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 | SCT@2200 SCT@2600 BKN@3500 | KSMS 200455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM +RA SCT022 SCT026 BKN035 24/23 A3001 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | FEW@2300 | KSMS 200555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM -RA FEW023 23/23 A2999 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KSMS 200655Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM -DZ CLR 23/22 A2998 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | FEW@4000 | KSMS 200755Z AUTO 00000KT 6SM -DZ FEW040 22/22 A2997 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KSMS 200855Z AUTO 00000KT 8SM -DZ CLR 22/22 A2995 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KSMS 200955Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM CLR 22/22 A2995 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KSMS 201055Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 22/22 A2994 RMK AO2 | ||