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 | ||
| 0650Z | 12:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 26000 | 1 | SCT | 14000 - 33000 | 0 | SCT@100 | K5A6 280655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT001 M01/M02 A3042 RMK AO2 T10151022 | ||
| 0750Z | 1:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT@100 | K5A6 280755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT001 M02/M02 A3043 RMK AO2 T10171022 | ||
| 0850Z | 2:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 4 | SCT@100 | K5A6 280855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT001 M02/M02 A3044 RMK AO2 T10191024 | ||
| 0950Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 6 | CLR | K5A6 280955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR M02/M03 A3044 RMK AO2 T10201026 | |
| 1050Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 9 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 11 | CLR | K5A6 281055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR M02/M03 A3045 RMK AO2 T10231030 | ||
| 1150Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 18 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 15 | CLR | K5A6 281155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR M02/M03 A3045 RMK AO2 T10251030 11008 21027 | ||
| 1250Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 9 | SCT | 13000 - 28000 | 8 | CLR | K5A6 281255Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR M03/M03 A3046 RMK AO2 T10271033 | ||
| 1350Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 29000 - 31000 | 7 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 5 | CLR | K5A6 281355Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR M01/M01 A3048 RMK AO2 T10071013 | ||
| 1450Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 33000 - 39000 | 6 | SCT | 26000 - 39000 | 8 | CLR | K5A6 281455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 04/00 A3048 RMK AO2 T00380001 | ||
| 1550Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 25000 - 39000 | 10 | SCT | 30000 - 39000 | 10 | CLR | K5A6 281555Z AUTO 14003KT 10SM CLR 08/M04 A3050 RMK AO2 T00761044 | ||
| 1650Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 5 | CLR | K5A6 281655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 09/M05 A3048 RMK AO2 T00901050 | ||