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 - 17000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 2 | CLR | KROS 140555Z AUTO 02003KT 10SM CLR 18/15 A3008 RMK AO2 T01800145 10243 20180 402540180 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 0 | SCT | 18000 - 22000 | 0 | CLR | KROS 140655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 18/14 A3008 RMK AO2 T01800138 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 29000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 2 | CLR | KROS 140755Z AUTO 02003KT 10SM CLR 17/14 A3008 RMK AO2 T01660135 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 8 | CLR | KROS 140855Z AUTO 04004KT 10SM CLR 16/13 A3009 RMK AO2 T01610132 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KROS 140955Z AUTO 02004KT 10SM CLR 15/13 A3010 RMK AO2 T01530126 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 21000 | 0 | CLR | KROS 141055Z AUTO 04006KT 10SM CLR 15/13 A3008 RMK AO2 T01530125 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 19000 - 22000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 22000 | 6 | CLR | KROS 141155Z AUTO 04005KT 10SM CLR 15/12 A3012 RMK AO2 70001 T01460124 10186 20146 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 24000 | 10 | SCT | 13000 - 25000 | 15 | CLR | KROS 141255Z AUTO 05003KT 10SM CLR 16/13 A3016 RMK AO2 T01640132 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | BKN | 15000 - 39000 | 39 | BKN | 13000 - 30000 | 38 | CLR | KROS 141355Z AUTO 05003KT 10SM CLR 19/15 A3015 RMK AO2 T01910147 | ||
| 1450Z | 9:55 AM | BKN | 14000 - 46000 | 31 | BKN | 13000 - 36000 | 38 | CLR | KROS 141455Z AUTO 06004KT 10SM CLR 21/16 A3015 RMK AO2 T02130158 | ||
| 1550Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | 20000 - 50000 | 21 | BKN | 23000 - 43000 | 31 | CLR | KROS 141555Z AUTO 10006KT 10SM CLR 24/17 A3015 RMK AO2 T02410165 | ||
| 1650Z | 11:55 AM | OVC | 36000 - 45000 | 42 | OVC | 31000 - 43000 | 42 | CLR | KROS 141655Z AUTO 10007KT 10SM CLR 25/17 A3013 RMK AO2 T02500168 | ||
| 1750Z | 12:55 PM | BKN | 29000 - 46000 | 32 | OVC | 23000 - 43000 | 39 | CLR | KROS 141755Z AUTO 06008KT 10SM CLR 26/16 A3010 RMK AO2 T02600163 10260 20146 | ||
| 1850Z | 1:55 PM | OVC | 27000 - 45000 | 43 | OVC | 27000 - 43000 | 36 | CLR | KROS 141855Z AUTO 06007G14KT 10SM CLR 27/16 A3009 RMK AO2 T02700162 | ||
| 1950Z | 2:55 PM | BKN | 29000 - 45000 | 27 | BKN | 13000 - 42000 | 28 | CLR | KROS 141955Z AUTO 08005G14KT 10SM CLR 28/16 A3009 RMK AO2 T02800157 | ||
| 2050Z | 3:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 21 | BKN | 13000 - 39000 | 28 | SCT@11000 | KROS 142055Z AUTO 11009G14KT 10SM SCT110 28/15 A3010 RMK AO2 T02820154 | ||
| 2150Z | 4:55 PM | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 29 | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 31 | CLR | KROS 142155Z AUTO 09008KT 10SM CLR 27/16 A3010 RMK AO2 T02720157 | ||