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 | ||
| 0750Z | 12:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 14000 | 0 | CLR | KSMP 190756Z AUTO 21003KT 10SM CLR 09/08 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP819 T00940083 $ | ||
| 0850Z | 1:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KSMP 190856Z AUTO 22003KT 10SM CLR 09/08 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP815 T00940078 58007 $ | ||
| 0950Z | 2:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 0 | CLR | KSMP 190956Z AUTO 22003KT 10SM CLR 10/08 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP814 T01000083 $ | ||
| 1050Z | 3:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 0 | CLR | KSMP 191056Z AUTO 23004KT 10SM CLR 10/08 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP814 T01000078 $ | ||