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 - 15000 | 44 | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 6 | OVC@1700 | KCWA 010555Z AUTO 04005KT 10SM OVC017 04/03 A2991 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 15000 | 49 | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 8 | OVC@1700 | KCWA 010655Z AUTO 07007KT 10SM OVC017 04/03 A2992 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 15000 | 49 | SCT | 13000 - 18000 | 4 | BKN@1300 OVC@2500 | KCWA 010755Z AUTO 04010KT 10SM BKN013 OVC025 04/02 A2994 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 31 | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 2 | FEW@1200 OVC@2700 | KCWA 010855Z AUTO 04010KT 10SM -RA FEW012 OVC027 03/01 A2995 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 16000 | 53 | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 8 | FEW@900 BKN@2200 OVC@2800 | KCWA 010955Z AUTO 04008KT 3SM -SN BR FEW009 BKN022 OVC028 01/00 A2997 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:50 AM | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 38 | SCT | 13000 - 21000 | 7 | SCT@4000 | KCWA 011050Z 11004KT 9SM -SN SCT040 01/00 A2999 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:50 AM | SCT | 13000 - 22000 | 43 | SCT | 13000 - 22000 | 4 | SCT@4000 OVC@6000 | KCWA 011150Z 00000KT 10SM SCT040 OVC060 00/00 A3001 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:50 AM | SCT | 13000 - 27000 | 37 | SCT | 13000 - 24000 | 9 | OVC@10000 | KCWA 011250Z 30004KT 10SM OVC100 01/00 A3003 | ||