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 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 20 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 17 | CLR | KSLR 230555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 29/18 A2998 RMK AO2 T02890177 10372 20289 403970256 PWINO | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 19000 | 6 | BKN@12000 | KSLR 230655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN120 29/18 A2997 RMK AO2 T02880180 PWINO | |
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 27000 | 9 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 10 | SCT@12000 | KSLR 230755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT120 29/18 A2997 RMK AO2 T02860177 PWINO | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 48000 | 27 | BKN | 13000 - 48000 | 26 | CLR | KSLR 230855Z AUTO 07003KT 10SM CLR 27/19 A2997 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NW T02680187 PWINO | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | OVC | 19000 - 47000 | 69 | BKN | 23000 - 47000 | 61 | SCT@1300 BKN@8500 OVC@11000 | KSLR 230955Z AUTO 11012G17KT 3SM VCTS SCT013 BKN085 OVC110 25/22 A3002 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT ALQDS P0021 T02460216 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | BKN | 27000 - 47000 | 51 | BKN | 20000 - 47000 | 45 | CLR | KSLR 231055Z AUTO 09009KT 10SM CLR 25/21 A3000 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT S P0009 T02510213 PWINO | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | BKN | 19000 - 47000 | 26 | BKN | 22000 - 47000 | 37 | CLR | KSLR 231155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 25/22 A3001 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT S P0002 60034 70034 T02450222 10290 20243 PWINO | ||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | BKN | 15000 - 46000 | 26 | OVC | 31000 - 46000 | 31 | BKN@11000 | KSLR 231255Z AUTO 12004KT 10SM BKN110 26/22 A3002 RMK AO2 T02570224 PWINO | ||
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 17 | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 21 | BKN@11000 | KSLR 231355Z AUTO 12004KT 10SM BKN110 28/23 A3004 RMK AO2 T02830225 PWINO | ||
| 1450Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 10 | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 14 | CLR | KSLR 231455Z AUTO 15005KT 10SM CLR 31/21 A3004 RMK AO2 T03090211 PWINO | ||
| 1550Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 7 | CLR | KSLR 231555Z AUTO 17006KT 10SM CLR 33/20 A3004 RMK AO2 T03330203 PWINO | ||
| 1650Z | 11:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 0 | CLR | KSLR 231655Z AUTO 19006KT 10SM CLR 35/19 A3004 RMK AO2 T03490185 PWINO | ||