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 | ||
| 0440Z | 12:35 AM | - | BKN | 35000 - 45000 | 64 | FEW@2200 SCT@2800 BKN@3700 | KLRO 220435Z AUTO 20012G19KT 7SM FEW022 SCT028 BKN037 29/28 A2999 RMK AO2 | ||||
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | BKN | 32000 - 52000 | 40 | BKN | 29000 - 41000 | 42 | FEW@2400 | KLRO 220555Z AUTO 18012KT 7SM FEW024 29/27 A2996 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | OVC | 33000 - 50000 | 32 | OVC | 18000 - 41000 | 41 | SCT@1800 BKN@2200 BKN@2600 | KLRO 220655Z AUTO 17013KT 7SM SCT018 BKN022 BKN026 29/28 A2995 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | OVC | 32000 - 47000 | 51 | OVC | 19000 - 39000 | 47 | BKN@2600 OVC@3100 | KLRO 220755Z AUTO 18012G18KT 7SM BKN026 OVC031 29/27 A2996 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 17000 - 53000 | 13 | SCT | 14000 - 38000 | 14 | SCT@2600 | KLRO 220855Z AUTO 18010KT 7SM SCT026 29/27 A2996 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 22000 - 52000 | 5 | SCT | 14000 - 41000 | 13 | SCT@1900 | KLRO 220955Z AUTO 19008KT 7SM SCT019 29/27 A2997 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 18 | KLRO 221055Z AUTO 00000KT 5SM BR 28/27 A2999 RMK AO2 | |||