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 | ||
| 0450Z | 12:50 AM | - | SCT | 13000 - 28000 | 2 | CLR | KAFP 010450Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 15/14 A3016 RMK AO2 T01500141 | ||||
| 0550Z | 1:50 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 5 | CLR | KAFP 010550Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 15/14 A3016 RMK AO2 T01450136 10224 20141 402800141 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:50 AM | SCT | 15000 - 37000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 3 | CLR | KAFP 010650Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 13/13 A3016 RMK AO2 T01310125 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:50 AM | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 28000 | 4 | CLR | KAFP 010750Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 12/12 A3016 RMK AO2 T01240118 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:50 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 23000 | 1 | CLR | KAFP 010850Z AUTO 00000KT 2 1/2SM BR CLR 12/12 A3016 RMK AO2 VIS 3/4V5 T01210115 | ||