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 | ||
| 0050Z | 12:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 25000 | 0 | FEW@25000 | KAFW 180553Z 17009KT 10SM FEW250 27/20 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP136 T02720200 10344 20272 403610244 50005 | ||
| 0150Z | 1:53 AM | SCT | 27000 - 49000 | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 46000 | 2 | FEW@25000 | KAFW 180653Z 17008KT 10SM FEW250 27/21 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP137 T02670206 | ||
| 0250Z | 2:53 AM | SCT | 30000 - 49000 | 3 | SCT | 14000 - 49000 | 6 | FEW@25000 | KAFW 180753Z 19005KT 10SM FEW250 26/21 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP136 T02610206 | ||
| 0350Z | 3:53 AM | SCT | 19000 - 49000 | 3 | SCT | 15000 - 52000 | 5 | SCT@25000 | KAFW 180853Z 21003KT 10SM SCT250 26/21 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP137 T02560206 53001 | ||