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.

Year: Month: Day: Time Order:

 

SCP Valid UTC METAR Valid Local Satellite East SounderSatellite West SounderASOS METAR Report
Mid CloudsHigh CloudsLevels [ft]ECA [%]Mid CloudsHigh CloudsLevels [ft]ECA [%]Levels ftMETAR
0650Z12:55 AMBKN14000 - 4500059BKN17000 - 4400064SCT@4000
SCT@4700
KALM 290655Z AUTO 04005KT 10SM VCTS SCT040 SCT047 20/18 A3033 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SE-SW
0750Z1:55 AMBKN26000 - 4400058BKN31000 - 4400074FEW@1400
BKN@5000
OVC@8000
KALM 290755Z AUTO 32004KT 10SM FEW014 BKN050 OVC080 21/18 A3031 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT N AND W P0001
0850Z2:55 AMSCT28000 - 4300037BKN27000 - 4100066BKN@3200
OVC@4100
KALM 290855Z AUTO 31008KT 7SM -RA BKN032 OVC041 19/18 A3032 RMK AO2 P0005
0950Z3:55 AMOVC25000 - 4300076OVC21000 - 4300078 KALM 290955Z AUTO 33005KT 10SM 19/18 A3031 RMK AO2 P0002
1050Z4:55 AMOVC28000 - 3900070OVC26000 - 3900076FEW@6000
SCT@7000
BKN@10000
KALM 291055Z AUTO 24005KT 10SM FEW060 SCT070 BKN100 18/18 A3029 RMK AO2
1150Z5:55 AMOVC29000 - 3800083OVC29000 - 3700084SCT@500
OVC@1500
KALM 291155Z AUTO 20003KT 9SM -RA SCT005 OVC015 18/18 A3032 RMK AO2
1250Z6:55 AMOVC29000 - 3600084OVC26000 - 3600083FEW@400
BKN@1200
OVC@12000
KALM 291255Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW004 BKN012 OVC120 18/18 A3033 RMK AO2
1350Z7:55 AMOVC17000 - 3400068OVC18000 - 3500070SCT@400
SCT@4900
SCT@6500
KALM 291355Z AUTO 02006KT 10SM SCT004 SCT049 SCT065 19/18 A3033 RMK AO2
1450Z8:55 AMBKN16000 - 3600060OVC16000 - 3200072SCT@12000
KALM 291455Z AUTO 35007KT 10SM SCT120 20/19 A3032 RMK AO2