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 | 12:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KRAC 050553Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/21 A2994 RMK AO2 SLP134 T02170211 10233 20211 403060200 56006 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 18000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 1 | CLR | KRAC 050653Z AUTO 36005KT 10SM CLR 21/21 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP132 T02110206 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 20000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 6 | FEW@200 | KRAC 050753Z AUTO 34003KT 7SM FEW002 21/21 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP131 T02060206 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 3 | CLR | - | 0 | BKN@300 | KRAC 050853Z AUTO 36008KT 10SM BKN003 21/21 A2994 RMK AO2 SLP133 T02110206 55001 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | VV @200 | KRAC 050953Z AUTO 01007KT 1SM BR VV002 21/21 A2994 RMK AO2 SLP136 T02110211 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | - | VV @200 | KRAC 051053Z AUTO 01006KT 1/2SM FG VV002 20/20 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP138 T02000200 | ||||
| 1150Z | 6:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | - | OVC@200 | KRAC 051153Z AUTO 01008KT 5SM BR OVC002 21/20 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP143 70003 T02060200 10217 20200 53008 | ||||
| 1250Z | 7:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | - | OVC@200 | KRAC 051253Z AUTO 02006KT 5SM BR OVC002 21/21 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP153 T02110206 | ||||
| 1350Z | 8:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | - | BKN@300 OVC@800 | KRAC 051353Z AUTO 01006KT 5SM BR BKN003 OVC008 21/21 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP155 T02110206 | ||||
| 1450Z | 9:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | - | OVC@300 | KRAC 051453Z AUTO 01006KT 4SM BR OVC003 21/21 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP160 T02110206 51016 | ||||
| 1550Z | 10:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 18000 | 2 | - | OVC@300 | KRAC 051553Z AUTO 01008KT 2 1/2SM BR OVC003 21/21 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP164 T02110206 | ||||
| 1650Z | 11:48 AM | CLR | - | 0 | - | OVC@200 | KRAC 051648Z AUTO 01010KT 3SM BR OVC002 22/21 A3003 RMK AO2 | ||||