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 | BKN | 13000 - 40000 | 36 | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 27 | SCT@10000 | KHIF 070655Z AUTO 17017KT 10SM SCT100 23/09 A2995 RMK AO2 PK WND 17032/16 SLP069 T02250089 403010179 | ||
| 0750Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 30 | SCT | 13000 - 24000 | 25 | BKN@8500 | KHIF 070755Z AUTO 18018KT 10SM BKN085 22/09 A2996 RMK AO2 PK WND 18030/06 SLP073 T02230088 | ||
| 0850Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 26 | SCT | 13000 - 23000 | 27 | FEW@10000 | KHIF 070855Z AUTO 18018G26KT 10SM FEW100 22/09 A2997 RMK AO2 PK WND 17027/0759 LTG DSNT NE SLP080 T02180090 52009 | ||
| 0950Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 17000 | 20 | SCT | 13000 - 18000 | 30 | SCT@8000 BKN@10000 | KHIF 070955Z AUTO 19016KT 10SM SCT080 BKN100 21/09 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP087 T02100092 | ||
| 1050Z | 4:49 AM | SCT | 13000 - 18000 | 26 | SCT | 13000 - 18000 | 35 | BKN@6000 BKN@9000 | KHIF 071049Z AUTO 24014KT 10SM BKN060 BKN090 20/09 A3002 RMK AO2 WSHFT 34 SLP100 | ||
| 1150Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 23000 | 26 | SCT | 13000 - 18000 | 35 | SCT@6000 OVC@9500 | KHIF 071155Z AUTO 27006KT 10SM SCT060 OVC095 19/08 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP111 T01860077 10229 20186 52019 | ||
| 1250Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 13 | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 17 | CLR | KHIF 071255Z AUTO 30007KT 10SM CLR 17/07 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP121 T01700068 | ||
| 1350Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 1 | CLR | KHIF 071355Z AUTO 35007KT 10SM CLR 14/07 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP141 T01440067 | ||
| 1450Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 13000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 13000 | 3 | SCT@5500 | KHIF 071455Z AUTO 36005KT 10SM SCT055 15/05 A3013 RMK AO2 SLP152 T01450053 52027 | ||
| 1550Z | 9:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@5500 | KHIF 071555Z AUTO 33005KT 10SM OVC055 16/06 A3014 RMK AO2 SLP155 T01570056 | ||
| 1650Z | 10:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@5500 | KHIF 071655Z AUTO 32006KT 10SM OVC055 18/05 A3017 RMK AO2 SLP162 T01760045 | ||
| 1750Z | 11:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | BKN@5500 | KHIF 071755Z AUTO 34008KT 10SM BKN055 20/04 A3018 RMK AO2 SLP166 T01950040 10196 20141 52012 | ||
| 1850Z | 12:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KHIF 071855Z AUTO 32007KT 10SM CLR 21/02 A3017 RMK AO2 SLP159 T02080016 | ||