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 | 13000 - 45000 | 10 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 17 | BKN@4900 | KSTF 040655Z AUTO 00000KT 6SM BR BKN049 M01/M01 A3014 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 1:55 AM | BKN | 15000 - 46000 | 33 | BKN | 13000 - 45000 | 41 | FEW@1000 BKN@3900 BKN@4500 | KSTF 040755Z AUTO 00000KT 6SM BR FEW010 BKN039 BKN045 00/00 A3013 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 2:55 AM | OVC | 31000 - 38000 | 68 | OVC | 33000 - 38000 | 63 | OVC@3900 | KSTF 040855Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM OVC039 02/02 A3017 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 3:55 AM | OVC | 34000 - 38000 | 88 | OVC | 35000 - 40000 | 80 | BKN@4600 OVC@5500 | KSTF 040955Z AUTO 31005KT 10SM BKN046 OVC055 02/02 A3019 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 4:55 AM | OVC | 32000 - 39000 | 88 | OVC | 29000 - 42000 | 67 | FEW@3400 SCT@4400 BKN@5000 | KSTF 041055Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM -RA FEW034 SCT044 BKN050 03/03 A3017 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1150Z | 5:55 AM | OVC | 34000 - 39000 | 85 | OVC | 34000 - 44000 | 69 | OVC@4100 | KSTF 041155Z AUTO 02004KT 10SM OVC041 03/03 A3019 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1250Z | 6:55 AM | OVC | 34000 - 40000 | 84 | OVC | 36000 - 43000 | 72 | OVC@3900 | KSTF 041255Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM -RA OVC039 03/04 A3021 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1350Z | 7:55 AM | OVC | 30000 - 38000 | 67 | OVC | 30000 - 40000 | 52 | BKN@3900 BKN@4700 OVC@8000 | KSTF 041355Z AUTO 00000KT 5SM -RA BR BKN039 BKN047 OVC080 04/04 A3022 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1450Z | 8:55 AM | OVC | 14000 - 37000 | 49 | BKN | 13000 - 43000 | 40 | BKN@3900 | KSTF 041455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN039 05/05 A3023 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1550Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 25 | OVC | 17000 - 46000 | 22 | OVC@3800 | KSTF 041555Z AUTO 05006KT 10SM OVC038 05/05 A3022 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1650Z | 10:55 AM | OVC | 34000 - 44000 | 27 | OVC | 16000 - 46000 | 24 | OVC@3500 | KSTF 041655Z AUTO 03006KT 10SM OVC035 07/06 A3020 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1750Z | 11:55 AM | OVC | 14000 - 44000 | 19 | OVC | 15000 - 44000 | 25 | BKN@3400 BKN@5500 BKN@7500 | KSTF 041755Z AUTO 07007KT 10SM BKN034 BKN055 BKN075 08/05 A3015 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1850Z | 12:55 PM | OVC | 29000 - 44000 | 49 | OVC | 29000 - 43000 | 43 | OVC@3500 | KSTF 041855Z AUTO 06004KT 10SM OVC035 08/05 A3011 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1950Z | 1:15 PM | OVC | 20000 - 41000 | 54 | OVC | 20000 - 38000 | 46 | OVC@3300 | KSTF 041915Z AUTO 06007KT 10SM OVC033 09/05 A3008 RMK AO2 | ||
| 2050Z | 2:55 PM | OVC | 29000 - 38000 | 58 | BKN | 22000 - 41000 | 48 | OVC@2900 | KSTF 042055Z AUTO 05008KT 10SM OVC029 08/05 A3008 RMK AO2 | ||
| 2150Z | 2:55 PM | OVC | 23000 - 37000 | 69 | BKN | 23000 - 38000 | 61 | OVC@2900 | KSTF 042055Z AUTO 05008KT 10SM OVC029 08/05 A3008 RMK AO2 | ||
| 2250Z | 4:55 PM | BKN | 26000 - 35000 | 57 | BKN | 26000 - 37000 | 61 | OVC@2500 | KSTF 042255Z AUTO VRB03KT 3SM -RA BR OVC025 06/07 A3011 RMK AO2 | ||