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 | 14000 - 46000 | 10 | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 12 | SCT@4500 | KSBO 110455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT045 25/24 A3002 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 46000 | 24 | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 15 | CLR | KSBO 110555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 25/24 A3001 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 25 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 19 | CLR | KSBO 110655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 25/24 A2999 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 14 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 12 | CLR | KSBO 110755Z AUTO 19003KT 10SM CLR 24/24 A3000 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 25 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 10 | BKN@300 | KSBO 110855Z AUTO 18004KT 10SM BKN003 24/24 A3001 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 24 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 18 | OVC@300 | KSBO 110955Z AUTO 24004KT 10SM OVC003 24/24 A3002 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 15 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 24 | BKN@300 | KSBO 111055Z AUTO 26004KT 10SM BKN003 23/23 A3003 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1150Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 18 | BKN | 13000 - 34000 | 25 | SCT@300 | KSBO 111155Z AUTO 27003KT 10SM SCT003 23/23 A3004 RMK AO2 | |
| 1250Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 13 | SCT@500 SCT@10000 | KSBO 111255Z AUTO 30004KT 10SM SCT005 SCT100 24/23 A3004 RMK AO2 | |
| 1350Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 3 | SCT@900 SCT@10000 | KSBO 111355Z AUTO 27005KT 10SM SCT009 SCT100 27/24 A3004 RMK AO2 | |
| 1450Z | 10:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 2 | SCT@1900 | KSBO 111455Z AUTO 27004KT 10SM SCT019 29/23 A3004 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1550Z | 11:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 2 | SCT@2700 SCT@4000 | KSBO 111555Z AUTO 26003KT 10SM SCT027 SCT040 30/23 A3004 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1650Z | 12:55 PM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 7 | SCT@3300 SCT@5000 SCT@7000 | KSBO 111655Z AUTO 25005KT 10SM SCT033 SCT050 SCT070 31/23 A3002 RMK AO2 | |
| 1750Z | 1:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 11 | SCT@4100 | KSBO 111755Z AUTO 23006KT 10SM SCT041 32/22 A2999 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1850Z | 2:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 29 | SCT@4200 SCT@5500 | KSBO 111855Z AUTO 20007KT 10SM SCT042 SCT055 32/22 A2997 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT N E AND W | ||
| 1950Z | 3:55 PM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 32 | BKN | 13000 - 47000 | 48 | SCT@4600 SCT@5000 SCT@7000 | KSBO 111955Z AUTO 25004KT 10SM SCT046 SCT050 SCT070 32/23 A2994 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NE E AND W | |
| 2050Z | 4:55 PM | OVC | 23000 - 47000 | 71 | BKN | 13000 - 47000 | 61 | CLR | KSBO 112055Z AUTO 22006KT 10SM VCTS CLR 31/22 A2994 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT ALQDS | ||