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 | ||
| 0450Z | 12:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KCKI 230455Z AUTO 18004KT 10SM CLR 26/22 A3003 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 13000 | 1 | BKN@9000 OVC@11000 | KCKI 230555Z AUTO 19004KT 10SM BKN090 OVC110 26/21 A3002 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 4 | BKN@11000 | KCKI 230655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN110 26/21 A3002 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 7 | CLR | KCKI 230755Z AUTO 21003KT 10SM CLR 26/21 A3002 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 18000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 11 | CLR | KCKI 230855Z AUTO 21003KT 10SM CLR 25/21 A3002 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT W | ||
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 29000 | 15 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 17 | SCT@12000 | KCKI 230955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT120 25/21 A3004 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:50 AM | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 10 | BKN@11000 | KCKI 231050Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN110 25/21 A3005 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1150Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 11 | CLR | KCKI 231155Z AUTO 19003KT 10SM CLR 26/22 A3007 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1250Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 50000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 10 | CLR | KCKI 231255Z AUTO 21007KT 10SM CLR 28/22 A3008 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1350Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 28 | BKN | 13000 - 39000 | 26 | SCT@2600 | KCKI 231355Z AUTO 27006KT 10SM SCT026 30/22 A3008 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1450Z | 10:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 53000 | 39 | BKN | 13000 - 41000 | 36 | CLR | KCKI 231455Z AUTO 24004KT 10SM CLR 31/21 A3009 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT N | ||
| 1550Z | 11:55 AM | BKN | 15000 - 52000 | 41 | BKN | 13000 - 43000 | 40 | CLR | KCKI 231555Z AUTO 23006KT 10SM CLR 33/18 A3008 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NE | ||
| 1650Z | 12:55 PM | BKN | 13000 - 51000 | 49 | BKN | 13000 - 43000 | 49 | SCT@9500 SCT@12000 | KCKI 231655Z AUTO 28008KT 10SM SCT095 SCT120 33/18 A3007 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NE | ||
| 1750Z | 1:55 PM | BKN | 13000 - 49000 | 29 | BKN | 13000 - 41000 | 43 | SCT@5500 SCT@11000 | KCKI 231755Z AUTO 23010KT 10SM SCT055 SCT110 35/18 A3005 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NE | ||