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 - 15000 | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | FEW@2700 FEW@3200 | KVAF 070555Z 13009KT 10SM FEW027 FEW032 30/26 A2992 RMK A01 WINDS UN-RELIABLE 350 TO 45 DEGREES | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 15000 - 18000 | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT@2600 BKN@3200 BKN@3700 | KVAF 070655Z 16012KT 10SM SCT026 BKN032 BKN037 30/26 A2991 RMK A01 WINDS UN-RELIABLE 350 TO 45 DEGREES | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | FEW@2600 | KVAF 070755Z 16010KT 10SM FEW026 30/26 A2991 RMK A01 WINDS UN-RELIABLE 350 TO 45 DEGREES | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT@2500 SCT@4000 | KVAF 070855Z 15009KT 10SM SCT025 SCT040 30/26 A2991 RMK A01 WINDS UN-RELIABLE 350 TO 45 DEGREES | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 2 | SCT@2500 | KVAF 070955Z 16010KT 10SM SCT025 30/26 A2991 RMK A01 WINDS UN-RELIABLE 350 TO 45 DEGREES | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 15000 - 35000 | 5 | SCT@2600 SCT@3200 SCT@4600 | KVAF 071055Z 17010KT 10SM SCT026 SCT032 SCT046 30/25 A2991 RMK A01 WINDS UN-RELIABLE 350 TO 45 DEGREES | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 25000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 24000 | 0 | FEW@2900 | KVAF 071155Z 18008KT 10SM FEW029 30/26 A2993 RMK A01 WINDS UN-RELIABLE 350 TO 45 DEGREES | ||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 16000 - 20000 | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 37000 | 5 | FEW@2700 | KVAF 071255Z 18008KT 10SM FEW027 30/26 A2995 RMK A01 WINDS UN-RELIABLE 350 TO 45 DEGREES | ||
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 24000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 4 | CLR | KVAF 071355Z 19006KT 10SM CLR 31/25 A2997 RMK A01 WINDS UN-RELIABLE 350 TO 45 DEGREES | ||
| 1450Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 12 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 8 | SCT@2700 SCT@3500 | KVAF 071455Z 31007KT 10SM SCT027 SCT035 32/25 A2999 RMK A01 WINDS UN-RELIABLE 350 TO 45 DEGREES | ||
| 1550Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 12 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 8 | FEW@2900 FEW@3400 SCT@4400 | KVAF 071555Z 00000KT 5SM HZ FEW029 FEW034 SCT044 29/25 A3000 RMK A01 WINDS UN-RELIABLE 350 TO 45 DEGREES | ||