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 | 12:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 13000 | 25 | SCT | 13000 - 13000 | 1 | OVC@3300 | KESN 030555Z AUTO 30008KT 10SM OVC033 04/M00 A2991 RMK AO2 T00361001 10036 20020 51022 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 23 | SCT | 13000 - 13000 | 1 | OVC@3400 | KESN 030655Z AUTO 32011G19KT 10SM OVC034 04/M02 A2993 RMK AO2 T00371021 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 33 | SCT | 13000 - 13000 | 2 | OVC@3200 | KESN 030755Z AUTO 32013G19KT 10SM OVC032 03/M03 A2996 RMK AO2 T00301029 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 27 | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 2 | OVC@3300 | KESN 030855Z AUTO 32010KT 10SM OVC033 02/M03 A2999 RMK AO2 T00251034 53027 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 9 | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 5 | BKN@3200 | KESN 030955Z AUTO 33009G16KT 10SM BKN032 02/M04 A2999 RMK AO2 T00181039 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 2 | FEW@3200 | KESN 031055Z AUTO 34005KT 10SM FEW032 01/M04 A3001 RMK AO2 T00111043 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:45 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 3 | CLR | KESN 031145Z 33006KT 10SM CLR 01/M05 A3004 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:45 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 25000 | 10 | CLR | KESN 031245Z 33003KT 10SM CLR 00/M04 A3008 | ||
| 1350Z | 9:45 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 6 | CLR | KESN 031445Z 34011KT 10SM CLR 03/M05 A3011 | ||
| 1450Z | 9:45 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 1 | CLR | KESN 031445Z 34011KT 10SM CLR 03/M05 A3011 | ||
| 1550Z | 10:45 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KESN 031545Z 36010KT 10SM CLR 04/M05 A3011 | ||
| 1650Z | 11:50 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 15000 | 0 | CLR | KESN 031650Z 35010KT 10SM CLR 05/M05 A3011 | ||
| 1750Z | 12:45 PM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 15000 | 0 | CLR | KESN 031745Z 31009KT 10SM CLR 05/M05 A3009 | ||