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 West Sounder | ASOS METAR Report | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mid Clouds | High Clouds | Levels [ft] | ECA [%] | Levels ft | METAR | ||
| 0950Z | 12:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 28000 | 3 | CLR | PAPO 270956Z AUTO 08015KT 10SM CLR M13/M17 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP187 T11281172 FZRANO | |
| 1050Z | 1:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 18000 | 1 | CLR | PAPO 271056Z AUTO 06011KT 10SM CLR M14/M17 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP183 T11391172 FZRANO | |
| 1150Z | 2:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 21000 | 4 | CLR | PAPO 271156Z AUTO 07014KT 10SM CLR M12/M16 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP177 T11221161 11111 21150 58013 FZRANO | |
| 1250Z | 3:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 21000 | 8 | CLR | PAPO 271256Z AUTO 07013KT 10SM CLR M11/M14 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP174 T11061139 FZRANO | |
| 1350Z | 4:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 25000 | 8 | CLR | PAPO 271356Z AUTO 07015KT 10SM CLR M11/M14 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP169 T11061144 FZRANO | |
| 1450Z | 5:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 24000 | 6 | FEW@6000 | PAPO 271456Z AUTO 07011KT 10SM FEW060 M10/M13 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP165 T11001133 56012 FZRANO | |
| 1550Z | 6:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 28000 | 10 | BKN@6000 BKN@7000 | PAPO 271556Z AUTO 08015KT 10SM BKN060 BKN070 M07/M11 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP159 T10671111 FZRANO | |
| 1650Z | 7:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 16 | OVC@7000 | PAPO 271656Z AUTO 08015KT 10SM OVC070 M06/M11 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP156 T10611111 FZRANO | |