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.

Year: 200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025 Month: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec Day: 12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031 Time Order: Ascending Descending

 

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
2350Z	12:55 AM			-			SCT	13000 - 34000	21	OVC@9000	KSMS 080455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC090 16/16 A2971 RMK AO2
0050Z	1:55 AM	CLR		-	0	SCT		13000 - 30000	1	OVC@1900	KSMS 080555Z AUTO 28007KT 10SM OVC019 16/16 A2972 RMK AO2
0150Z	2:55 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	FEW@1400 FEW@3100	KSMS 080655Z AUTO 27007KT 10SM FEW014 FEW031 15/15 A2973 RMK AO2
0250Z	3:55 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	BKN@1800 BKN@2200 OVC@3500	KSMS 080755Z AUTO 27007KT 10SM BKN018 BKN022 OVC035 15/15 A2975 RMK AO2
0350Z	4:55 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	BKN@4500 OVC@5500	KSMS 080855Z AUTO 36007G12KT 10SM BKN045 OVC055 13/09 A2980 RMK AO2
0450Z	5:55 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	BKN@6000	KSMS 080955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN060 11/08 A2982 RMK AO2
0550Z	6:55 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KSMS 081055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 09/09 A2986 RMK AO2
0650Z	7:55 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KSMS 081155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 11/10 A2989 RMK AO2
0750Z	8:55 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KSMS 081255Z AUTO 34006KT 10SM CLR 14/08 A2991 RMK AO2