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 | ||
| 0050Z | 12:54 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | SCT | 15000 - 38000 | 1 | FEW@4500 | KRFD 160554Z 00000KT 9SM FEW045 23/21 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP126 T02330211 10300 20233 403110178 58006 | |
| 0150Z | 1:54 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 3 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 14 | CLR | KRFD 160654Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 23/21 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP120 T02330206 |
| 0250Z | 2:54 AM | SCT | 19000 - 45000 | 13 | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 17 | FEW@25000 | KRFD 160754Z 13003KT 10SM FEW250 22/20 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP116 T02220200 | ||