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 | BKN | 13000 - 39000 | 38 | BKN | 13000 - 33000 | 40 | CLR | KSYI 120655Z AUTO 12005KT 10SM CLR 02/M02 A2998 RMK A01 | ||
| 0750Z | 1:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 34000 | 44 | BKN | 15000 - 31000 | 53 | FEW@12000 | KSYI 120755Z AUTO 13004KT 10SM FEW120 04/M03 A2998 RMK A01 | ||
| 0850Z | 2:55 AM | OVC | 16000 - 31000 | 69 | BKN | 16000 - 31000 | 49 | BKN@12000 | KSYI 120855Z AUTO 17007KT 10SM BKN120 05/M03 A2997 RMK A01 | ||
| 0950Z | 3:55 AM | OVC | 16000 - 31000 | 57 | BKN | 15000 - 26000 | 54 | BKN@12000 | KSYI 120955Z AUTO 17005KT 10SM BKN120 05/M02 A2996 RMK A01 | ||
| 1050Z | 4:55 AM | OVC | 14000 - 31000 | 72 | BKN | 13000 - 29000 | 54 | SCT@12000 | KSYI 121055Z AUTO 16006KT 10SM SCT120 06/M02 A2995 RMK A01 | ||
| 1150Z | 5:55 AM | OVC | 18000 - 35000 | 49 | BKN | 13000 - 33000 | 42 | SCT@12000 | KSYI 121155Z AUTO 18005KT 10SM SCT120 06/M01 A2996 RMK A01 | ||
| 1250Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 23 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 23 | CLR | KSYI 121255Z AUTO 18005KT 10SM CLR 05/M01 A2996 RMK A01 | ||
| 1350Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 24000 - 33000 | 1 | SCT | 14000 - 30000 | 1 | CLR | KSYI 121355Z AUTO 20006KT 10SM CLR 06/00 A2998 RMK A01 | ||
| 1450Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 17000 | 1 | CLR | KSYI 121455Z AUTO 22008KT 10SM CLR 09/01 A3000 RMK A01 | ||
| 1550Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 11 | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 13 | CLR | KSYI 121555Z AUTO 23008KT 10SM CLR 12/02 A3000 RMK A01 | ||
| 1650Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 1 | CLR | KSYI 121655Z AUTO 22005KT 10SM CLR 12/02 A3000 RMK A01 | ||
| 1750Z | 11:55 AM | SCT | 33000 - 41000 | 7 | SCT | 26000 - 35000 | 10 | CLR | KSYI 121755Z AUTO 27004KT 10SM CLR 13/02 A2999 RMK A01 | ||
| 1850Z | 12:55 PM | BKN | 28000 - 41000 | 27 | BKN | 24000 - 41000 | 26 | CLR | KSYI 121855Z AUTO 19004KT 10SM CLR 14/02 A2998 RMK A01 | ||
| 1950Z | 1:55 PM | OVC | 31000 - 41000 | 37 | BKN | 26000 - 37000 | 29 | CLR | KSYI 121955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 14/02 A2997 RMK A01 | ||