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 | 12:40 AM | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 9 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 8 | BKN@1600 BKN@2100 | KIKT 050640Z AUTO 21015KT 10SM BKN016 BKN021 24/22 A3000 RMK A01 | ||
| 0750Z | 1:40 AM | BKN | 13000 - 44000 | 35 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 22 | BKN@1200 | KIKT 050740Z AUTO 21017KT 10SM BKN012 24/23 A2999 RMK A01 | ||
| 0850Z | 2:40 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 6 | CLR | KIKT 050840Z AUTO VRB05G21KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A2998 RMK A01 | ||
| 0950Z | 3:40 AM | SCT | 14000 - 45000 | 9 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 14 | FEW@900 | KIKT 050940Z AUTO VRB06G18KT 10SM FEW009 24/23 A2997 RMK A01 | ||
| 1050Z | 4:40 AM | SCT | 15000 - 46000 | 22 | BKN | 14000 - 40000 | 28 | FEW@400 FEW@3200 SCT@4200 | KIKT 051040Z AUTO VRB04G10KT 10SM FEW004 FEW032 SCT042 24/23 A2997 RMK A01 | ||
| 1150Z | 5:40 AM | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 22 | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 28 | FEW@400 SCT@2300 BKN@4900 | KIKT 051140Z AUTO VRB04G12KT 10SM FEW004 SCT023 BKN049 24/23 A2998 RMK A01 | ||
| 1250Z | 6:40 AM | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 15 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 25 | FEW@600 FEW@3400 FEW@3900 | KIKT 051240Z AUTO 00000G10KT 10SM FEW006 FEW034 FEW039 24/23 A2998 RMK A01 | ||
| 1350Z | 7:40 AM | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 24 | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 27 | FEW@1300 SCT@2000 BKN@2800 | KIKT 051340Z AUTO VRB05KT 10SM FEW013 SCT020 BKN028 23/21 A3000 RMK A01 | ||
| 1450Z | 8:40 AM | BKN | 13000 - 43000 | 37 | BKN | 13000 - 35000 | 33 | OVC@500 | KIKT 051440Z AUTO 29007G17KT 200V010 9SM OVC005 21/20 A3001 RMK A01 | ||
| 1550Z | 9:40 AM | BKN | 13000 - 41000 | 41 | OVC | 27000 - 38000 | 43 | OVC@500 | KIKT 051540Z AUTO 00000G12KT 10SM OVC005 20/19 A3003 RMK A01 | ||
| 1650Z | 10:40 AM | OVC | 28000 - 42000 | 64 | OVC | 28000 - 39000 | 60 | OVC@800 | KIKT 051640Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC008 20/19 A3003 RMK A01 | ||
| 1750Z | 11:55 AM | OVC | 31000 - 44000 | 77 | OVC | 13000 - 42000 | 67 | OVC@600 | KIKT 051755Z AUTO VRB04KT 10SM OVC006 20/18 A3001 RMK A01 | ||
| 1850Z | 12:40 PM | OVC | 30000 - 43000 | 62 | OVC | 30000 - 40000 | 54 | OVC@700 | KIKT 051840Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC007 19/18 A3000 RMK A01 | ||