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 | BKN | 36000 - 52000 | 37 | OVC | 35000 - 47000 | 52 | CLR | KMNI 150455Z AUTO 21003KT 10SM CLR 26/23 A3010 RMK AO2 P0005 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | BKN | 34000 - 52000 | 45 | OVC | 30000 - 44000 | 52 | CLR | KMNI 150555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 25/23 A3009 RMK AO2 P0004 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | BKN | 35000 - 53000 | 45 | OVC | 30000 - 42000 | 45 | CLR | KMNI 150655Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 24/23 A3008 RMK AO2 P0003 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:35 AM | BKN | 33000 - 52000 | 38 | OVC | 31000 - 41000 | 40 | CLR | KMNI 150735Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 24/23 A3008 RMK AO2 P0001 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | BKN | 34000 - 51000 | 33 | OVC | 28000 - 40000 | 34 | CLR | KMNI 150855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A3009 RMK AO2 P0002 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | BKN | 29000 - 50000 | 32 | OVC | 17000 - 39000 | 24 | CLR | KMNI 150955Z AUTO 23003KT 7SM CLR 23/23 A3009 RMK AO2 P0001 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 19000 - 51000 | 19 | SCT | 16000 - 37000 | 14 | CLR | KMNI 151055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 23/23 A3010 RMK AO2 P0001 | ||
| 1150Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 17000 - 47000 | 3 | SCT | 15000 - 37000 | 6 | CLR | KMNI 151155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 25/23 A3010 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1250Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 20000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 3 | CLR | KMNI 151255Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 27/23 A3012 RMK AO2 P0001 | ||
| 1350Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 14000 - 44000 | 3 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 2 | CLR | KMNI 151355Z AUTO 26005KT 10SM CLR 29/23 A3012 RMK AO2 |
| 1450Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | 15000 - 41000 | 2 | SCT | 14000 - 37000 | 1 | CLR | KMNI 151455Z AUTO 27003KT 10SM CLR 31/23 A3013 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1550Z | 11:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 20000 - 37000 | 0 | CLR | KMNI 151555Z AUTO 33004KT 10SM CLR 33/22 A3013 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1650Z | 12:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 15000 - 35000 | 0 | CLR | KMNI 151655Z AUTO 18005KT 10SM CLR 33/23 A3012 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1750Z | 1:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 1 | SCT@5000 SCT@6000 | KMNI 151755Z AUTO 19006KT 10SM SCT050 SCT060 33/22 A3009 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NE AND NW | ||
| 1850Z | 2:35 PM | SCT | 13000 - 51000 | 9 | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 10 | BKN@5000 OVC@6500 | KMNI 151835Z AUTO 20009KT 180V250 10SM BKN050 OVC065 35/23 A3008 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT N THRU E | ||