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 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KSMS 030455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 15/15 A3023 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 2 | CLR | KSMS 030555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 15/14 A3024 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KSMS 030655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 13/13 A3024 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KSMS 030755Z AUTO 00000KT 8SM CLR 11/11 A3024 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KSMS 030855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 11/11 A3025 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KSMS 030955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 10/10 A3025 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KSMS 031055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 10/10 A3026 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1450Z | 10:35 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KSMS 031435Z AUTO VRB05G11KT 10SM CLR 22/10 A3030 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1550Z | 11:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KSMS 031555Z AUTO 01010KT 10SM CLR 24/07 A3030 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1650Z | 12:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KSMS 031655Z AUTO 03007G15KT 350V080 9SM CLR 25/06 A3028 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1750Z | 1:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KSMS 031755Z AUTO VRB06G13KT 10SM CLR 25/07 A3026 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1850Z | 2:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KSMS 031855Z AUTO VRB06G13KT 10SM CLR 26/06 A3025 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1950Z | 3:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KSMS 031955Z AUTO 02009KT 340V050 10SM CLR 26/08 A3023 RMK AO2 | ||
| 2050Z | 4:55 PM | SCT | 15000 - 19000 | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KSMS 032055Z AUTO 34006KT 10SM CLR 26/08 A3022 RMK AO2 | ||
| 2150Z | 5:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KSMS 032155Z AUTO 04007G12KT 10SM CLR 27/08 A3021 RMK AO2 | ||
| 2250Z | 6:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KSMS 032255Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 26/08 A3020 RMK AO2 | ||