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 | 18000 - 50000 | 50 | OVC | 27000 - 43000 | 46 | SCT@9000 | KARM 280555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT090 27/25 A3000 RMK AO2 T02680250 10337 20267 403780255 TSNO | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | OVC | 28000 - 47000 | 52 | OVC | 25000 - 38000 | 57 | SCT@2000 BKN@10000 | KARM 280655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT020 BKN100 27/25 A3001 RMK AO2 T02670251 TSNO | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 43000 | 35 | BKN | 13000 - 37000 | 33 | BKN@12000 | KARM 280755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN120 26/25 A2999 RMK AO2 T02630250 TSNO | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 23 | BKN | 13000 - 37000 | 28 | SCT@1900 SCT@2500 BKN@8000 | KARM 280855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT019 SCT025 BKN080 27/25 A3000 RMK AO2 T02650251 TSNO | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 18 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 17 | CLR | KARM 280955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 26/25 A3000 RMK AO2 T02600246 TSNO | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 46000 | 7 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 8 | CLR | KARM 281055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 26/25 A3000 RMK AO2 T02550245 TSNO | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 2 | CLR | KARM 281155Z AUTO 10003KT 10SM CLR 25/24 A3002 RMK AO2 T02510242 10270 20251 TSNO | ||