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 | ||
| 0650Z | 12:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 14 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 2 | CLR | KBMC 230655Z AUTO 27003KT 10SM CLR 23/18 A3008 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 24000 | 20 | SCT | 13000 - 23000 | 25 | FEW@11000 | KBMC 230755Z AUTO 07002KT 10SM FEW110 23/18 A3009 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 2:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 21000 | 43 | BKN | 13000 - 20000 | 54 | FEW@10000 BKN@12000 | KBMC 230855Z AUTO 32004KT 10SM FEW100 BKN120 22/18 A3009 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 28000 | 34 | SCT | 13000 - 26000 | 35 | FEW@11000 | KBMC 230955Z AUTO 03001KT 10SM FEW110 23/18 A3009 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 28000 | 19 | SCT | 13000 - 26000 | 17 | BKN@7000 | KBMC 231055Z AUTO 35002KT 10SM BKN070 22/17 A3010 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1150Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 19000 | 21 | SCT | 13000 - 21000 | 20 | OVC@7000 | KBMC 231155Z AUTO 14002KT 10SM OVC070 22/18 A3011 RMK AO2 10234 20212 70000 | ||
| 1250Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 23000 | 11 | SCT | 13000 - 18000 | 9 | FEW@7000 BKN@10000 | KBMC 231255Z AUTO 28002KT 10SM FEW070 BKN100 22/18 A3012 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1350Z | 7:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT@7000 | KBMC 231355Z AUTO 01004KT 10SM SCT070 24/18 A3013 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1450Z | 8:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KBMC 231455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 26/17 A3014 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1550Z | 9:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KBMC 231555Z AUTO 02002KT 10SM CLR 28/17 A3014 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1650Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KBMC 231655Z AUTO 24005KT 10SM CLR 30/16 A3014 RMK AO2 | |
| 1750Z | 11:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 0 | CLR | KBMC 231755Z AUTO VRB05KT 10SM CLR 31/15 A3014 RMK AO2 10311 20219 | ||
| 1850Z | 12:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 29000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 22000 | 3 | CLR | KBMC 231855Z AUTO VRB01KT 10SM CLR 32/15 A3014 RMK AO2 | ||