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 | 13000 - 31000 | 5 | CLR | KPNT 280555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 08/08 A3011 RMK AO2 T00810081 10160 20079 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 28000 | 2 | CLR | KPNT 280655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 08/08 A3011 RMK AO2 T00780078 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 29000 | 6 | CLR | KPNT 280755Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 07/07 A3011 RMK AO2 T00700070 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 27000 | 4 | CLR | KPNT 280855Z AUTO 00000KT 5SM BR CLR 07/07 A3011 RMK AO2 T00660066 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 1 | CLR | KPNT 280955Z AUTO 34003KT 4SM BR CLR 08/08 A3011 RMK AO2 T00770077 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | - | SCT | 13000 - 22000 | 0 | BKN@200 | KPNT 281055Z AUTO 00000KT 1/2SM FG BKN002 06/06 A3011 RMK AO2 T00600060 | ||||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 4 | OVC@200 | KPNT 281155Z AUTO 00000KT 1/4SM FG OVC002 05/05 A3012 RMK AO2 7//// T00510051 10088 20045 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:41 AM | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 13 | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 15 | CLR | KPNT 281241Z AUTO 00000KT 2 1/2SM BR CLR 09/09 A3013 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:50 AM | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 11 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 12 | CLR | KPNT 281350Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 13/13 A3014 RMK AO2 T01270127 PWINO | ||