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 | ||
| 0750Z | 12:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 20000 | 30 | SCT | 13000 - 26000 | 28 | OVC@9000 | K3U3 170755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC090 03/03 A2964 RMK AO2 T00300026 | ||
| 0850Z | 1:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 20000 | 37 | BKN | 13000 - 23000 | 38 | OVC@8500 | K3U3 170855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC085 03/03 A2965 RMK AO2 T00300026 | ||
| 0950Z | 2:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 32000 | 49 | BKN | 13000 - 29000 | 56 | OVC@8500 | K3U3 170955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC085 03/03 A2966 RMK AO2 T00310028 | ||
| 1050Z | 3:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 25000 | 55 | OVC | 13000 - 27000 | 66 | OVC@9000 | K3U3 171055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC090 04/03 A2966 RMK AO2 T00360030 | ||
| 1150Z | 4:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 30000 | 55 | BKN | 13000 - 30000 | 65 | OVC@9000 | K3U3 171155Z AUTO 21008KT 10SM OVC090 05/03 A2967 RMK AO2 T00490032 | ||
| 1250Z | 5:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 32000 | 49 | BKN | 14000 - 31000 | 58 | OVC@9500 | K3U3 171255Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC095 03/03 A2968 RMK AO2 T00310025 | ||
| 1350Z | 6:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 36000 | 39 | BKN | 13000 - 32000 | 46 | OVC@10000 | K3U3 171355Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC100 03/03 A2969 RMK AO2 T00310026 | ||
| 1450Z | 7:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 35000 | 29 | BKN | 13000 - 35000 | 29 | FEW@10000 SCT@26000 | K3U3 171455Z AUTO 00000KT 3/4SM BR FEW100 SCT260 01/01 A2971 RMK AO2 T00120012 | ||
| 1530Z | 8:35 AM | - | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 21 | CLR | K3U3 171535Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 02/02 A2972 RMK AO2 T00230023 | ||||