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 | ||
| 0650Z | 12:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 17000 | 11 | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 21 | OVC@7500 | K0D8 160655Z AUTO 06003KT 10SM OVC075 04/M04 A2999 RMK A01 | ||
| 0750Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 13000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 13000 | 0 | BKN@3800 BKN@4500 | K0D8 160755Z AUTO 05008KT 10SM BKN038 BKN045 M01/M03 A2999 RMK A01 | ||
| 0850Z | 2:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | BKN@4100 | K0D8 160855Z AUTO 08007KT 10SM BKN041 M02/M02 A2999 RMK A01 | ||
| 0950Z | 3:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | BKN@3700 BKN@4200 | K0D8 160955Z AUTO 10007KT 10SM BKN037 BKN042 M03/M04 A3000 RMK A01 | ||
| 1050Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 13000 | 0 | SCT@3800 OVC@4500 | K0D8 161055Z AUTO 11009KT 10SM SCT038 OVC045 M02/M04 A2999 RMK A01 | ||
| 1150Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 28000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 17000 | 1 | SCT@3600 BKN@4200 | K0D8 161155Z AUTO 11008KT 10SM SCT036 BKN042 M02/M05 A2999 RMK A01 | ||
| 1250Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 24000 | 2 | SCT@3300 | K0D8 161255Z AUTO 12008KT 10SM SCT033 M03/M05 A2999 RMK A01 | ||
| 1350Z | 7:35 AM | - | SCT | 13000 - 24000 | 1 | CLR | K0D8 161335Z AUTO 13008KT 10SM CLR M03/M05 A3000 RMK A01 | ||||