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 - 32000 | 12 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 8 | SCT@12000 | KSEP 180555Z AUTO 16006KT 10SM SCT120 28/18 A3021 RMK AO2 T02750181 10340 20275 403760227 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 48000 | 5 | SCT | 14000 - 43000 | 6 | CLR | KSEP 180655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 26/19 A3021 RMK AO2 T02590188 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 9 | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 8 | SCT@9500 SCT@12000 | KSEP 180755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT095 SCT120 25/19 A3021 RMK AO2 T02500190 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 33000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 2 | SCT@11000 | KSEP 180855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT110 24/19 A3020 RMK AO2 T02420189 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 33000 - 47000 | 0 | SCT | 21000 - 43000 | 0 | CLR | KSEP 180955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 23/19 A3020 RMK AO2 T02340186 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KSEP 181055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/18 A3020 RMK AO2 T02200183 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 12 | SCT | 14000 - 47000 | 12 | SCT@12000 | KSEP 181155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT120 23/19 A3021 RMK AO2 T02250186 10275 20218 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 51000 | 5 | SCT | 21000 - 44000 | 4 | CLR | KSEP 181255Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/19 A3023 RMK AO2 T02200185 | ||