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 | ||
| 0550Z | 12:55 AM | BKN | 38000 - 43000 | 81 | BKN | 36000 - 43000 | 77 | CLR | KCWC 090555Z AUTO 26009G17KT 240V300 10SM CLR 16/16 A2985 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT S 60043 T01610156 10287 20158 403140115 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 36000 - 39000 | 41 | BKN | 33000 - 40000 | 71 | CLR | KCWC 090655Z AUTO 27005KT 10SM CLR 16/15 A2984 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT S T01580152 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | OVC | 32000 - 37000 | 92 | BKN | 32000 - 36000 | 74 | CLR | KCWC 090755Z AUTO 26005KT 10SM CLR 16/16 A2982 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT S T01580155 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | OVC | 30000 - 43000 | 65 | BKN | 28000 - 38000 | 56 | CLR | KCWC 090855Z AUTO 35005KT 10SM CLR 17/15 A2982 RMK AO2 T01650149 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | BKN | 31000 - 46000 | 56 | OVC | 30000 - 42000 | 51 | CLR | KCWC 090955Z AUTO 35004KT 10SM CLR 16/15 A2983 RMK AO2 T01570146 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | OVC | 30000 - 42000 | 34 | OVC | 31000 - 40000 | 37 | CLR | KCWC 091055Z AUTO 05003KT 10SM CLR 14/14 A2985 RMK AO2 T01420139 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | BKN | 15000 - 41000 | 27 | OVC | 14000 - 39000 | 30 | SCT@300 | KCWC 091155Z AUTO 21004KT 10SM SCT003 15/14 A2989 RMK AO2 70043 T01460143 10165 20141 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 21 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 20 | CLR | KCWC 091255Z AUTO 20003KT 10SM CLR 17/15 A2990 RMK AO2 T01680146 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 41000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 5 | CLR | KCWC 091355Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/16 A2991 RMK AO2 T02190159 | ||
| 1450Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 15000 - 41000 | 1 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KCWC 091455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 23/16 A2990 RMK AO2 T02330161 | ||
| 1550Z | 10:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KCWC 091555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 29/18 A2990 RMK AO2 T02850179 | ||
| 1650Z | 11:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KCWC 091655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 30/17 A2989 RMK AO2 T02980167 | ||
| 1750Z | 12:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KCWC 091755Z AUTO 06004KT 10SM CLR 31/17 A2987 RMK AO2 T03080171 10315 20146 | ||
| 1850Z | 1:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KCWC 091855Z AUTO 15008KT 10SM CLR 32/17 A2983 RMK AO2 T03220166 | ||