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 | 12:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KRCX 140555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 05/04 A3025 RMK AO2 T00460041 10155 20041 401930041 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KRCX 140655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 04/03 A3025 RMK AO2 T00350030 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KRCX 140755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 03/03 A3026 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT W T00330029 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 16000 - 33000 | 0 | SCT | 15000 - 33000 | 0 | CLR | KRCX 140855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 03/03 A3027 RMK AO2 T00310028 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KRCX 140955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 03/03 A3026 RMK AO2 T00310025 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KRCX 141055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 05/03 A3024 RMK AO2 T00450031 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 40000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 7 | CLR | KRCX 141155Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 05/03 A3023 RMK AO2 T00470030 10050 20030 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 27000 - 37000 | 12 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 15 | CLR | KRCX 141255Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 07/04 A3026 RMK AO2 T00720043 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 9 | BKN | 13000 - 35000 | 30 | CLR | KRCX 141355Z AUTO 14009KT 10SM CLR 11/06 A3024 RMK AO2 T01100057 | ||
| 1450Z | 9:55 AM | OVC | 31000 - 43000 | 56 | BKN | 27000 - 37000 | 51 | CLR | KRCX 141455Z AUTO 15011G15KT 7SM CLR 14/06 A3022 RMK AO2 T01440056 | ||
| 1550Z | 10:55 AM | OVC | 29000 - 36000 | 73 | OVC | 29000 - 37000 | 70 | CLR | KRCX 141555Z AUTO 15010G14KT 7SM CLR 15/06 A3020 RMK AO2 T01540056 | ||
| 1650Z | 11:55 AM | OVC | 29000 - 35000 | 76 | OVC | 31000 - 37000 | 74 | CLR | KRCX 141655Z AUTO 17011G18KT 10SM CLR 17/06 A3018 RMK AO2 T01700061 | ||
| 1750Z | 12:55 PM | OVC | 30000 - 37000 | 81 | BKN | 29000 - 38000 | 65 | BKN@9500 | KRCX 141755Z AUTO 16008G16KT 10SM BKN095 17/05 A3015 RMK AO2 T01700054 10170 20047 | ||
| 1850Z | 1:55 PM | OVC | 25000 - 38000 | 80 | BKN | 21000 - 38000 | 61 | SCT@6000 OVC@7000 | KRCX 141855Z AUTO 15014G19KT 10SM SCT060 OVC070 17/05 A3009 RMK AO2 T01670048 | ||
| 1950Z | 2:55 PM | OVC | 21000 - 37000 | 74 | OVC | 26000 - 38000 | 68 | SCT@5500 OVC@7000 | KRCX 141955Z AUTO 15013G20KT 10SM SCT055 OVC070 17/06 A3006 RMK AO2 T01660062 | ||
| 2050Z | 3:55 PM | OVC | 28000 - 37000 | 79 | OVC | 28000 - 39000 | 68 | BKN@4600 OVC@4900 | KRCX 142055Z AUTO 15008G14KT 7SM -RA BKN046 OVC049 14/08 A3003 RMK AO2 T01410083 | ||
| 2150Z | 4:55 PM | BKN | 26000 - 42000 | 54 | BKN | 27000 - 41000 | 60 | OVC@4000 | KRCX 142155Z AUTO 13009G16KT 7SM -DZ OVC040 13/09 A2996 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SW T01300091 | ||
| 2250Z | 5:55 PM | OVC | 20000 - 38000 | 73 | BKN | 21000 - 38000 | 63 | OVC@3300 | KRCX 142255Z AUTO 14010G18KT 4SM -RA OVC033 12/10 A2994 RMK AO2 P0003 T01200099 | ||
| 2350Z | 6:55 PM | OVC | 19000 - 38000 | 75 | BKN | 16000 - 37000 | 51 | BKN@1200 OVC@1800 | KRCX 142355Z AUTO 14009G18KT 7SM -RA BKN012 OVC018 12/11 A2988 RMK AO2 P0009 60013 T01160106 10176 20115 | ||
| 0050Z | 7:55 PM | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 65 | SCT | 14000 - 34000 | 30 | OVC@1000 | KRCX 150055Z AUTO 15012G19KT 10SM OVC010 12/11 A2986 RMK AO2 T01220112 | ||