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 | 19000 - 32000 | 40 | SCT | 13000 - 29000 | 17 | CLR | KRPD 060555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 20/19 A3012 RMK AO2 T02010192 10262 20197 402860197 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 45000 | 35 | SCT | 13000 - 26000 | 12 | CLR | KRPD 060655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 20/19 A3012 RMK AO2 T01980188 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 45000 | 46 | SCT | 13000 - 22000 | 18 | CLR | KRPD 060755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 19/19 A3012 RMK AO2 T01910186 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 43000 | 41 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 18 | CLR | KRPD 060855Z AUTO 12003KT 10SM CLR 20/19 A3010 RMK AO2 T02000192 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:50 AM | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 28 | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 13 | CLR | KRPD 060950Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 19/19 A3013 RMK AO2 T01920186 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 25 | SCT | 13000 - 25000 | 14 | CLR | KRPD 061055Z AUTO 10004KT 10SM CLR 19/19 A3013 RMK AO2 T01930187 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 34000 | 34 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 16 | CLR | KRPD 061155Z AUTO 12003KT 10SM CLR 19/19 A3014 RMK AO2 T01920186 10202 20185 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:50 AM | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 17 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 16 | CLR | KRPD 061250Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 19/19 A3015 RMK AO2 T01920186 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 19000 - 47000 | 10 | SCT | 14000 - 37000 | 19 | SCT@600 | KRPD 061355Z AUTO 14005KT 10SM SCT006 22/20 A3016 RMK AO2 T02210196 | ||
| 1450Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 17000 - 51000 | 15 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 16 | CLR | KRPD 061455Z AUTO 15007KT 10SM CLR 25/18 A3016 RMK AO2 T02460182 | ||
| 1550Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | 26000 - 44000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 11 | CLR | KRPD 061555Z AUTO 12005KT 10SM CLR 26/17 A3017 RMK AO2 T02600172 | ||
| 1650Z | 11:55 AM | SCT | 25000 - 45000 | 20 | SCT | 15000 - 38000 | 21 | CLR | KRPD 061655Z AUTO 16011KT 10SM CLR 27/16 A3015 RMK AO2 T02700162 | ||
| 1750Z | 12:55 PM | SCT | 25000 - 46000 | 21 | BKN | 14000 - 41000 | 29 | CLR | KRPD 061755Z AUTO 15010G15KT 10SM CLR 28/17 A3014 RMK AO2 T02830165 10283 20192 | ||