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 | 23000 - 44000 | 0 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 2 | CLR | KMCF 160455Z AUTO 07011KT 10SM CLR 27/24 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP195 T02740240 403340261 | |
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 17000 - 38000 | 0 | CLR | KMCF 160555Z AUTO 07010KT 10SM CLR 27/24 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP195 T02690243 10295 20267 51001 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KMCF 160655Z AUTO 06006KT 10SM CLR 26/24 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP192 T02620240 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 1 | SCT | 16000 - 17000 | 0 | CLR | KMCF 160755Z AUTO 06009KT 10SM CLR 26/24 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP189 T02610243 | |
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 19000 - 47000 | 1 | SCT | 14000 - 35000 | 1 | CLR | KMCF 160855Z AUTO 06008KT 10SM CLR 26/24 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP185 T02590241 57009 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 8 | CLR | KMCF 160955Z AUTO 06008KT 10SM CLR 26/24 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP185 T02580240 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 17000 - 48000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 15 | CLR | KMCF 161055Z AUTO 07010KT 10SM CLR 26/24 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP192 T02600240 | ||
| 1150Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 47000 | 19 | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 23 | CLR | KMCF 161155Z AUTO 07011KT 10SM CLR 27/24 A3012 RMK AO2 SLP202 70023 T02650239 10270 20256 53015 | ||