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 | 32000 - 43000 | 53 | SCT@7000 SCT@9000 | KMKS 220435Z AUTO 21008KT 10SM SCT070 SCT090 28/24 A2998 RMK AO2 | ||||
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | BKN | 28000 - 52000 | 52 | OVC | 21000 - 41000 | 41 | CLR | KMKS 220555Z AUTO 21007KT 10SM CLR 28/25 A2996 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | OVC | 33000 - 49000 | 64 | OVC | 29000 - 40000 | 47 | CLR | KMKS 220655Z AUTO 22006KT 10SM CLR 27/24 A2995 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | BKN | 26000 - 52000 | 26 | OVC | 19000 - 39000 | 24 | CLR | KMKS 220755Z AUTO 21005KT 10SM CLR 27/25 A2995 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 22000 - 53000 | 16 | SCT | 14000 - 40000 | 21 | CLR | KMKS 220855Z AUTO 22005KT 10SM CLR 27/25 A2996 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 26000 - 51000 | 11 | SCT | 18000 - 39000 | 18 | SCT@2600 | KMKS 220955Z AUTO 21006KT 10SM SCT026 27/25 A2997 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 19000 - 48000 | 10 | OVC | 15000 - 38000 | 23 | BKN@10000 | KMKS 221055Z AUTO 21004KT 7SM BKN100 27/25 A2998 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1150Z | 7:55 AM | BKN | 16000 - 51000 | 28 | BKN | 14000 - 37000 | 33 | CLR | KMKS 221155Z AUTO 24004KT 10SM CLR 28/25 A3000 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1250Z | 8:55 AM | BKN | 14000 - 45000 | 29 | BKN | 13000 - 37000 | 30 | BKN@1800 BKN@2700 BKN@3200 | KMKS 221255Z AUTO 23007KT 10SM BKN018 BKN027 BKN032 29/25 A3002 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1350Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 47000 | 18 | SCT | 14000 - 38000 | 24 | SCT@2700 | KMKS 221355Z AUTO 25006KT 10SM SCT027 30/23 A3003 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1450Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 17 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 24 | BKN@3200 BKN@3900 BKN@4800 | KMKS 221455Z AUTO 23007KT 10SM BKN032 BKN039 BKN048 32/23 A3003 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1550Z | 11:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 48000 | 29 | BKN | 14000 - 40000 | 29 | SCT@4600 | KMKS 221555Z AUTO 23012G17KT 10SM SCT046 32/22 A3003 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1650Z | 12:55 PM | BKN | 14000 - 46000 | 31 | OVC | 28000 - 42000 | 31 | SCT@4800 BKN@5500 | KMKS 221655Z AUTO 23005G14KT 10SM SCT048 BKN055 32/22 A3002 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1750Z | 1:55 PM | OVC | 24000 - 46000 | 56 | BKN | 15000 - 43000 | 42 | SCT@5000 | KMKS 221755Z AUTO 25008KT 10SM SCT050 33/21 A3000 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1850Z | 2:55 PM | OVC | 36000 - 46000 | 67 | BKN | 14000 - 43000 | 53 | CLR | KMKS 221855Z AUTO 24008KT 10SM CLR 33/21 A2998 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1950Z | 3:55 PM | OVC | 36000 - 46000 | 70 | OVC | 28000 - 42000 | 63 | BKN@5500 BKN@7000 BKN@8000 | KMKS 221955Z AUTO 19010KT 10SM BKN055 BKN070 BKN080 33/23 A2997 RMK AO2 | ||
| 2050Z | 4:55 PM | OVC | 36000 - 44000 | 75 | OVC | 34000 - 42000 | 66 | SCT@3900 SCT@4700 | KMKS 222055Z AUTO 19007KT 10SM SCT039 SCT047 33/24 A2997 RMK AO2 | ||
| 2150Z | 5:55 PM | OVC | 35000 - 50000 | 69 | BKN | 35000 - 41000 | 58 | CLR | KMKS 222155Z AUTO 21008KT 10SM CLR 32/23 A2997 RMK AO2 | ||