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 | 12:53 AM | BKN | 29000 - 51000 | 59 | BKN | 16000 - 52000 | 48 | SCT@25000 | KMSP 260553Z 15006KT 9SM SCT250 24/20 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP138 T02390200 10283 20239 403000200 58008 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:53 AM | BKN | 15000 - 53000 | 40 | BKN | 13000 - 50000 | 35 | SCT@25000 | KMSP 260653Z 17006KT 9SM SCT250 24/19 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP135 T02390194 | ||