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 | ||
| 0650Z | 12:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 43 | BKN | 13000 - 34000 | 44 | SCT@19000 | KCPT 050655Z AUTO 29003KT 6SM BR SCT190 01/01 A3016 RMK AO2 T00100010 $ | ||
| 0750Z | 1:55 AM | OVC | 26000 - 35000 | 49 | BKN | 26000 - 38000 | 61 | BKN@18000 | KCPT 050755Z AUTO 33005KT 5SM BR BKN180 01/01 A3014 RMK AO2 T00080008 $ | ||
| 0850Z | 2:55 AM | OVC | 29000 - 38000 | 80 | OVC | 28000 - 38000 | 81 | OVC@17000 | KCPT 050855Z AUTO 00000KT 6SM BR OVC170 02/02 A3012 RMK AO2 T00170017 $ | ||
| 0950Z | 3:55 AM | OVC | 28000 - 38000 | 52 | OVC | 27000 - 38000 | 53 | BKN@17000 | KCPT 050955Z AUTO 00000KT 8SM BKN170 01/01 A3010 RMK AO2 T00120012 $ | ||
| 1050Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 20 | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 28 | BKN@17000 | KCPT 051055Z AUTO 18003KT 7SM BKN170 01/01 A3009 RMK AO2 T00110011 $ | ||
| 1150Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 18000 - 40000 | 16 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 14 | SCT@17000 | KCPT 051155Z AUTO 00000KT 5SM BR SCT170 01/01 A3006 RMK AO2 T00120012 $ | ||
| 1250Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 15000 - 39000 | 16 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 10 | CLR | KCPT 051255Z AUTO 00000KT 4SM BR CLR 01/01 A3006 RMK AO2 T00100010 $ | ||
| 1350Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 18000 - 39000 | 19 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 19 | OVC@100 | KCPT 051355Z AUTO 14003KT 1 1/2SM BR OVC001 01/01 A3006 RMK AO2 T00130013 $ | ||
| 1450Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 10 | SCT | 25000 - 34000 | 8 | CLR | KCPT 051455Z AUTO 13004KT 6SM BR CLR 03/03 A3005 RMK AO2 T00290029 $ | ||
| 1550Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 41000 | 5 | SCT | 29000 - 36000 | 9 | FEW@1000 | KCPT 051555Z AUTO 17006KT 10SM FEW010 06/04 A3007 RMK AO2 T00560042 $ | ||
| 1650Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | 28000 - 38000 | 1 | SCT | 21000 - 33000 | 1 | CLR | KCPT 051655Z AUTO 15008KT 10SM CLR 08/05 A3005 RMK AO2 T00810046 $ | ||
| 1750Z | 11:55 AM | OVC | 31000 - 40000 | 35 | OVC | 29000 - 37000 | 42 | CLR | KCPT 051755Z AUTO 18010KT 10SM CLR 09/04 A3000 RMK AO2 P0002 T00910044 $ | ||
| 1850Z | 12:55 PM | OVC | 31000 - 40000 | 33 | OVC | 25000 - 36000 | 36 | CLR | KCPT 051855Z AUTO 14008KT 10SM CLR 10/05 A2997 RMK AO2 T01030050 $ | ||