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 | KHST 130555Z AUTO 06005KT 10SM CLR 22/16 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP200 T02160159 10216 20199 55001 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 10 | CLR | KHST 130655Z AUTO 07005KT 10SM CLR 22/16 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP196 T02200163 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 10 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 10 | BKN@4800 | KHST 130755Z AUTO 07006KT 10SM BKN048 23/17 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP193 T02270165 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 3 | CLR | KHST 130855Z AUTO 06006KT 10SM CLR 22/17 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP193 T02180172 56007 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 40000 - 42000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 26000 | 1 | CLR | KHST 130955Z AUTO 07005KT 10SM CLR 22/17 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP193 T02210174 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 1 | CLR | KHST 131055Z AUTO 07006KT 10SM CLR 22/18 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP193 T02190175 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 0 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 0 | CLR | KHST 131155Z AUTO 06006KT 10SM CLR 22/18 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP196 T02220177 10227 20214 53003 | |
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KHST 131255Z AUTO 07007KT 10SM CLR 23/18 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP200 T02330182 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 0 | CLR | KHST 131355Z AUTO 07010KT 10SM CLR 25/19 A3013 RMK AO2 SLP206 T02480185 | ||
| 1450Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 14000 - 37000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 1 | CLR | KHST 131455Z AUTO 07008KT 10SM CLR 26/19 A3014 RMK AO2 SLP210 T02600189 52014 | |
| 1550Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 53000 | 12 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 11 | CLR | KHST 131555Z AUTO 08010KT 10SM CLR 27/19 A3013 RMK AO2 SLP206 T02650194 | ||
| 1650Z | 11:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 52000 | 62 | BKN | 13000 - 43000 | 49 | CLR | KHST 131655Z AUTO 07010KT 10SM CLR 25/19 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP196 T02540193 | ||
| 1750Z | 12:55 PM | OVC | 31000 - 53000 | 75 | OVC | 29000 - 39000 | 67 | FEW@21000 | KHST 131755Z AUTO 07009KT 10SM FEW210 26/20 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP183 T02590197 10267 20221 57027 | ||
| 1850Z | 1:55 PM | OVC | 32000 - 37000 | 95 | BKN | 31000 - 39000 | 71 | CLR | KHST 131855Z AUTO 07009KT 10SM CLR 25/20 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP183 T02540200 | ||
| 1950Z | 2:55 PM | OVC | 31000 - 37000 | 96 | BKN | 34000 - 40000 | 51 | FEW@6000 | KHST 131955Z AUTO 06009KT 10SM FEW060 25/20 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP179 T02510199 | ||