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 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 13000 | 2 | OVC@6500 | KFKA 260555Z AUTO 13009KT 10SM OVC065 A3027 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 13000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 13000 | 6 | BKN@6500 OVC@7000 | KFKA 260655Z AUTO 14007KT 10SM BKN065 OVC070 A3027 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 1 | OVC@4200 | KFKA 260755Z AUTO 13008KT 10SM OVC042 A3027 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 0 | OVC@4600 | KFKA 260855Z AUTO 14009G14KT 10SM OVC046 A3026 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 13000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 1 | OVC@4800 | KFKA 260955Z AUTO 13008KT 10SM OVC048 A3026 RMK AO2 | ||