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 | 12:50 AM | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 29 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 26 | SCT@12000 | KOSA 230550Z AUTO 01004KT 10SM SCT120 30/19 A2995 RMK AO2 T03020188 10368 20279 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:50 AM | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 9 | SCT | 13000 - 18000 | 9 | SCT@12000 | KOSA 230650Z AUTO 10005KT 10SM SCT120 27/20 A2996 RMK AO2 T02750200 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:50 AM | SCT | 13000 - 23000 | 10 | SCT | 13000 - 19000 | 9 | OVC@9000 | KOSA 230750Z AUTO 10003KT 10SM OVC090 28/20 A2996 RMK AO2 T02790198 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:50 AM | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 24 | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 19 | CLR | KOSA 230850Z AUTO 12006KT 10SM CLR 27/21 A2996 RMK AO2 T02670206 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:50 AM | BKN | 26000 - 48000 | 62 | BKN | 27000 - 48000 | 58 | BKN@9000 BKN@10000 | KOSA 230950Z AUTO 03004KT 10SM BKN090 BKN100 27/21 A2999 RMK AO2 T02720211 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:50 AM | BKN | 14000 - 47000 | 63 | BKN | 14000 - 48000 | 57 | SCT@2800 SCT@4200 BKN@9000 | KOSA 231050Z AUTO 09008KT 5SM -RA SCT028 SCT042 BKN090 25/22 A2998 RMK AO2 P0002 T02520220 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:50 AM | OVC | 16000 - 47000 | 34 | SCT | 14000 - 47000 | 21 | CLR | KOSA 231150Z AUTO 28004KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A3001 RMK AO2 T02440228 10301 20244 60002 70002 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:50 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 15 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 15 | SCT@11000 | KOSA 231250Z AUTO 10005KT 10SM SCT110 25/23 A3002 RMK AO2 T02470231 |
| 1350Z | 8:50 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 9 | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 11 | SCT@12000 | KOSA 231350Z AUTO 09006KT 10SM SCT120 27/23 A3003 RMK AO2 T02650229 | |
| 1450Z | 9:50 AM | SCT | 14000 - 47000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 9 | SCT@11000 | KOSA 231450Z AUTO 13006KT 10SM SCT110 29/23 A3003 RMK AO2 T02930229 | ||
| 1550Z | 10:30 AM | - | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 1 | CLR | KOSA 231530Z AUTO 12003KT 10SM CLR 31/22 A3003 RMK AO2 T03130224 | ||||