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
0550Z12:56 AMSCT13000 - 4900011SCT13000 - 4500011CLR KYKN 260556Z AUTO 14006KT 10SM CLR 22/22 A2994 RMK AO2 SLP142 T02220217 10278 20222 402890189 55001
0650Z1:56 AMSCT13000 - 500001CLR-0CLR KYKN 260656Z AUTO 16007KT 10SM CLR 22/22 A2994 RMK AO2 SLP140 T02220217
0750Z2:56 AMCLR-0CLR-0CLR KYKN 260756Z AUTO 16004KT 10SM CLR 21/21 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP136 T02110206
0850Z3:56 AMCLR-0CLR-0CLR KYKN 260856Z AUTO 00000KT 4SM BR CLR 21/21 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP130 T02060206 58012
0950Z4:56 AMCLR-0CLR-0OVC@200
KYKN 260956Z AUTO 19005KT 5SM BR OVC002 21/21 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP125 T02110211
1050Z5:56 AMCLR-0CLR-0OVC@400
KYKN 261056Z AUTO 16003KT 6SM BR OVC004 21/21 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP128 T02060206
1150Z6:56 AMCLR-0CLR-0OVC@600
KYKN 261156Z AUTO 18007KT 10SM OVC006 21/21 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP130 T02110211 10222 20200 55001
1250Z7:56 AMCLR-0CLR-0OVC@600
KYKN 261256Z AUTO 17008KT 10SM OVC006 22/21 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP135 T02170211
1350Z8:56 AMCLR-0CLR-0OVC@800
KYKN 261356Z AUTO 17010KT 10SM OVC008 22/21 A2994 RMK AO2 SLP141 T02220211