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
0550Z12:55 AMSCT20000 - 480000SCT13000 - 430006CLR KSAR 260555Z AUTO 19005KT 10SM CLR 29/24 A3003 RMK AO2 T02850244 10330 20285
0650Z1:55 AMSCT28000 - 480001SCT13000 - 4300010CLR KSAR 260655Z AUTO 18004KT 10SM CLR 28/25 A3002 RMK AO2 T02800245
0750Z2:55 AMSCT33000 - 470002SCT14000 - 470009CLR KSAR 260755Z AUTO 16003KT 10SM CLR 27/25 A3001 RMK AO2 T02700250
0850Z3:55 AMSCT30000 - 490004SCT13000 - 470006CLR KSAR 260855Z AUTO 15004KT 10SM CLR 26/25 A2999 RMK AO2 T02640253
0950Z4:55 AMSCT32000 - 510005SCT13000 - 500004CLR KSAR 260955Z AUTO 16004KT 10SM CLR 27/25 A2999 RMK AO2 T02650252
1050Z5:55 AMSCT17000 - 5000014SCT13000 - 4800010CLR KSAR 261055Z AUTO 16005KT 10SM CLR 27/25 A3002 RMK AO2 T02650253
1150Z6:55 AMSCT13000 - 480006SCT13000 - 400005OVC@11000
KSAR 261155Z AUTO 18005KT 10SM OVC110 27/26 A3004 RMK AO2 T02700255 10282 20262
1250Z7:55 AMSCTSCT14000 - 500003SCTSCT13000 - 370003CLR KSAR 261255Z AUTO 20008KT 10SM CLR 28/26 A3005 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NW T02800257
1350Z8:55 AMSCT33000 - 480000SCTSCT15000 - 470000CLR KSAR 261355Z AUTO 19008KT 10SM CLR 29/26 A3005 RMK AO2 T02890259