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 | ||
| 0450Z | 12:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 25 | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 30 | FEW@2900 | KIRS 260455Z AUTO 18004KT 10SM FEW029 23/22 A3006 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:56 AM | BKN | 13000 - 45000 | 48 | BKN | 13000 - 40000 | 44 | CLR | KIRS 260556Z AUTO 20003KT 10SM CLR 23/22 A3004 RMK AO2 10234 20226 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 45000 | 59 | BKN | 23000 - 42000 | 50 | BKN@10000 | KIRS 260655Z AUTO 21003KT 7SM BR BKN100 23/22 A3005 RMK AO2 | ||