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 | 12:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 0 | CLR | KSFM 270456Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 08/08 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP156 T00830078 402610083 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 1 | CLR | KSFM 270556Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 07/07 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP159 T00720067 10156 20072 53005 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 21000 | 1 | CLR | KSFM 270656Z AUTO 23003KT 10SM CLR 06/06 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP157 T00610061 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 17000 - 18000 | 0 | CLR | KSFM 270756Z AUTO 25003KT 10SM CLR 06/06 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP156 T00610061 | ||