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 | 28000 - 48000 | 69 | OVC | 20000 - 48000 | 60 | CLR | KAVK 130555Z AUTO 09015KT 10SM CLR 25/22 A2991 RMK A01 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | BKN | 26000 - 48000 | 62 | BKN | 20000 - 42000 | 50 | CLR | KAVK 130655Z AUTO 10012KT 10SM CLR 24/22 A2995 RMK A01 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | BKN | 23000 - 48000 | 35 | BKN | 26000 - 44000 | 31 | CLR | KAVK 130755Z AUTO 06011KT 10SM CLR 23/22 A2997 RMK A01 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 48000 | 22 | OVC | 27000 - 44000 | 27 | CLR | KAVK 130855Z AUTO 08012KT 10SM CLR 23/21 A2997 RMK A01 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 39000 | 43 | BKN | 13000 - 39000 | 46 | BKN@12000 | KAVK 130955Z AUTO 09014KT 10SM BKN120 22/20 A2997 RMK A01 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 37000 | 46 | BKN | 13000 - 43000 | 48 | SCT@12000 | KAVK 131055Z AUTO 08011G16KT 10SM SCT120 22/21 A2999 RMK A01 LTG DSNT S AND SW | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | BKN | 16000 - 48000 | 48 | BKN | 21000 - 48000 | 56 | OVC@800 | KAVK 131155Z AUTO 09014G19KT 10SM OVC008 22/21 A3001 RMK A01 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | OVC | 29000 - 44000 | 70 | BKN | 29000 - 47000 | 53 | FEW@800 FEW@1100 FEW@1600 | KAVK 131255Z AUTO 12015G21KT 10SM FEW008 FEW011 FEW016 22/21 A3002 RMK A01 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | OVC | 33000 - 44000 | 72 | BKN | 26000 - 42000 | 64 | CLR | KAVK 131355Z AUTO 12015G21KT 10SM CLR 22/21 A3000 RMK A01 | ||
| 1450Z | 9:55 AM | BKN | 19000 - 48000 | 60 | BKN | 13000 - 41000 | 47 | SCT@800 | KAVK 131455Z AUTO 13013KT 10SM SCT008 23/21 A3001 RMK A01 | ||
| 1550Z | 10:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 46000 | 28 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 22 | OVC@1200 | KAVK 131555Z AUTO 14013G19KT 10SM OVC012 25/22 A3003 RMK A01 | ||
| 1650Z | 11:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 7 | OVC@1500 | KAVK 131655Z AUTO 15012G17KT 10SM OVC015 27/22 A3001 RMK A01 | ||
| 1750Z | 12:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 19 | SCT | 13000 - 51000 | 12 | SCT@2400 SCT@7000 | KAVK 131755Z AUTO 16010G17KT 10SM SCT024 SCT070 29/22 A2999 RMK A01 | ||
| 1850Z | 1:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 13 | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 13 | CLR | KAVK 131855Z AUTO 14014KT 10SM CLR 32/23 A2997 RMK A01 | ||
| 1950Z | 2:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 26000 | 2 | CLR | KAVK 131955Z AUTO 14013KT 10SM CLR 34/22 A2993 RMK A01 | ||