 | CLR | KJSO 110555Z AUTO 20006KT 10SM CLR 25/24 A2991 RMK AO2 T02530242 10316 20253 403370237 50004 $ | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 50000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 2 | CLR | KJSO 110655Z AUTO 20005KT 10SM CLR 25/24 A2991 RMK AO2 T02490239 $ | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 21000 - 41000 | 0 | CLR | KJSO 110755Z AUTO 22004KT 10SM CLR 24/24 A2991 RMK AO2 T02450238 $ | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 15000 - 28000 | 2 | SCT | 15000 - 36000 | 1 | SCT@17000 | KJSO 110855Z AUTO 20004KT 10SM SCT170 24/24 A2991 RMK AO2 T02420239 55000 $ | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 15000 - 36000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 0 | FEW@16000 | KJSO 110955Z AUTO 22004KT 10SM FEW160 24/24 A2990 RMK AO2 T02400238 $ | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 37000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 7 | BKN@15000 | KJSO 111055Z AUTO 19004KT 10SM BKN150 24/24 A2990 RMK AO2 T02360236 $ | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 17 | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 21 | SCT@900 | KJSO 111155Z AUTO 18004KT 10SM SCT009 23/23 A2991 RMK AO2 T02340234 10252 20234 53001 $ | ||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 22 | SCT | 13000 - 28000 | 20 | BKN@400 OVC@1100 | KJSO 111255Z AUTO 18005KT 9SM BKN004 OVC011 24/24 A2991 RMK AO2 T02360236 $ | ||