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 | 12:53 AM | SCT | 48000 - 49000 | 13 | SCT | 48000 - 48000 | 0 | FEW@3900 FEW@4900 | KTOP 220553Z AUTO 08008KT 10SM FEW039 FEW049 24/23 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP127 T02390228 10283 20228 403060228 50019 | ||
| 0150Z | 1:53 AM | SCT | 43000 - 48000 | 43 | SCT | 44000 - 48000 | 17 | CLR | KTOP 220653Z AUTO 09009KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A2987 RMK AO2 SLP107 T02440233 | ||
| 0250Z | 2:53 AM | OVC | 40000 - 48000 | 86 | OVC | 41000 - 48000 | 86 | CLR | KTOP 220753Z AUTO 13007KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A2987 RMK AO2 SLP104 T02440233 | ||
| 0350Z | 3:53 AM | OVC | 38000 - 52000 | 87 | OVC | 39000 - 48000 | 82 | CLR | KTOP 220853Z AUTO 17006KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A2986 RMK AO2 SLP103 T02440233 56022 | ||
| 0450Z | 4:53 AM | OVC | 38000 - 51000 | 68 | BKN | 36000 - 48000 | 65 | CLR | KTOP 220953Z AUTO 18006KT 10SM CLR 23/20 A2986 RMK AO2 SLP103 T02330200 | ||