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 | KRCE 050555Z AUTO 16010KT 10SM 29/18 A2994 RMK AO2 | |||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KRCE 050655Z AUTO 17011KT 10SM CLR 29/18 A2994 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KRCE 050755Z AUTO 17010KT 10SM CLR 28/18 A2993 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | KRCE 050855Z AUTO 17007KT 10SM 26/18 A2994 RMK AO2 | |||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KRCE 050955Z AUTO 18007KT 10SM CLR 26/18 A2994 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | - | CLR | KRCE 051055Z AUTO 18008KT 10SM CLR 25/18 A2995 RMK AO2 | ||||
| 1150Z | 6:35 AM | CLR | - | 0 | - | KRCE 051135Z AUTO 17007KT 10SM 24/18 A2994 RMK AO2 | |||||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | - | CLR | KRCE 051255Z AUTO 17007KT 10SM CLR 25/19 A2996 RMK AO2 | ||||
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | - | CLR | KRCE 051355Z AUTO 20010KT 10SM CLR 28/19 A2997 RMK AO2 | ||||