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 | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 31 | BKN | 13000 - 36000 | 30 | CLR | KCKC 180555Z AUTO 27003KT 10SM CLR 14/14 A2985 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | BKN | 14000 - 38000 | 28 | BKN | 13000 - 37000 | 29 | CLR | KCKC 180655Z AUTO 30003KT 10SM CLR 15/14 A2984 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 11 | CLR | KCKC 180755Z AUTO 31003KT 10SM CLR 15/14 A2983 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 36000 | 29 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 22 | CLR | KCKC 180855Z AUTO 32005KT 10SM CLR 16/14 A2985 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 7 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 9 | OVC@12000 | KCKC 180955Z AUTO 33007G14KT 10SM OVC120 14/12 A2985 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 22000 | 7 | SCT | 13000 - 17000 | 3 | CLR | KCKC 181055Z AUTO 33009G15KT 10SM CLR 13/10 A2986 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 23000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 0 | CLR | KCKC 181155Z AUTO 33007G14KT 10SM CLR 14/09 A2988 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KCKC 181255Z AUTO 33007KT 283V003 10SM CLR 15/09 A2989 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 15000 - 33000 | 0 | CLR | KCKC 181355Z AUTO 34006G14KT 10SM CLR 17/08 A2990 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1450Z | 9:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 18000 | 0 | CLR | KCKC 181455Z AUTO 30005G18KT 10SM CLR 18/08 A2990 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1550Z | 9:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KCKC 181455Z AUTO 30005G18KT 10SM CLR 18/08 A2990 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1650Z | 1:27 PM | SCT | 34000 - 34000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 0 | CLR | KCKC 181827Z AUTO 31007KT 263V023 10SM CLR 21/06 A2989 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1750Z | 1:27 PM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KCKC 181827Z AUTO 31007KT 263V023 10SM CLR 21/06 A2989 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1850Z | 1:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 21000 | 2 | SCT@6500 | KCKC 181855Z AUTO 32008KT 293V013 10SM SCT065 21/06 A2989 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1950Z | 2:55 PM | SCT | 16000 - 20000 | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 15000 | 0 | SCT@6500 | KCKC 181955Z AUTO 29005G14KT 10SM SCT065 21/06 A2988 RMK AO2 | ||
| 2050Z | 3:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 4 | SCT@6500 | KCKC 182055Z AUTO 31007KT 130V265 10SM SCT065 21/06 A2988 RMK AO2 | ||