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 | ||
| 0250Z | 12:51 AM | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 3 | OVC@800 | KSMO 150751Z AUTO 00000KT 8SM OVC008 16/15 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP119 T01610150 402220161 | ||
| 0350Z | 1:51 AM | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 2 | CLR | KSMO 150851Z AUTO 00000KT 8SM CLR 16/14 A2987 RMK AO2 SLP114 T01560144 58007 | ||
| 0450Z | 2:51 AM | SCT | 13000 - 50000 | 2 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 0 | CLR | KSMO 150951Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM CLR 16/14 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP117 T01610144 | |
| 0550Z | 3:51 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 0 | CLR | KSMO 151051Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM CLR 16/14 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP121 T01560144 | |
| 0650Z | 4:51 AM | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 0 | SCT | 28000 - 30000 | 0 | CLR | KSMO 151151Z AUTO 00000KT 8SM CLR 16/14 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP125 T01560144 10167 20150 52009 | ||
| 0750Z | 5:51 AM | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 3 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 0 | CLR | KSMO 151251Z AUTO 03003KT 7SM CLR 15/14 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP128 T01500139 | |
| 0850Z | 6:51 AM | SCT | 13000 - 18000 | 1 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KSMO 151351Z 00000KT 9SM CLR 16/14 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP133 T01610144 | ||
| 0950Z | 7:51 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KSMO 151451Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 18/15 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP133 T01830150 50008 | ||