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 | ||
| 0550Z | 12:55 AM | OVC | 27000 - 37000 | 47 | OVC | 24000 - 35000 | 48 | SCT@1700 BKN@2800 OVC@3400 | K06C 210555Z AUTO 07008KT 10SM SCT017 BKN028 OVC034 16/16 A3010 RMK AO2 60014 T01620156 10166 20159 402010159 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | OVC | 14000 - 36000 | 49 | BKN | 20000 - 33000 | 49 | BKN@3400 BKN@6000 OVC@7500 | K06C 210655Z AUTO 08008G17KT 10SM BKN034 BKN060 OVC075 16/12 A3010 RMK AO2 T01560120 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | OVC | 21000 - 35000 | 47 | OVC | 20000 - 36000 | 48 | BKN@1900 BKN@2500 OVC@3900 | K06C 210755Z AUTO 07008KT 10SM BKN019 BKN025 OVC039 16/13 A3010 RMK AO2 T01560126 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | OVC | 16000 - 37000 | 56 | OVC | 24000 - 36000 | 61 | SCT@2300 BKN@3700 OVC@4800 | K06C 210855Z AUTO 07008KT 10SM SCT023 BKN037 OVC048 16/13 A3009 RMK AO2 T01560126 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | OVC | 29000 - 34000 | 71 | OVC | 29000 - 36000 | 70 | OVC@1900 | K06C 210955Z AUTO 08007KT 10SM OVC019 16/13 A3010 RMK AO2 T01580130 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | OVC | 30000 - 36000 | 79 | OVC | 31000 - 37000 | 74 | OVC@1700 | K06C 211055Z AUTO 06004KT 10SM OVC017 16/13 A3011 RMK AO2 T01600132 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | OVC | 31000 - 38000 | 83 | BKN | 31000 - 38000 | 69 | BKN@1900 OVC@7000 | K06C 211155Z AUTO 07009KT 10SM BKN019 OVC070 16/13 A3012 RMK AO2 70043 T01580127 10162 20150 | ||