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
0550Z4:53 AMSCT13000 - 500003SCT13000 - 360006CLR KARA 260953Z 13004KT 10SM CLR 25/24 A3000
0650Z4:53 AMSCT13000 - 520008SCT13000 - 410003CLR KARA 260953Z 13004KT 10SM CLR 25/24 A3000
0750Z4:53 AMSCT13000 - 4900015SCT13000 - 3300018CLR KARA 260953Z 13004KT 10SM CLR 25/24 A3000
0850Z4:53 AMSCT13000 - 4900019SCT13000 - 3700017CLR KARA 260953Z 13004KT 10SM CLR 25/24 A3000
0950Z4:53 AMBKN13000 - 4400042BKN13000 - 3600029CLR KARA 260953Z 13004KT 10SM CLR 25/24 A3000
1050Z5:53 AMBKN13000 - 3900035BKN14000 - 3500031CLR KARA 261053Z 14004KT 10SM CLR 25/24 A3001
1150Z6:53 AMSCT13000 - 4300024SCT13000 - 3600023CLR KARA 261153Z 14004KT 10SM CLR 25/24 A3003
1250Z7:53 AMBKN21000 - 4900039SCT17000 - 3800024CLR KARA 261253Z 14005KT 10SM CLR 26/25 A3005
1350Z8:53 AMBKN13000 - 5000027SCT18000 - 3600020CLR KARA 261353Z 18006KT 10SM CLR 28/25 A3006
1450Z9:53 AMSCT13000 - 4900014SCT13000 - 3600016SCT@3000
KARA 261453Z 18012G19KT 10SM SCT030 31/24 A3007
1550Z10:53 AMSCT13000 - 4900012SCT14000 - 3700014SCT@3200
KARA 261553Z 18013KT 10SM SCT032 31/24 A3008