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 - 36000 | 24 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 16 | CLR | KU96 150655Z AUTO 16004KT 10SM CLR 25/07 A2995 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT N AND SW T02510068 403280239 | ||
| 0750Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 28000 | 26 | SCT | 13000 - 27000 | 22 | CLR | KU96 150755Z AUTO 16009KT 10SM CLR 26/09 A2997 RMK AO2 T02600088 | ||
| 0850Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 25000 | 10 | SCT | 13000 - 23000 | 4 | CLR | KU96 150855Z AUTO 14007KT 10SM CLR 25/12 A2998 RMK AO2 T02510116 53011 | ||
| 0950Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 22000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 22000 | 3 | CLR | KU96 150955Z AUTO 17008KT 10SM CLR 25/10 A2999 RMK AO2 T02490104 | ||
| 1050Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 19000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 20000 | 2 | CLR | KU96 151055Z AUTO 15007KT 10SM CLR 24/11 A3000 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NE T02420112 | ||
| 1150Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 1 | CLR | KU96 151155Z AUTO 14008KT 10SM CLR 23/11 A3002 RMK AO2 T02320113 10260 20232 53009 | ||
| 1250Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 8 | CLR | KU96 151255Z AUTO 14010KT 10SM CLR 23/13 A3004 RMK AO2 T02270128 | ||
| 1350Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 25 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 24 | CLR | KU96 151355Z AUTO 14012KT 10SM CLR 23/13 A3006 RMK AO2 T02290131 | ||