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 | ||
| 0450Z | 12:55 AM | SCT | 15000 - 50000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 9 | CLR | KCVC 060455Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM CLR 23/22 A2991 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 2 | CLR | KCVC 060555Z AUTO 00000KT 3SM BR CLR 23/22 A2990 RMK AO2 | |
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 30000 | 0 | CLR | KCVC 060655Z AUTO 00000KT 1SM -DZ BR CLR 23/23 A2988 RMK AO2 VIS 1/4V5 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 16000 - 51000 | 1 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 1 | CLR | KCVC 060755Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM CLR 23/23 A2988 RMK AO2 |
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 50000 | 6 | SCT | 14000 - 38000 | 13 | CLR | KCVC 060855Z AUTO 00000KT 5SM BR CLR 23/23 A2989 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 52000 | 42 | BKN | 13000 - 40000 | 30 | CLR | KCVC 060955Z AUTO 00000KT 8SM CLR 22/22 A2989 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 26 | BKN | 15000 - 39000 | 26 | CLR | KCVC 061055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/22 A2989 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1150Z | 7:55 AM | BKN | 27000 - 49000 | 34 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 24 | CLR | KCVC 061155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 23/23 A2991 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1250Z | 8:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 37000 | 28 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 20 | CLR | KCVC 061255Z AUTO VRB03KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A2991 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1350Z | 9:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 44000 | 37 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 21 | CLR | KCVC 061355Z AUTO VRB03KT 10SM CLR 28/24 A2992 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1450Z | 10:55 AM | BKN | 15000 - 44000 | 41 | BKN | 13000 - 36000 | 26 | CLR | KCVC 061455Z AUTO 05003KT 10SM CLR 30/23 A2992 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1550Z | 11:55 AM | BKN | 20000 - 44000 | 42 | BKN | 13000 - 35000 | 27 | CLR | KCVC 061555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 32/23 A2991 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1650Z | 12:55 PM | BKN | 15000 - 44000 | 29 | SCT | 14000 - 35000 | 15 | CLR | KCVC 061655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 33/23 A2990 RMK AO2 | ||