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.

Year: Month: Day: Time Order:

 

SCP Valid UTC METAR Valid Local Satellite East SounderSatellite West SounderASOS METAR Report
Mid CloudsHigh CloudsLevels [ft]ECA [%]Mid CloudsHigh CloudsLevels [ft]ECA [%]Levels ftMETAR
0450Z12:55 AMSCT23000 - 490002SCT13000 - 390008CLR KSSI 290455Z AUTO 20007KT 10SM CLR 31/25 A2999 RMK AO2
0550Z1:55 AMSCT21000 - 520005SCT13000 - 4300010CLR KSSI 290555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 31/24 A2999 RMK AO2
0650Z2:55 AMSCTSCT13000 - 520004SCT13000 - 3700012FEW@6000
KSSI 290655Z AUTO 19005KT 10SM FEW060 30/24 A2998 RMK AO2
0750Z3:55 AMSCT16000 - 510008SCT13000 - 3700012SCT@5500
KSSI 290755Z AUTO 20004KT 10SM SCT055 30/24 A2997 RMK AO2
0850Z4:55 AMSCTSCT13000 - 500002SCT13000 - 380009CLR KSSI 290855Z AUTO 22005KT 10SM CLR 29/25 A2996 RMK AO2
0950Z5:55 AMSCT13000 - 4900014SCT13000 - 3700011CLR KSSI 290955Z AUTO 26004KT 10SM CLR 28/26 A2998 RMK AO2
1050Z6:55 AMSCT15000 - 460003SCT13000 - 360004CLR KSSI 291055Z AUTO 26003KT 10SM CLR 28/26 A2999 RMK AO2
1150Z7:55 AMSCT22000 - 510004SCT13000 - 380008CLR KSSI 291155Z AUTO 23004KT 10SM CLR 29/26 A2999 RMK AO2
1250Z8:55 AMSCT14000 - 520004SCT13000 - 3600016CLR KSSI 291255Z AUTO 25004KT 10SM CLR 30/26 A3000 RMK AO2
1350Z9:55 AMSCT13000 - 440001SCT13000 - 3300011CLR KSSI 291355Z AUTO 30004KT 10SM CLR 32/26 A3000 RMK AO2
1450Z10:55 AMSCT19000 - 360001SCT13000 - 3700012CLR KSSI 291455Z AUTO VRB05KT 10SM CLR 34/26 A3001 RMK AO2