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 - 45000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 3 | CLR | KVAF 100555Z 12009KT 10SM CLR 30/25 A3004 RMK A01 WINDS UN-RELIABLE 350 TO 45 DEGREES | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 12 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 8 | FEW@2400 FEW@2800 SCT@4900 | KVAF 100655Z 14015KT 10SM FEW024 FEW028 SCT049 29/23 A3004 RMK A01 WINDS UN-RELIABLE 350 TO 45 DEGREES | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 9 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 7 | FEW@2900 | KVAF 100755Z 14006KT 10SM FEW029 29/26 A3002 RMK A01 WINDS UN-RELIABLE 350 TO 45 DEGREES | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 44000 | 31 | SCT | 15000 - 41000 | 21 | SCT@3000 BKN@3800 OVC@7500 | KVAF 100855Z 4SM HZ SCT030 BKN038 OVC075 27/22 A3002 RMK A01 WINDS UN-RELIABLE 350 TO 45 DEGREES | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 48000 | 60 | BKN | 15000 - 40000 | 40 | FEW@4500 SCT@6500 BKN@7500 | KVAF 100955Z 11004KT 8SM FEW045 SCT065 BKN075 28/26 A3001 RMK A01 WINDS UN-RELIABLE 350 TO 45 DEGREES | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | BKN | 14000 - 42000 | 44 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 31 | FEW@2400 SCT@3500 BKN@8500 | KVAF 101055Z 10004KT 10SM FEW024 SCT035 BKN085 29/26 A3000 RMK A01 WINDS UN-RELIABLE 350 TO 45 DEGREES | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 43000 | 19 | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 21 | FEW@3800 BKN@4600 SCT@6000 | KVAF 101155Z 13006KT 10SM FEW038 BKN046 SCT060 28/26 A3000 RMK A01 WINDS UN-RELIABLE 350 TO 45 DEGREES | ||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 14 | BKN | 13000 - 44000 | 42 | CLR | KVAF 101255Z 19008KT 10SM CLR 29/26 A3002 RMK A01 WINDS UN-RELIABLE 350 TO 45 DEGREES | ||
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 49000 | 49 | BKN | 14000 - 52000 | 64 | FEW@2800 SCT@4600 BKN@8500 | KVAF 101355Z 24017KT 10SM FEW028 SCT046 BKN085 27/24 A3003 RMK A01 WINDS UN-RELIABLE 350 TO 45 DEGREES | ||
| 1450Z | 9:55 AM | BKN | 29000 - 47000 | 62 | OVC | 22000 - 44000 | 81 | CLR | KVAF 101455Z 24009KT 10SM CLR 28/24 A3005 RMK A01 WINDS UN-RELIABLE 350 TO 45 DEGREES | ||
| 1550Z | 10:55 AM | BKN | 35000 - 52000 | 71 | OVC | 28000 - 44000 | 77 | CLR | KVAF 101555Z 28005KT 10SM CLR 30/24 A3004 RMK A01 WINDS UN-RELIABLE 350 TO 45 DEGREES | ||
| 1650Z | 11:55 AM | OVC | 34000 - 52000 | 83 | OVC | 26000 - 41000 | 72 | CLR | KVAF 101655Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 30/24 A3005 RMK A01 WINDS UN-RELIABLE 350 TO 45 DEGREES | ||
| 1750Z | 12:55 PM | OVC | 31000 - 38000 | 83 | OVC | 29000 - 43000 | 69 | CLR | KVAF 101755Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 31/24 A3004 RMK A01 WINDS UN-RELIABLE 350 TO 45 DEGREES | ||
| 1850Z | 1:55 PM | BKN | 30000 - 52000 | 49 | BKN | 17000 - 40000 | 40 | CLR | KVAF 101855Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 32/24 A3001 RMK A01 WINDS UN-RELIABLE 350 TO 45 DEGREES | ||
| 1950Z | 2:55 PM | BKN | 30000 - 52000 | 46 | BKN | 13000 - 41000 | 35 | CLR | KVAF 101955Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 32/25 A2998 RMK A01 WINDS UN-RELIABLE 350 TO 45 DEGREES | ||
| 2050Z | 3:55 PM | OVC | 29000 - 51000 | 36 | BKN | 22000 - 43000 | 31 | CLR | KVAF 102055Z 00000KT 9SM CLR 34/25 A2996 RMK A01 WINDS UN-RELIABLE 350 TO 45 DEGREES | ||
| 2150Z | 4:55 PM | SCT | 21000 - 52000 | 12 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 17 | CLR | KVAF 102155Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 34/24 A2994 RMK A01 WINDS UN-RELIABLE 350 TO 45 DEGREES | ||
| 2250Z | 5:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 7 | CLR | KVAF 102255Z VRB04KT 10SM CLR 34/25 A2994 RMK A01 WINDS UN-RELIABLE 350 TO 45 DEGREES | ||