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 - 20000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 1 | CLR | KMAO 050455Z AUTO 15004KT 10SM CLR 23/22 A3007 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 9 | SCT | 14000 - 39000 | 2 | CLR | KMAO 050555Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 23/21 A3007 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 48000 | 32 | SCT | 14000 - 37000 | 12 | CLR | KMAO 050655Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 22/21 A3006 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 48000 | 42 | SCT | 14000 - 43000 | 28 | CLR | KMAO 050755Z AUTO 13004KT 7SM CLR 23/21 A3007 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 42000 | 76 | BKN | 13000 - 40000 | 46 | SCT@500 BKN@2200 BKN@2900 | KMAO 050855Z AUTO 13006KT 7SM SCT005 BKN022 BKN029 23/22 A3008 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | BKN | 25000 - 42000 | 71 | BKN | 13000 - 39000 | 48 | SCT@700 SCT@1700 BKN@9000 | KMAO 050955Z AUTO 16006KT 10SM -RA SCT007 SCT017 BKN090 23/21 A3009 RMK AO2 P0006 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:55 AM | BKN | 28000 - 41000 | 58 | BKN | 13000 - 42000 | 45 | SCT@2300 SCT@3300 BKN@9000 | KMAO 051055Z AUTO 16004KT 7SM -RA SCT023 SCT033 BKN090 22/21 A3010 RMK AO2 P0007 | ||
| 1150Z | 7:55 AM | OVC | 29000 - 38000 | 88 | BKN | 13000 - 39000 | 47 | SCT@2100 SCT@3900 SCT@6000 | KMAO 051155Z AUTO 12003KT 10SM -RA SCT021 SCT039 SCT060 22/20 A3012 RMK AO2 P0001 | ||