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 | ||
| 2350Z | 12:50 AM | OVC | 28000 - 45000 | 39 | BKN | 14000 - 36000 | 36 | SCT@1400 | KCGS 160450Z AUTO 17004KT 10SM SCT014 27/24 A3005 RMK AO2 T02660241 | ||
| 0050Z | 1:50 AM | OVC | 31000 - 45000 | 33 | BKN | 14000 - 37000 | 35 | SCT@1600 | KCGS 160550Z AUTO 20006KT 10SM SCT016 26/23 A3005 RMK AO2 T02640234 10294 20253 | ||
| 0150Z | 2:50 AM | OVC | 23000 - 46000 | 17 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 23 | CLR | KCGS 160650Z AUTO 16003KT 10SM CLR 26/23 A3005 RMK AO2 T02580232 | ||
| 0250Z | 3:50 AM | SCT | 15000 - 45000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 15 | CLR | KCGS 160750Z AUTO 16004KT 10SM CLR 25/23 A3004 RMK AO2 T02520232 | ||