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 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 0 | SCT@6000 | K9MN 040555Z AUTO 14006KT 10SM SCT060 25/25 A2986 RMK AO1 T02480248 10270 20247 402820210 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 18000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 2 | CLR | K9MN 040655Z AUTO 16005KT 10SM CLR 25/24 A2986 RMK AO1 T02510242 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 1 | SCT@6000 SCT@7000 BKN@8500 | K9MN 040755Z AUTO 19010KT 10SM SCT060 SCT070 BKN085 25/23 A2984 RMK AO1 T02500227 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 17000 | 2 | SCT@7000 BKN@9000 | K9MN 040855Z AUTO 22008KT 10SM SCT070 BKN090 26/21 A2985 RMK AO1 T02560213 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 19000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 18000 | 2 | SCT@6500 | K9MN 040955Z AUTO 25004KT 10SM SCT065 25/21 A2986 RMK AO1 T02500214 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 18 | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 11 | CLR | K9MN 041055Z AUTO 22004KT 10SM CLR 25/22 A2987 RMK AO1 T02450217 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 47000 | 33 | SCT | 19000 - 38000 | 5 | CLR | K9MN 041155Z AUTO 18003KT 10SM CLR 24/22 A2987 RMK AO1 70018 T02430219 10257 20240 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 14 | SCT | 15000 - 37000 | 5 | CLR | K9MN 041255Z AUTO 17003KT 10SM CLR 24/22 A2989 RMK AO1 T02390223 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 19000 - 45000 | 19 | SCT | 19000 - 34000 | 0 | CLR | K9MN 041355Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 26/21 A2989 RMK AO1 T02560210 | ||
| 1450Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 7 | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 1 | CLR | K9MN 041455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 27/21 A2990 RMK AO1 T02740206 | ||
| 1550Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 9 | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 2 | SCT@12000 | K9MN 041555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT120 30/21 A2990 RMK AO1 T02970205 | ||
| 1650Z | 11:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 18000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 17000 | 2 | CLR | K9MN 041655Z AUTO 13004KT 10SM CLR 31/21 A2990 RMK AO1 T03080208 | ||