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 | ||
| 0750Z | 12:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 1 | SCT@6500 BKN@8000 OVC@9000 | KS12 130755Z AUTO 18003KT 10SM SCT065 BKN080 OVC090 12/12 A2996 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 19000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 1 | BKN@1900 OVC@7000 | KS12 130855Z AUTO 19004KT 10SM BKN019 OVC070 12/12 A2997 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 22000 | 2 | CLR | - | 0 | BKN@6000 BKN@7500 | KS12 130955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN060 BKN075 11/11 A2997 RMK AO2 P0001 | ||
| 1050Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 24000 | 3 | SCT | 14000 - 28000 | 1 | SCT@4400 OVC@5000 | KS12 131055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT044 OVC050 11/11 A2998 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1150Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 23000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 22000 | 2 | FEW@4400 | KS12 131155Z AUTO 19004KT 10SM FEW044 11/10 A2999 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1250Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 22000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 22000 | 2 | SCT@1900 BKN@6000 OVC@7500 | KS12 131255Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT019 BKN060 OVC075 11/11 A2999 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1350Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 24000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 13000 | 1 | SCT@12000 | KS12 131355Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM SCT120 10/10 A3000 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT S | ||
| 1450Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 2 | SCT@2900 | KS12 131455Z AUTO VRB04KT 10SM SCT029 11/11 A3001 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1550Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 21000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 22000 | 5 | CLR | KS12 131555Z AUTO 20007G12KT 10SM CLR 13/12 A3003 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1650Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 25000 | 7 | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 7 | FEW@1200 SCT@2800 OVC@4000 | KS12 131655Z AUTO 18007KT 10SM FEW012 SCT028 OVC040 14/12 A3004 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1750Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 26000 | 17 | SCT | 13000 - 29000 | 39 | BKN@1300 BKN@2200 OVC@3200 | KS12 131755Z AUTO 18009KT 10SM BKN013 BKN022 OVC032 15/13 A3005 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1850Z | 11:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 28000 | 48 | OVC | 13000 - 27000 | 70 | BKN@3400 BKN@6500 | KS12 131855Z AUTO 21009KT 10SM BKN034 BKN065 17/12 A3006 RMK AO2 | ||