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 | KAYS 120555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 02/01 A3009 RMK AO2 T00220008 10073 20021 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:50 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KAYS 120650Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 03/01 A3009 RMK AO2 T00250011 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KAYS 120755Z AUTO 21003KT 10SM CLR 01/00 A3010 RMK AO2 T00130001 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KAYS 120855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 01/00 A3009 RMK AO2 T00130000 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KAYS 120955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 01/00 A3009 RMK AO2 T00140000 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 13000 | 0 | CLR | KAYS 121055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 01/00 A3012 RMK AO2 T00110002 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 24000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 17000 | 1 | CLR | KAYS 121155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 01/00 A3015 RMK AO2 T00061002 10026 20006 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 18000 - 23000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 29000 | 3 | CLR | KAYS 121255Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 01/00 A3016 RMK AO2 T00100001 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 26000 | 1 | CLR | KAYS 121355Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 07/03 A3018 RMK AO2 T00660032 | ||
| 1450Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 28000 - 33000 | 0 | SCT | 26000 - 33000 | 0 | CLR | KAYS 121455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 12/02 A3019 RMK AO2 T01180022 | ||