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 | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 11 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 19 | SCT@1800 | KLRO 060455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT018 27/25 A2985 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NE | ||
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 40000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 9 | CLR | KLRO 060555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 25/25 A2985 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NE AND E | ||
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 16000 - 37000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 29000 | 1 | CLR | KLRO 060655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 25/25 A2984 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KLRO 060755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 25/25 A2982 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KLRO 060855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/24 A2982 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 48000 | 10 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 11 | CLR | KLRO 060955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/24 A2983 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 24000 - 50000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 2 | CLR | KLRO 061055Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM CLR 23/23 A2985 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1150Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 7 | CLR | KLRO 061155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A2986 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1250Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 8 | CLR | KLRO 061255Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM CLR 27/23 A2987 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT E | ||
| 1350Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 15000 - 47000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 7 | CLR | KLRO 061355Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM CLR 29/24 A2988 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1450Z | 10:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 9 | CLR | KLRO 061455Z AUTO VRB04KT 9SM CLR 31/24 A2989 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1550Z | 11:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 8 | CLR | KLRO 061555Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM CLR 32/25 A2988 RMK AO2 | |
| 1650Z | 12:55 PM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 2 | CLR | KLRO 061655Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM CLR 32/24 A2986 RMK AO2 | |
| 1750Z | 1:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 1 | CLR | KLRO 061755Z AUTO 00000G10KT 9SM CLR 32/27 A2986 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1850Z | 2:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 1 | CLR | KLRO 061855Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM CLR 32/26 A2984 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1950Z | 3:55 PM | SCT | 17000 - 25000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 6 | CLR | KLRO 061955Z AUTO VRB06G13KT 9SM CLR 32/26 A2983 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SE AND SW | ||
| 2050Z | 4:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 51000 | 8 | BKN | 14000 - 52000 | 37 | CLR | KLRO 062055Z AUTO VRB05G11KT 9SM CLR 30/27 A2980 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SW | ||
| 2150Z | 5:55 PM | BKN | 30000 - 52000 | 76 | OVC | 20000 - 52000 | 66 | CLR | KLRO 062155Z AUTO 00000KT 8SM VCTS CLR 29/27 A2984 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SW-NW | ||
| 2250Z | 6:55 PM | BKN | 33000 - 50000 | 85 | BKN | 35000 - 52000 | 69 | FEW@1700 | KLRO 062255Z AUTO 00000KT 8SM VCTS FEW017 28/27 A2986 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT W-NE | ||