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.

Year: Month: Day: Time Order:

 

SCP Valid UTC METAR Valid Local Satellite East SounderSatellite West SounderASOS METAR Report
Mid CloudsHigh CloudsLevels [ft]ECA [%]Mid CloudsHigh CloudsLevels [ft]ECA [%]Levels ftMETAR
0450Z12:53 AMSCT13000 - 330000SCT13000 - 240001CLR KWST 150453Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 18/17 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP195 T01780172 402780178
0550Z1:53 AMSCT14000 - 440001SCT14000 - 340001CLR KWST 150553Z AUTO 05003KT 10SM CLR 18/17 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP196 T01780172 10200 20178 51007
0650Z2:53 AMSCT13000 - 4500014SCT15000 - 150000CLR KWST 150653Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 18/17 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP195 T01780167
0750Z3:53 AMSCT13000 - 450005SCT14000 - 210001CLR KWST 150753Z AUTO 36004KT 10SM CLR 17/16 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP194 T01720161
0850Z4:53 AMCLR-0CLR-0CLR KWST 150853Z AUTO 36004KT 10SM CLR 17/15 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP195 T01670150 55000
0950Z5:53 AMCLR-0CLR-0CLR KWST 150953Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 15/14 A3012 RMK AO2 SLP200 T01500144
1050Z6:53 AMCLR-0CLR-0CLR KWST 151053Z AUTO 35003KT 10SM CLR 16/15 A3014 RMK AO2 SLP205 T01610150
1150Z7:53 AMCLR-0CLR-0CLR KWST 151153Z AUTO 36003KT 10SM CLR 18/15 A3016 RMK AO2 SLP211 70015 T01830150 10183 20150 53016
1250Z8:53 AMCLR-0CLR-0CLR KWST 151253Z AUTO 03005KT 10SM CLR 21/15 A3015 RMK AO2 SLP210 T02060150
1350Z9:53 AMSCTSCT14000 - 460003CLR-0CLR KWST 151353Z AUTO 02004KT 10SM CLR 23/13 A3015 RMK AO2 SLP208 T02280128