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 | 12:53 AM | SCT | 44000 - 46000 | 0 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 0 | CLR | KRAC 180553Z AUTO 24008KT 10SM CLR 26/22 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP113 T02610222 10317 20261 403440194 56016 | |
| 0650Z | 1:53 AM | SCT | 38000 - 47000 | 19 | SCT | 14000 - 42000 | 22 | CLR | KRAC 180653Z AUTO 24007KT 10SM CLR 26/22 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP111 T02560222 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:53 AM | BKN | 15000 - 47000 | 44 | BKN | 13000 - 44000 | 33 | CLR | KRAC 180753Z AUTO 24010KT 10SM CLR 26/22 A2986 RMK AO2 SLP103 T02560222 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:53 AM | OVC | 33000 - 47000 | 67 | BKN | 13000 - 42000 | 46 | CLR | KRAC 180853Z AUTO 24010G17KT 10SM CLR 26/22 A2985 RMK AO2 SLP103 T02560222 56010 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:53 AM | OVC | 34000 - 42000 | 83 | OVC | 33000 - 44000 | 72 | CLR | KRAC 180953Z AUTO 24008KT 10SM CLR 26/22 A2984 RMK AO2 SLP097 T02560222 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:53 AM | OVC | 34000 - 41000 | 88 | OVC | 35000 - 44000 | 76 | CLR | KRAC 181053Z AUTO 24007KT 10SM CLR 26/22 A2984 RMK AO2 SLP097 T02610222 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:53 AM | OVC | 31000 - 43000 | 86 | OVC | 32000 - 41000 | 73 | FEW@11000 | KRAC 181153Z AUTO 29007G15KT 10SM FEW110 27/22 A2985 RMK AO2 SLP100 T02670217 10267 20256 55003 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:53 AM | BKN | 13000 - 44000 | 62 | BKN | 13000 - 39000 | 41 | CLR | KRAC 181253Z AUTO 29007G18KT 10SM CLR 27/21 A2985 RMK AO2 SLP101 T02720206 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:53 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 1 | SCT | 14000 - 29000 | 3 | SCT@3600 SCT@4500 | KRAC 181353Z AUTO 32014G18KT 10SM SCT036 SCT045 29/21 A2986 RMK AO2 SLP106 T02890211 | |
| 1450Z | 9:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 20000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 27000 | 5 | OVC@3800 | KRAC 181453Z AUTO 28008KT 10SM OVC038 27/21 A2986 RMK AO2 SLP106 T02720206 50006 | ||
| 1550Z | 10:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 21000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 8 | BKN@4700 | KRAC 181553Z AUTO 26009KT 10SM BKN047 28/21 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP111 T02830211 | ||
| 1650Z | 11:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 19000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 3 | SCT@3300 BKN@4100 BKN@5000 | KRAC 181653Z AUTO 30007G15KT 10SM SCT033 BKN041 BKN050 30/21 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP111 T03000211 | ||