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 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KAPY 160655Z AUTO 14004KT 10SM CLR 22/18 A2988 RMK AO2 T02200181 403160170 | ||
| 0750Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 46000 | 0 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 1 | CLR | KAPY 160755Z AUTO 14003KT 10SM CLR 21/18 A2987 RMK AO2 T02110181 | |
| 0850Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 53000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 3 | CLR | KAPY 160855Z AUTO 12004KT 10SM CLR 20/18 A2986 RMK AO2 T02000180 | |
| 0950Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 28000 - 50000 | 1 | SCT | 28000 - 39000 | 0 | CLR | KAPY 160955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 19/18 A2986 RMK AO2 T01920180 | ||
| 1050Z | 4:50 AM | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 1 | SCT | 14000 - 42000 | 1 | CLR | KAPY 161050Z AUTO 13003KT 10SM CLR 19/18 A2986 RMK AO2 T01880180 | ||
| 1150Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 37000 - 47000 | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KAPY 161155Z AUTO 00000KT 2SM BR CLR 18/17 A2987 RMK AO2 T01750171 10227 20175 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:00 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | BKN@300 | KAPY 161300Z AUTO 00000KT M1/4SM FG BKN003 15/15 A2989 RMK AO2 T01540151 | ||
| 1350Z | 7:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT@300 | KAPY 161355Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM SCT003 19/19 A2991 RMK AO2 T01890186 | ||
| 1450Z | 8:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KAPY 161455Z AUTO 16007KT 10SM CLR 23/19 A2992 RMK AO2 T02340186 | ||
| 1550Z | 9:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KAPY 161555Z AUTO 17004KT 10SM CLR 26/18 A2993 RMK AO2 T02610181 | ||
| 1650Z | 10:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KAPY 161655Z AUTO 12003KT 10SM CLR 28/17 A2992 RMK AO2 T02820173 | ||
| 1750Z | 11:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KAPY 161755Z AUTO 16004KT 10SM CLR 31/16 A2989 RMK AO2 T03050163 10306 20152 | ||
| 1850Z | 12:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KAPY 161855Z AUTO 11005KT 10SM CLR 32/15 A2984 RMK AO2 T03200152 | ||
| 1950Z | 1:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 0 | CLR | KAPY 161955Z AUTO 10005KT 10SM CLR 33/14 A2981 RMK AO2 T03290140 | |