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 | ||
| 0450Z | 12:54 AM | OVC | 25000 - 39000 | 51 | SCT | 29000 - 35000 | 7 | CLR | KMVL 020454Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 17/17 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP140 T01670167 402940144 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:54 AM | OVC | 22000 - 44000 | 64 | SCT | 27000 - 34000 | 9 | CLR | KMVL 020554Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 17/16 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP139 T01670161 10222 20167 50003 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:54 AM | OVC | 26000 - 34000 | 80 | SCT | 18000 - 32000 | 4 | CLR | KMVL 020654Z AUTO 21003KT 10SM CLR 17/16 A2994 RMK AO2 SLP136 T01670161 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:54 AM | OVC | 14000 - 34000 | 67 | SCT | 27000 - 27000 | 0 | FEW@7500 OVC@9500 | KMVL 020754Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW075 OVC095 17/17 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP134 T01720167 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:54 AM | BKN | 19000 - 36000 | 67 | SCT | 21000 - 32000 | 5 | FEW@6500 | KMVL 020854Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW065 17/17 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP132 T01670167 56006 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:54 AM | BKN | 18000 - 31000 | 58 | SCT | 19000 - 35000 | 4 | FEW@9000 | KMVL 020954Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW090 17/17 A2994 RMK AO2 SLP138 T01720167 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:54 AM | BKN | 20000 - 30000 | 53 | SCT | 18000 - 36000 | 7 | FEW@6000 | KMVL 021054Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW060 17/17 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP142 T01720172 | ||
| 1150Z | 7:54 AM | BKN | 13000 - 36000 | 58 | SCT | 18000 - 36000 | 9 | CLR | KMVL 021154Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 19/18 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP138 T01940178 10194 20161 50006 | ||
| 1250Z | 8:54 AM | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 24 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 7 | CLR | KMVL 021254Z AUTO 14004KT 10SM CLR 23/19 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP139 T02280194 | ||
| 1350Z | 9:54 AM | SCT | 14000 - 46000 | 16 | SCT | 24000 - 35000 | 12 | CLR | KMVL 021354Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 25/19 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP135 T02500194 | ||
| 1450Z | 10:54 AM | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 24 | SCT | 32000 - 37000 | 14 | CLR | KMVL 021454Z AUTO VRB03KT 10SM CLR 28/19 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP132 T02780194 58006 | ||