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 | 4:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 50000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 6 | CLR | KARA 260953Z 13004KT 10SM CLR 25/24 A3000 | ||
| 0650Z | 4:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 3 | CLR | KARA 260953Z 13004KT 10SM CLR 25/24 A3000 | ||
| 0750Z | 4:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 15 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 18 | CLR | KARA 260953Z 13004KT 10SM CLR 25/24 A3000 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 19 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 17 | CLR | KARA 260953Z 13004KT 10SM CLR 25/24 A3000 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:53 AM | BKN | 13000 - 44000 | 42 | BKN | 13000 - 36000 | 29 | CLR | KARA 260953Z 13004KT 10SM CLR 25/24 A3000 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:53 AM | BKN | 13000 - 39000 | 35 | BKN | 14000 - 35000 | 31 | CLR | KARA 261053Z 14004KT 10SM CLR 25/24 A3001 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 24 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 23 | CLR | KARA 261153Z 14004KT 10SM CLR 25/24 A3003 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:53 AM | BKN | 21000 - 49000 | 39 | SCT | 17000 - 38000 | 24 | CLR | KARA 261253Z 14005KT 10SM CLR 26/25 A3005 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:53 AM | BKN | 13000 - 50000 | 27 | SCT | 18000 - 36000 | 20 | CLR | KARA 261353Z 18006KT 10SM CLR 28/25 A3006 | ||
| 1450Z | 9:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 14 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 16 | SCT@3000 | KARA 261453Z 18012G19KT 10SM SCT030 31/24 A3007 | ||
| 1550Z | 10:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 12 | SCT | 14000 - 37000 | 14 | SCT@3200 | KARA 261553Z 18013KT 10SM SCT032 31/24 A3008 | ||