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 | 12:50 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 6 | CLR | KSMS 060450Z AUTO 00000KT 6SM BR CLR 21/21 A2989 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:50 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 15000 - 32000 | 0 | CLR | KSMS 060550Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM CLR 21/21 A2988 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:50 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KSMS 060650Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM CLR 21/21 A2986 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:50 AM | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 3 | SCT | 14000 - 42000 | 9 | CLR | KSMS 060750Z AUTO 00000KT 6SM BR CLR 20/20 A2986 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:50 AM | SCT | SCT | 14000 - 52000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 5 | CLR | KSMS 060850Z AUTO 00000KT 8SM CLR 20/20 A2986 RMK AO2 | |
| 0950Z | 5:50 AM | SCT | 16000 - 39000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 9 | CLR | KSMS 060950Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM CLR 20/20 A2986 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:50 AM | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 8 | CLR | KSMS 061050Z AUTO 00000KT 6SM BR CLR 20/20 A2987 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1150Z | 7:50 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 38000 | 9 | CLR | KSMS 061150Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/22 A2988 RMK AO2 | |
| 1250Z | 8:50 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 6 | CLR | KSMS 061250Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 25/24 A2990 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1350Z | 9:50 AM | SCT | 16000 - 51000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 9 | CLR | KSMS 061350Z AUTO VRB06KT 10SM CLR 28/25 A2990 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1450Z | 10:50 AM | SCT | 35000 - 52000 | 1 | SCT | 14000 - 38000 | 5 | CLR | KSMS 061450Z AUTO 02004KT 10SM CLR 30/25 A2990 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1550Z | 11:50 AM | SCT | 16000 - 52000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 4 | CLR | KSMS 061550Z AUTO VRB05KT 10SM CLR 32/24 A2990 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1650Z | 12:50 PM | SCT | SCT | 15000 - 48000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 7 | CLR | KSMS 061650Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 33/24 A2988 RMK AO2 | |
| 1750Z | 1:50 PM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 15 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 17 | SCT@5000 SCT@5500 | KSMS 061750Z AUTO 03006KT 10SM SCT050 SCT055 34/23 A2987 RMK AO2 | |
| 1850Z | 2:50 PM | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 34 | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 25 | BKN@5500 | KSMS 061850Z AUTO VRB05G12KT 10SM BKN055 34/23 A2985 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT N AND NE | ||
| 1950Z | 3:50 PM | BKN | 13000 - 52000 | 53 | BKN | 13000 - 50000 | 36 | FEW@5000 FEW@6500 BKN@10000 | KSMS 061950Z AUTO VRB04G10KT 10SM FEW050 FEW065 BKN100 28/22 A2985 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NE-S | ||
| 2050Z | 4:50 PM | OVC | 13000 - 52000 | 78 | BKN | 13000 - 52000 | 39 | CLR | KSMS 062050Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 28/24 A2986 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT ALQDS | ||