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 | ||
| 0550Z | 12:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | K5T9 010555Z AUTO 10007KT 10SM CLR 14/M04 A2994 RMK A01 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | K5T9 010655Z AUTO 08007KT CLR 13/M04 A2994 RMK A01 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | K5T9 010755Z AUTO 09006KT CLR 12/M02 A2992 RMK A01 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 22000 | 1 | CLR | K5T9 010855Z AUTO 09005KT 10SM CLR 11/M01 A2990 RMK A01 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 28000 | 7 | CLR | K5T9 010955Z AUTO 07004KT 10SM CLR 11/M00 A2989 RMK A01 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 13 | SCT | 13000 - 29000 | 16 | CLR | K5T9 011055Z AUTO 07004KT CLR 10/02 A2990 RMK A01 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 12 | SCT | 13000 - 25000 | 11 | CLR | K5T9 011155Z AUTO 07006KT CLR 11/05 A2989 RMK A01 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 29000 | 14 | SCT | 13000 - 24000 | 18 | CLR | K5T9 011255Z AUTO 07006KT CLR 11/06 A2991 RMK A01 | ||