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 | ||
| 0450Z | 12:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 19 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 15 | OVC@2300 | KCGC 210455Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM OVC023 22/22 A2994 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 40000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 6 | CLR | KCGC 210555Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 22/22 A2993 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 14000 - 43000 | 1 | SCT | 15000 - 31000 | 0 | KCGC 210655Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM 22/21 A2992 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 51000 | 15 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 7 | KCGC 210755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM 21/21 A2991 RMK AO2 | |||
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 19 | SCT | 13000 - 20000 | 11 | KCGC 210855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM 21/21 A2991 RMK AO2 | |||
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 51000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 19000 | 5 | KCGC 210955Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM 21/21 A2992 RMK AO2 | |||
| 1050Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 50000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 28000 | 1 | KCGC 211055Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM 21/21 A2993 RMK AO2 | |||