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 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | K9MN 240555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 16/13 A3007 RMK AO1 T01600129 10240 20158 402470128 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 10 | CLR | K9MN 240655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 15/13 A3006 RMK AO1 T01450130 | |
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 7 | CLR | K9MN 240755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 15/13 A3007 RMK AO1 T01500125 | |