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 | OVC | 25000 - 33000 | 79 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 39 | OVC@500 | KRPD 260655Z AUTO 13008KT 5SM UP OVC005 M01/M02 A2966 RMK AO2 P0002 T10071018 | ||
| 0750Z | 1:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 29000 | 34 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 23 | OVC@700 | KRPD 260755Z AUTO 18005KT 10SM OVC007 00/M01 A2975 RMK AO2 T00001013 | ||
| 0850Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 23 | SCT | 13000 - 24000 | 21 | OVC@500 | KRPD 260855Z AUTO 00000KT 2 1/2SM UP OVC005 00/M01 A2975 RMK AO2 60002 T10011011 | ||
| 0950Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 27 | SCT | 13000 - 27000 | 24 | OVC@300 | KRPD 260955Z AUTO 00000KT 2 1/2SM BR OVC003 00/M01 A2972 RMK AO2 T10011010 | ||
| 1050Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 17 | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 19 | OVC@500 | KRPD 261055Z AUTO 00000KT 2 1/2SM BR OVC005 00/M01 A2972 RMK AO2 T10011010 | ||
| 1150Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 22000 | 7 | OVC@300 | KRPD 261155Z AUTO 00000KT 2 1/2SM BR OVC003 00/M01 A2974 RMK AO2 60002 70002 T00001008 10000 21015 | ||
| 1250Z | 6:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@300 | KRPD 261255Z AUTO 00000KT 1 1/2SM BR OVC003 00/M01 A2973 RMK AO2 T00001007 | ||
| 1350Z | 7:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@300 | KRPD 261355Z AUTO 00000KT 3/4SM BR OVC003 00/M01 A2974 RMK AO2 T00001007 | ||
| 1450Z | 9:00 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@300 | KRPD 261500Z AUTO 00000KT 3/4SM BR OVC003 00/00 A2976 RMK AO2 T00001005 | ||
| 1550Z | 9:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@300 | KRPD 261555Z AUTO 00000KT 1SM BR OVC003 00/00 A2978 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT E T00021003 | ||
| 1650Z | 10:50 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@800 | KRPD 261650Z AUTO 29004KT 5SM BR OVC008 01/00 A2979 RMK AO2 T00060000 | ||
| 1750Z | 11:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@800 | KRPD 261755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC008 01/00 A2979 RMK AO2 T00110000 10011 21001 | ||