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 | OVC | 31000 - 40000 | 83 | OVC | 32000 - 39000 | 78 | CLR | KRCX 040555Z AUTO 16005KT 10SM CLR 19/10 A3010 RMK AO2 T01850100 10252 20185 402740110 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | OVC | 13000 - 37000 | 70 | OVC | 22000 - 41000 | 65 | CLR | KRCX 040655Z AUTO 17005KT 10SM CLR 18/09 A3007 RMK AO2 T01840093 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 45000 | 52 | BKN | 13000 - 39000 | 47 | CLR | KRCX 040755Z AUTO 17004KT 10SM CLR 17/09 A3007 RMK AO2 T01730089 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | OVC | 30000 - 43000 | 58 | OVC | 24000 - 37000 | 58 | CLR | KRCX 040855Z AUTO 16005KT 10SM CLR 17/08 A3005 RMK AO2 T01730082 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 41000 | 40 | BKN | 13000 - 35000 | 38 | CLR | KRCX 040955Z AUTO 16004KT 10SM CLR 16/08 A3006 RMK AO2 T01630079 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 44000 | 33 | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 25 | SCT@5000 BKN@6000 | KRCX 041055Z AUTO 16005KT 10SM SCT050 BKN060 17/08 A3005 RMK AO2 T01700075 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 24 | BKN | 13000 - 34000 | 32 | CLR | KRCX 041155Z AUTO 16007KT 10SM CLR 18/08 A3003 RMK AO2 T01790077 10188 20163 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 42000 | 42 | BKN | 13000 - 34000 | 40 | CLR | KRCX 041255Z AUTO 15007G15KT 10SM CLR 20/09 A3000 RMK AO2 T02010086 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 43000 | 44 | BKN | 13000 - 33000 | 46 | BKN@11000 | KRCX 041355Z AUTO 18010KT 10SM BKN110 21/10 A3000 RMK AO2 T02110097 | ||
| 1450Z | 9:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 37000 | 34 | BKN | 13000 - 35000 | 35 | CLR | KRCX 041455Z AUTO 17009KT 10SM CLR 23/11 A3000 RMK AO2 T02250111 | ||
| 1550Z | 10:55 AM | BKN | 17000 - 46000 | 28 | OVC | 16000 - 35000 | 38 | CLR | KRCX 041555Z AUTO 18011G16KT 10SM CLR 24/13 A3000 RMK AO2 T02370125 | ||