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 | 21000 - 41000 | 69 | OVC | 17000 - 38000 | 63 | SCT@7000 | KAXH 280555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT070 27/25 A3001 RMK AO2 T02700252 10330 20268 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | OVC | 29000 - 43000 | 53 | OVC | 27000 - 37000 | 59 | SCT@9000 | KAXH 280655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT090 27/25 A3001 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT E T02700252 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | BKN | 16000 - 44000 | 34 | BKN | 14000 - 36000 | 35 | CLR | KAXH 280755Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 27/25 A3000 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NE T02650253 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 22 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 23 | SCT@1900 SCT@2500 SCT@7000 | KAXH 280855Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM SCT019 SCT025 SCT070 26/25 A3000 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT E T02600249 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 23 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 20 | BKN@7000 BKN@8500 | KAXH 280955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN070 BKN085 26/25 A3001 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT N AND NE T02600251 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 23 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 19 | SCT@5500 BKN@7000 | KAXH 281055Z AUTO 05003KT 10SM SCT055 BKN070 27/26 A3002 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT N AND NE T02670258 | |
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 44000 | 29 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 24 | SCT@7500 | KAXH 281155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT075 27/26 A3001 RMK AO2 T02710256 10275 20260 | ||