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 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 50000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 2 | CLR | KSPA 060455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/21 A2992 RMK AO2 | |
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 2 | SCT | 14000 - 47000 | 12 | CLR | KSPA 060555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/21 A2990 RMK AO2 | |
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 23000 - 52000 | 20 | BKN | 16000 - 42000 | 34 | CLR | KSPA 060655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 21/20 A2988 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 16000 - 52000 | 16 | BKN | 14000 - 42000 | 30 | CLR | KSPA 060755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/21 A2988 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 15000 - 52000 | 21 | SCT | 14000 - 40000 | 23 | CLR | KSPA 060855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/21 A2988 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 53000 | 14 | SCT | 15000 - 39000 | 16 | CLR | KSPA 060955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 21/20 A2989 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 15000 - 49000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 17 | CLR | KSPA 061055Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 21/20 A2990 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1150Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 52000 | 8 | SCT | 14000 - 39000 | 16 | CLR | KSPA 061155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/21 A2990 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1250Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 26000 - 52000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 9 | CLR | KSPA 061255Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 25/22 A2993 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1350Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 19000 - 50000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 6 | SCT@6500 BKN@7500 | KSPA 061355Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT065 BKN075 27/22 A2994 RMK AO2 P0001 | |
| 1450Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 51000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 7 | CLR | KSPA 061455Z AUTO 07004KT 7SM CLR 30/21 A2994 RMK AO2 | |
| 1550Z | 11:55 AM | SCT | 36000 - 49000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 3 | CLR | KSPA 061555Z AUTO 12005KT 10SM CLR 31/20 A2993 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NE | ||
| 1650Z | 12:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 50000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 5 | CLR | KSPA 061655Z AUTO 08005KT 10SM CLR 31/20 A2990 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1750Z | 1:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 50000 | 18 | SCT | 14000 - 43000 | 10 | SCT@4100 | KSPA 061755Z AUTO 12004KT 10SM SCT041 30/21 A2990 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT N | ||