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 | OVC | 26000 - 33000 | 81 | BKN | 25000 - 31000 | 55 | OVC@5500 | KCLI 050655Z AUTO 35003KT 10SM OVC055 08/05 A2978 RMK AO2 T00830046 | ||
| 0750Z | 1:55 AM | OVC | 21000 - 38000 | 68 | BKN | 23000 - 30000 | 50 | SCT@7000 | KCLI 050755Z AUTO 32004KT 10SM SCT070 07/04 A2977 RMK AO2 T00670041 | ||
| 0850Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 36 | SCT | 13000 - 23000 | 16 | BKN@12000 | KCLI 050855Z AUTO 33004KT 10SM BKN120 06/04 A2976 RMK AO2 T00620036 | ||
| 0950Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 19000 - 19000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 2 | SCT@12000 | KCLI 050955Z AUTO 35003KT 10SM SCT120 06/03 A2976 RMK AO2 T00620033 | ||
| 1050Z | 4:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@7000 | KCLI 051055Z AUTO 34005KT 10SM OVC070 07/03 A2978 RMK AO2 T00670034 | ||
| 1150Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 25 | SCT | 13000 - 21000 | 6 | BKN@5500 BKN@7000 OVC@8500 | KCLI 051155Z AUTO 35008KT 10SM BKN055 BKN070 OVC085 07/03 A2980 RMK AO2 T00680032 10083 20053 | ||
| 1250Z | 6:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 21000 | 56 | SCT | 13000 - 19000 | 10 | OVC@6000 | KCLI 051255Z AUTO 34007KT 10SM -RA OVC060 07/04 A2985 RMK AO2 T00710035 | ||
| 1350Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 21000 | 40 | SCT | 13000 - 17000 | 6 | OVC@9000 | KCLI 051355Z AUTO 33007KT 10SM OVC090 07/04 A2991 RMK AO2 T00740036 | ||
| 1450Z | 8:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KCLI 051455Z AUTO 34015G18KT 10SM CLR 09/03 A2995 RMK AO2 T00910025 | ||