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 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 15000 - 36000 | 0 | CLR | KCIR 200555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/20 A2993 RMK AO2 T02170200 10315 20214 403770204 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | - | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 14 | CLR | KCIR 200655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 21/20 A2992 RMK AO2 T02060198 | ||||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 17 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 14 | CLR | KCIR 200755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 21/20 A2991 RMK AO2 T02120200 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 12 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 7 | CLR | KCIR 200855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 21/20 A2991 RMK AO2 T02060200 | |
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 15 | CLR | KCIR 200955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 21/20 A2991 RMK AO2 T02100202 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 27 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 21 | BKN@9500 | KCIR 201055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN095 20/20 A2993 RMK AO2 T02040200 | |
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 19 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 10 | CLR | KCIR 201155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 21/20 A2994 RMK AO2 T02050200 10220 20202 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 36000 - 44000 | 0 | SCT | 17000 - 42000 | 2 | CLR | KCIR 201255Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/21 A2995 RMK AO2 T02150210 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 49000 | 22 | SCT | 15000 - 43000 | 23 | CLR | KCIR 201355Z AUTO 25003KT 10SM CLR 28/21 A2996 RMK AO2 T02750205 | ||
| 1450Z | 9:55 AM | BKN | 32000 - 49000 | 40 | BKN | 16000 - 39000 | 32 | CLR | KCIR 201455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 30/20 A2996 RMK AO2 T03010198 | ||
| 1550Z | 10:55 AM | OVC | 30000 - 49000 | 47 | BKN | 15000 - 39000 | 37 | CLR | KCIR 201555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 31/21 A2996 RMK AO2 T03110206 | ||
| 1650Z | 11:55 AM | BKN | 15000 - 51000 | 35 | SCT | 15000 - 39000 | 23 | CLR | KCIR 201655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 33/20 A2993 RMK AO2 T03250197 | ||
| 1750Z | 12:55 PM | SCT | 14000 - 52000 | 10 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 14 | CLR | KCIR 201755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 35/18 A2991 RMK AO2 T03500176 10350 20205 | ||
| 1850Z | 1:55 PM | BKN | 13000 - 50000 | 30 | BKN | 13000 - 40000 | 32 | SCT@7500 | KCIR 201855Z AUTO 24005KT 10SM SCT075 35/18 A2989 RMK AO2 T03530177 | ||
| 1950Z | 2:55 PM | BKN | 15000 - 51000 | 46 | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 42 | SCT@8000 | KCIR 201955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT080 35/18 A2987 RMK AO2 T03520180 | ||
| 2050Z | 3:55 PM | BKN | 14000 - 51000 | 27 | BKN | 13000 - 42000 | 25 | SCT@9000 | KCIR 202055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT090 36/19 A2985 RMK AO2 T03560191 | ||
| 2150Z | 4:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 9 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 15 | SCT@9000 | KCIR 202155Z AUTO 24003KT 10SM SCT090 35/18 A2984 RMK AO2 T03520179 | ||