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 | OVC | 26000 - 33000 | 68 | BKN | 24000 - 33000 | 55 | CLR | KHZX 130555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 17/15 A2996 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SW | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | OVC | 26000 - 33000 | 60 | BKN | 25000 - 32000 | 49 | CLR | KHZX 130655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 16/14 A2995 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | BKN | 24000 - 32000 | 58 | BKN | 17000 - 32000 | 52 | CLR | KHZX 130755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 16/14 A2996 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 41000 | 29 | BKN | 13000 - 37000 | 37 | CLR | KHZX 130855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 15/13 A2994 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 44000 | 33 | BKN | 13000 - 37000 | 32 | CLR | KHZX 130955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 14/13 A2995 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 42000 | 45 | BKN | 14000 - 34000 | 50 | CLR | KHZX 131055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 14/13 A2997 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | BKN | 14000 - 43000 | 42 | BKN | 13000 - 36000 | 44 | CLR | KHZX 131155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 15/13 A2999 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 28 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 29 | CLR | KHZX 131255Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 17/15 A3000 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 44000 | 16 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 26 | CLR | KHZX 131355Z AUTO 02003KT 10SM CLR 20/15 A3002 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1450Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 15 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 23 | CLR | KHZX 131455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/16 A3002 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1550Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 23 | SCT | 13000 - 24000 | 29 | CLR | KHZX 131555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 25/15 A3003 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1650Z | 11:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 39000 | 28 | BKN | 13000 - 33000 | 34 | CLR | KHZX 131655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 26/15 A3003 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1750Z | 12:55 PM | BKN | 13000 - 44000 | 32 | OVC | 13000 - 34000 | 38 | SCT@4200 BKN@4800 BKN@5500 | KHZX 131755Z AUTO 35003KT 10SM SCT042 BKN048 BKN055 26/15 A3002 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1850Z | 1:55 PM | BKN | 15000 - 42000 | 46 | BKN | 14000 - 34000 | 48 | CLR | KHZX 131855Z AUTO 02007KT 10SM CLR 27/13 A3002 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1950Z | 2:55 PM | BKN | 14000 - 42000 | 57 | BKN | 13000 - 36000 | 54 | CLR | KHZX 131955Z AUTO 01007KT 10SM CLR 27/13 A3001 RMK AO2 | ||