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 | 12:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 7 | SCT | 13000 - 17000 | 2 | FEW@1300 BKN@1800 BKN@3000 | KSTP 160553Z 33004KT 10SM FEW013 BKN018 BKN030 24/23 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP144 T02390228 10267 20233 402830206 58001 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 17000 | 1 | FEW@4900 | KSTP 160653Z AUTO 33011KT 10SM FEW049 23/20 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP148 T02330200 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 13000 | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | FEW@2300 SCT@5000 | KSTP 160753Z AUTO 32011KT 10SM FEW023 SCT050 23/19 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP152 T02280194 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | BKN@1700 BKN@2500 | KSTP 160853Z AUTO 33009KT 10SM BKN017 BKN025 22/19 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP153 T02220189 51008 | ||