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 | ||
| 2350Z | 12:54 AM | SCT | 41000 - 45000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 4 | FEW@400 FEW@6000 SCT@25000 | KRIC 160454Z 17003KT 8SM FEW004 FEW060 SCT250 23/23 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP187 T02330228 402940222 | ||
| 0050Z | 1:54 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 4 | BKN@500 | KRIC 160554Z 19005KT 6SM BR BKN005 23/23 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP186 T02330228 10250 20228 56004 | |
| 0150Z | 2:54 AM | SCT | 17000 - 39000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 6 | SCT@400 | KRIC 160654Z 21006KT 7SM SCT004 23/23 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP187 T02330228 | ||
| 0250Z | 3:54 AM | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 6 | SCT@500 SCT@4400 | KRIC 160754Z 21006KT 7SM SCT005 SCT044 23/23 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP184 T02330228 | ||